GPS Cycle and Walking Routes

Maryport to Allonby Walk

5.59 miles (9 km)

This walk follows a popular section of the Cumbria Coastal Way from Maryport to Allonby.
The route runs for a distance of 5.5 miles along a fairly flat path on the Solway Coast.
On the way you will pass and old Roman Tower, Swarthy Hill and the settlements of Crosby and Crosscanonby. There are some splendid views across Allonby Bay to the Solway Firth.
You can extend the walk by continuing north along the coast path to Mawbray and Silloth.

Maryport to Allonby Walk OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Maryport to Allonby Walk Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Maryport Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 3582398

Maryport Harbour

Maryport Promenade, just after high tide - geograph.org.uk - 500815

 Maryport Promenade, just after high tide. The promenade offers a sociable walk, about 2km each way. This picture was taken just below the Roman Museum; it wasn't a particularly high tide. This is a good location for spotting cetaceans in the Solway if the sea surface is calm. They may be so far out that it is very hard to see them with the naked eye, so it's worth taking binoculars for cetecean and bird spotting.

Parking area by Crosscanonby beach - geograph.org.uk - 2410866

Parking area by Crosscanonby beach

Stony beach, near Swarthy Hill - geograph.org.uk - 108315

Stony beach, near Swarthy Hill. There is a great variety of beach materials along the Solway coast; here, close to the shore, is a stretch of water-worn rounded rocks, further out is clean sand, a couple of km away is exposed sandstone bedrock.

Solway Firth (537758127)

Solway Firth

A view of Allonby from the south - geograph.org.uk - 598254

A view of Allonby from the south

Village Green, Allonby - geograph.org.uk - 572558

Village Green, Allonby

Footpath to the beach at Allonby - geograph.org.uk - 572581

Footpath to the beach at Allonby

GPS Files

GPX File

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