Morcar two

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This walk combines the promenade, the access land near Hest Bank and the coastline paths to enter Carnforth from the River Keer.
The first 2 miles are on the paved Morecambe promenade with views across Morecambe Bay to the Lakeland fells. The coast is followed through the café car park. This leads onto the Access land of the beach which can be stony and subject to tides. An alternative is to follow the pavement on the main road into the village of Hest Bank. From there, the coastal path is followed past the Praying Shell sculpture and affording excellent views of Grange-over-Sands and Lakeland, to the start of the marsh. The route through the marsh is often not pleasant, can be flooded at spring tides and can be boggy and wet with gullies which need to be jumped. The path is indistinct and the track lasts for over 2km. There are no exit routes. Although this is the projected route of the English Coastal Path, much work is scheduled to be done to bring it up to standard and this will not be completed for at least a couple of years. The views are good and the area is wild in appearance
The track exits onto a minor road and roads are then followed into the centre of Carnforth.

Important note: A substantial part of this route is along tidal marshes, so you need to check the tides. As a general guide for this area, the very high spring tides happen around lunch time within a few days either side of new moon and full moon.
The first mile and a half of the route is along a well-surfaced, wide and popular promenade. The next section to Hest Bank (where there is a beach café by the level crossing, and pub and shops a bit further inland), and on to Red Bank, is along the shore, with easy paths sometimes, but at times it is necessary to walk on the beach or the sea cobbles, some of which have seaweed on them. At Red Bank the path goes up the field and back down through the corner of the caravan/campsite. It is also possible to walk over rocks around the base of Red Bank. There is a café at Red Bank which is currently (summer) open 6 days a week. The paths tend to be fairly good as far as Bay View Holiday Park at about the 4.5 mile point, but after that the going gets more difficult. It involves walking on the marsh which is mostly solid and grassy, but in places it can be wet, muddy and slippery, and there are many half-meter wide gullies to jump across. The paths are indistinct and multiple, often created by the sheep that graze here. It is best to follow the most prominent ones, whilst also looking out for the odd marker post. Eventually a stile is reached, and then it is not far to the road. This is quite narrow with no pavement, so you need to look out for occasional vehicles, but they shouldn’t be moving too fast. The centre of Carnforth is reached soon after going under two railway bridges and past the railway station.
The coast has superb views all the way along, with many birds, and the marshes are beautifully wild.

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