Walking Tours
Islands of Barrow Walking Festival
A five week festival of walks during July, against the stunning backdrop of the Furness Peninsula and featuring the islands of Barrow. Follow ancient trails, greenways and coastal paths exploring the natural and built history of this south western corner of the Lake District and the shores of Morecambe Bay.
The festival features walks across the sands of Morecambe Bay to Piel Island.
Feet First in Furness weekly short walks are:
- 11am Monday – Meet Dalton Tudor Square - various routes around old Dalton
- 11am Tuesday - Channelside or Ormsgill reservoir walk meet at ASDA
- 1.30pm Wednesday – Meet Walney Mill Lane shops - Coastal walk from Earnse Bay
- 10.30am Thursday – Meet Greengate Childrens' Centre - Barrow Public Park Walk
Discover Barrow on Foot
Discover Barrow on Foot, a selection of walking leaflets are available here for you to download:
- Download Heart of Barrow Walk leaflet (pdf 310 Kb)
- Download Channelside Walk leaflet (pdf 300 Kb)
- Download St George's Walk leaflet (pdf 292 Kb)
- Download Walney Walk leaflet (pdf 480 Kb).
- Download Feet First in Furness walks leaflet - PDF 280 Kb.
Five Gentle Walks around Dalton
Download Dalton Walking leaflet (pdf 455 KB) to explore the ancient capital of Furness.
Nature Reserves
Download Wildlife on Barrow's Doorstep (pdf 1.1Mb) - a guide to nature reserves in and around Barrow.
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