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Map/Route Updates

  1. Route diversion near Newton-in-Furness - 22 July 2010
    Due to the collapse of an old mine shaft, the route just beyond Newton-in-Furness village (map mile marker 6) is closed and a diversion signed. Please follow the diversion and do not try to move the fencing around the shaft and risk falling down a hole over 300’deep!

    If you experience problems with the signed diversion please contact us.

    The shaft is part of the Woodbine pit which produced iron ore up until 1945 before closing.
  2. Kendal
    The route in and out of Kendal shown on the map isn't yet signed as W2W (20). From Natland you can follow NCN 6 signs pretty much into the centre of town along the line of the old canal.

    To leave Kendal, retrace your route in to Burton Road and then turn left to join Oxenholme Road to cycle up past the railway station. Turn left at the crossroads by the Station Inn to continue on the route.

    Travelling westwards into Kendal you can carry straight on at the crossroads just before mile marker 43 and head down the hill (Sedbergh Road) to the junction with the main road at the bottom. Turn left and then, with care, turn right into Castle Road to go under the railway bridge to where NCN 6 crosses Parkside Road. Turn right here to reach the town centre.
  3. Route change near Bishop Auckland - 20th July 2010
    Part of the route between Barnard Castle and past Bishop Auckland via Hamsterley Forest has changed. From mile-marker 120 on the Walney to Wear map, the route is now signed through Witton Park village, rather than through Witton Castle grounds and Witton-le-Wear.

    The coffee shop at Low Barns Nature Reserve (Durham Wildlife Trust) by the River Wear is still easy to get to by following the road into Witton-le-Wear village.
  4. Combining with the C2C
    If yout thinking of combining the Walney to Wear and C2C routes for a longer circular tour, then the outline of a suggested (and steeply undulating) link route between Greenodd (near Ulverston) and Whitehaven at the western end of the C2C route will be available to download here just as soon as we have it.

    The two routes merge by Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland on the North Sea coast and share the same alignment between the bridge and Roker beach.