Connect Carlisle with Slow Ways
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Slow Ways linking Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway, Brampton (Carlisle), Gretna, Hesket Newmarket, Lazonby, Longtown, Wigton
England / Cumbria / Carlisle
Carlisle’s seven Slow Ways are 36% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Carlisle from further afield
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Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle
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Bowcar one |
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Double check | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 168m | Descent 161m | |
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Bowness-on-Solway—Carlisle
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Bowcar two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 25km/15mi | Ascent 161m | Descent 151m | ||
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Carlisle—Brampton (Carlisle)
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Carbra one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 19km/12mi | Ascent 215m | Descent 166m | ||
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Carlisle—Lazonby
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Carlaz one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 32km/20mi | Ascent 503m | Descent 570m | ||
Gretna—Carlisle
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Grecar one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 21km/13mi | Ascent 217m | Descent 217m | |
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Hesket Newmarket—Carlisle
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Hescar one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 216m | Descent 362m | ||
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Longtown—Carlisle
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Loncar one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 18km/11mi | Ascent 95m | Descent 91m | ||
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Longtown—Carlisle
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Loncar two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 18km/11mi | Ascent 107m | Descent 103m | ||
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Wigton—Carlisle
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Wigcar one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 23km/14mi | Ascent 170m | Descent 181m |
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Collective progress
36% of Carlisle’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Carlisle’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Carlisle
92km out of 203km have been walked and reviewed
113km of reviews have been shared in Carlisle
Latest Updates
Once you do find the way up to the bridge the rest of the walk is roadside with very little in the way of verge or footpath.Altogether not a walk I would recommend or do again....
James Slowey Slowey
Hiking Historian added Bowcar two, a new walk from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle
Walk this routeAnd 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!...
Hiking Historian
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....
Hiking Historian
The marked route from Carlisle station to the Eden river wasn’t accessible at this time due to a road and path closure. We walked down towards Stainton where we knew there was a foot path to the right which would lead us to the river Eden (after another right turn and a subsequent left turn – neither signposted) and so get us back on track for Cargo and Rockcliffe. The path through Cargo and Rockcliffe was as described. After we passed Rockcliffe Cross the path was indicated to go across fields along the edge of farmland. Due to road layout changes you now have to turn right out of Metal Bridge and then sharp left onto the road to take you across the Eden and the Esk....
nan64
The section leaving Wigton is lovely and well walked, and the road past Kirkland Hall and Greenwood Farm is quiet with distant mountain views. As you approach the main road embankment straight ahead, with the railway and house across to your left, you do have to turn right and walk up the access driveway of the houses to cross the busy A595 and walk along it’s verge SW for a hundred yards or so to turn down the road to Beckside, there is no footpath through the embankment as the map suggests. If you don’t want to go into Thursby itself you can just continue along the south bank of the Wampool to Wampool Bridge, and cross by road to the south of the railway line, taking a look at the grade II listed water tank at the old Curthwaite Station to the east from the top of the railway bridge....
Joanna
Slow Ways added Bowcar one, a new walk from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Carbra one, a new walk from Carlisle to Brampton (Carlisle)
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Hescar one, a new walk from Hesket Newmarket to Carlisle
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Carlisle’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NY4022255558
Lat / Lon
54.89118° / -2.93349°
Easting / Northing
340,222E / 555,558N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Carlisle and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Carlisle's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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