Walk · Cumbria

Duddon Iron Furnace and Swinside stone circle

Broughton in Furness

7.5MILES

3h 33mON FOOT

340mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 42%Road with traffic 18%

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

The Square, Broughton-in-Furness, by the obelisk

Parking

Free parking in and around the square, usually plenty of room; there is no charge anywhere in the village

Directions to the start →

Seven and a half miles and three and a half hours for 340 metres of climb, out of Broughton's Georgian square to the restored charcoal blast furnace on the Duddon and then up the old lanes to Swinside, the best-preserved stone circle in the county. It starts in the market square at Broughton-in-Furness, where the free parking round the obelisk is the easiest in south Cumbria to find a space in. The lanes and green tracks are quiet enough for a dog to walk off the lead in stretches, and the Duddon gives water for the first two miles, but Swinside sits in a working sheep field reached by a farm track, the second half crosses grazed open fell, and the last mile back is on the unpaved verge of the A595 approach lane.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on the fell and in the field holding Swinside circle, which is grazed and reached across working farmland. The final approach lane has no pavement.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.2765, -3.2122

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Duddon Iron Furnace and Swinside stone circle

House rules, decoded

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