Walk · Cumbria

Seascale to Drigg dunes

Seascale

4.9MILES

2h 4mON FOOT

50mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 32%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Seascale seafront car park, beside the railway station

Parking

Free seafront parking, around 60 spaces, rarely full; the station is on the platform side of the car park and takes dogs free

Directions to the start →

Just under five miles and about two hours on the flat, south from Seascale's seafront along the beach and the dune path towards Drigg, returning on the track behind the golf links. It starts at the Seascale seafront car park beside the station, which is free and rarely more than half full; the Cumbrian Coast railway stops here and at Drigg, so a one-way version by train is easy. Miles of firm open sand make this one of the best places on the west coast to let a dog properly run, with the Isle of Man on the horizon on a clear day. The dunes at Drigg are a nature reserve with ground-nesting terns and ringed plover in the spring and summer, so leads from the golf links southwards, and the Irt estuary channels are dangerous on a flooding tide.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads south of the golf links: the Drigg dunes are a nature reserve with ground-nesting terns and ringed plover from April to August. Keep dogs out of the Irt estuary channels, which fill fast on a flooding tide.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.3958, -3.4808

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/2764205/HIKING-AROUND-SEASCALE

Seascale to Drigg dunes

House rules, decoded

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