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SILVERDALE AND ARNSIDE AREA

Between Silverdale and Cow’s Mouth low limestone seas cliffs border the rocky shore

INTRODUCTION

Arnside Knott seen from the edge of the wood on Walk 6

This is the heart of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with a rich diversity of limestone landscape, flora and fauna. The walks offer all the attractions of coast, woodland, pasture and hill that make the area so special, and will enable visitors to develop a real appreciation of the AONB.

The area bounded by the villages of Warton to the south, the Yealands to the east, Milnthorpe to the north and Arnside and Silverdale on the coast to the west contains blocks of low wooded hills separated by flat basins. One of these basins is home to the Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, and the nearby Hawes Water Moss is also a haven for wildlife. Arnside Moss and Silverdale Moss have been reclaimed as pasture, and Hale Moss, on the eastern edge of the area, is a mix of woodlands and marsh.

Warton Crag is the prominent hill clearly seen from the M6 to the west, and the low northwards undulation of Cringlebarrow provides shelter for the Yealands. Hale Fell, Whin Scar and Haverbrack Fell form a woodland cloak above Beetham and Arnside Knott rises sufficiently to form a hill recognisable from afar. Silverdale lies within a shallow bay, defined to the north by Heathwaite, which extends from Arnside Knott to the edge of the bay, and to the south by the promontory of Heald Brow. Slightly inland lies the well-wooded Middlebarrow, its woodlands extending to the limestone pavement of Gait Barrows.