Why this ride
95 km from Maryport to Maryport, about 1 h 46 of riding. On the way it passes Burrow Walls Roman fort, Skinburness and back through Burrow Walls Roman fort. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Low Mire and Skinburness
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 95 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 46
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Low Mire
Low Mire lies in the quiet farmland behind the Cumbrian coast, near Dearham and Maryport, where the land slopes gently down to the Solway Firth and the hills of southern Scotland rise across the water. It is an area of small fields, hedges and scattered farms, with the Lake District fells visible to the south-east on clear days.
Read the complete Low Mire write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Low Mire is where the day begins. Next is Burrow Walls Roman fort.
2. Burrow Walls Roman fort
On the northern edge of Workington, near the mouth of the river Derwent, a fragment of stone wall stands alone in a field, a jagged piece of masonry rising above the grass. It is part of Burrow Walls, a Roman fort that guarded the Cumbrian coast, one of the chain of defences that extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall down the shore to watch for raiders crossing from Scotland and Ireland. Much of the fort's stone was reused in a medieval building on the site, and what survives today is modest, but it is part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage site and has a lonely charm, with views over the sea and the river.
Read the complete Burrow Walls Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Burrow Walls Roman fort comes up about 14 km into the recorded legs. Next is Skinburness.
3. Skinburness
Skinburness is a scatter of houses at the tip of a shingle spit on the Solway coast of Cumbria, just north of Silloth, looking across the wide, shimmering estuary to the hills of Scotland. When the tide goes out, the Solway empties into vast expanses of sand and mud, with channels winding through them, and the light changes constantly as clouds race overhead. On clear evenings, the sunsets over the Scottish hills, with the dark bulk of Criffel opposite, are spectacular.
Read the complete Skinburness write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 47 km into the recorded legs you reach Skinburness. Next is back through Burrow Walls Roman fort.
4. back through Burrow Walls Roman fort
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Burrow Walls Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Burrow Walls Roman fort, late in the day. Next is Low Mire.
5. Low Mire
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Low Mire write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Low Mire. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Low Mire to Burrow Walls Roman fort
Low Mire → Burrow Walls Roman fort is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Burrow Walls Roman fort to Skinburness
Burrow Walls Roman fort → Skinburness is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Skinburness to back through Burrow Walls Roman fort
Skinburness → back through Burrow Walls Roman fort is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Burrow Walls Roman fort to Low Mire
back through Burrow Walls Roman fort → Low Mire is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.