Walks in Furness and Cartmel
4 routes, from 4 moderate. Each has a route map, the climb worked out from the line, parking, dog and stile notes, and a GPX to download. For things to do, food and where to stay, see our Furness and Cartmel guide.
Cartmel, Speel Bank and How Barrow
Moderate, 10.2 km, 195 m up, about 2 hours 30 minutes
From Cartmel Priory and the racecourse through Park Wood to Speel Bank, south along the Ellerside ridge past How Barrow and back by the lanes.
Hoad Hill and the Sir John Barrow Monument from Ulverston
Moderate, 4.5 km, 109 m up, about 1 hour
Ulverston's landmark walk: up The Gill and over Flan Hill to the lighthouse-shaped Barrow Monument on the Hoad, with Morecambe Bay below.
Hampsfell Hospice from Grange-over-Sands
Moderate, 7.8 km, 362 m up, about 2 hours
Grange's own hill: through Eggerslack Wood to the 1846 Hospice on Hampsfell, with a rooftop view indicator and Morecambe Bay below.
Arnside Knott and the shore from Arnside
Moderate, 9.9 km, 286 m up, about 2 hours 30 minutes
Arnside's best walk: along the Kent estuary shore to Far Arnside, then up to the toposcope on Arnside Knott for a view over Morecambe Bay.