School’s out, the sun’s shining and the final week of the Islands of Barrow and Furness Peninsula Walking Festival has something for everyone.
Wild creatures feature heavily with an exploration of the Duddon Estuary with pond nets as part of the Wildside project and a Bat Walk in Barrow Park.
Explore the scenery, fauna and flora of the Westfield Trail or be guided by a wildlife ranger around Sandcale Haws with a chance to see rare plants including the endemic dune helleborine and nationally scarce round leaved wintergreen.
John Murphy will be leading a Heritage of Furness Walk from Furness Abbey Amphitheatre meandering along Dickie Pinks Lane to Dalton and returning to Furness Abbey via The Haggs.
The Sunday Times on 21st June 2009 declared this Festival one of the best 8 Walking Festivals in the UK. The final week’s programme is:
28th July Creatures of the Estuary Sandscale Car Park 2 pm – 4 pm
28th July Walney North End Sunset walk 6.45pm Earnse Bay Car Park, Walney Island
29th July Local Heritage of Furness Walk Meet Furness Abbey Amphitheatre 6 pm
30th July Barrow’s Wildside Extended Westfield Trail 12 noon meet at The Concle Pub at Rampside (parking available on Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Foulney Island car park)
30th July Bat Walk 8.45 pm Barrow Park meet at The Pavilion
31st July Wildlife Walk Sandscale 11 am – 3 pm meet at National Trust Sandscale Haws Reserve Car Park, Hawthwaite Lane
Copies of the Walking Festival leaflet can be downloaded at
Mrs. Ann Taylforth, Barrow Town Centre and Festivals Manager commented “This is the eighth Walking Festival we have organised and it has proved very successful. Every year we try to find something a little different to add to the Festival programme as well as the well loved favourites. We had a wonderful weekend of walks last weekend and with the weather picking up, there is lots for everyone this coming weekend.”
All walks are being led by qualified walking guides and we are delighted to be working in collaboration with SeaChange, Feet First in Furness, Cumbria County Council, Westmorland and Furness Bat Group, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the National Trust. Walking Festival leaflets is available from Barrow Tourist Information Centre, outlets across South Cumbria and are featured in the What’s on in South Lakeland Guide. Details of all walks are available on line at www.barrowtourism.co.uk.”
Councillor John Murphy, Mayor of Barrow commented “The Furness Peninsula is a wonderful area of the country with stunning heritage and charming, picturesque walks. I urge everyone to come and explore the coastal fringes and byways of this wonderful area.”
The Islands of Barrow and Peninsulas Walking Festival is a five week festival of walks against the stunning backdrop of the Furness Peninsula and featuring the islands of Barrow and is a Barrow-in-Furness Sea Change Cultural Event. Follow ancient trails, greenways and coastal paths exploring the natural and built history of this south western corner of Cumbria.
“Walk and be happy, walk and be healthy” – Charles Dickens
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