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Bowness-on-Solway

Cumbria


Slow Ways linking Bowness-on-Solway and Carlisle, Silloth, Wigton

England / Cumbria / Bowness-on-Solway

Bowness-on-Solway’s three Slow Ways are 42% checked

Drawn: 3/3
reviewed: 2/3
verified: 0/3
and surveyed: 0/3

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Walk to Bowness-on-Solway from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle
Bowcar one

Double check Distance 24km/15mi Ascent 168m Descent 161m
Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle
Bowcar two Review me Distance 25km/15mi Ascent 161m Descent 151m
Bowness-on-Solway—Wigton
Bowwig one Pioneer me Distance 20km/12mi Ascent 102m Descent 120m
Silloth—Bowness-on-Solway
Silbow one

Double check Distance 26km/16mi Ascent 97m Descent 102m

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Collective progress

44% of Bowness-on-Solway’s three route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

4/4

drawn

3/4

reviewed

0/4

surveyed

0/4

verified

1 people have contributed to Bowness-on-Solway’s Slow Ways

0 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Bowness-on-Solway

75km out of 95km have been walked and reviewed

74km of reviews have been shared in Bowness-on-Solway

Latest Updates

Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle

Hiking Historian added Bowcar two, a new walk from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle

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And last, although the wall walk is nice at Carlisle Castle, to get to it is a long steep staircase right at the end of the walk!...

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Terrain, gates, kissing gates, steps and footbridges, exclude wheeled users for most of the way. There is a good deal of unpaved roads, but although often busy with traffic, it is quite safe, and hikers are common. Transport connections are great in Carlisle, as is shopping, but in Bowness, and along the way, choices are limited, so take provisions....

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The route between Whitrigg and the coast near Bowness is along an old railway, but it's not a footpath, or accessible....

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Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle

Slow Ways added Bowcar one, a new walk from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle

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Bowness-on-Solway—Wigton

Slow Ways added Bowwig one, a new walk from Bowness-on-Solway to Wigton

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Silloth—Bowness-on-Solway

Slow Ways added Silbow one, a new walk from Silloth to Bowness-on-Solway

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Bowness-on-Solway, Thu 25 April

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Bowness-on-Solway’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

NY2231562685

Lat / Lon

54.95274° / -3.21453°

Easting / Northing

322,315E / 562,685N

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