Walk from Ravenglass to Saltcoats and along the England Coast Path, Lake District, Cumbria

A lovely dog friendly walk to discover the England Coast path from Ravenglass to Saltcoats and the river Irt.

Ravenglass to Saltcoats walk information:

  • Distance: 7.5 km
  • Duration 2 h
  • Ascent: 60 m
  • Level: Easy
  • Car park: Ravenglass main car park or there are some spaces available along the main road to the village.
  • What3words: Working.Messy.Worldplay (start of the walk)
  • Dog friendly: Yes, no stile, dog on lead when crossing the farm, some part on quiet road.

I have been wanted to visit Ravenglass since we moved to Cumbria. I had read several blog posts from Sharon on her blog Sunshine and Celandines that was talking about Ravenglass and the Eskmeals natural reserve and it had made me wanted to visit this village.

Read Sharon blog post about Ravenglass here.

Ravenglass, Lake District, Cumbria

This Saturday, we finally decided to go to Ravenglass even though the weather was a bit uncertain. As we are in January, we easily found some space to park the car on the main street that goes into Ravenglass centre. We didn’t really have a walk in mind when we arrived there so we just decided to follow the signs of the England Coastal Path and to see where it will bring us.

Ravenglass, Lake District, Cumbria

So from Ravenglass we took the direction of Saltcoats, then decided to follow the path until its end on the shore of the river Irt. Currently, there is no means of crossing the river by using the coastal path so we turned back to go back to Ravenglass. Once again in Ravenglass, we decided to explore a little this village before heading back home.

Ravenglass, Lake District, Cumbria

We enjoyed this nice little and easy walk even though some parts were a bit muddy. The view on the river Esk estuary is beautiful and the atmosphere was slightly magical with the mist and sun illuminating the sand and sea.

Have you visited Ravenglass or done this walk?

Street of Ravenglass

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13 thoughts on “Walk from Ravenglass to Saltcoats and along the England Coast Path, Lake District, Cumbria

  1. Vastly different weather to when I was there in early July last year but at least you made the most of the day.
    I did a lovely circular walk which passed the Roman ruins and came back along the shore, if you don’t mind me posting the link you can find it here if you’re interested –https://mousehouselife.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/ravenglass-a-walk-in-two-parts/
    If you do go back to Ravenglass sometime then have a look for the little shop along the main street through the village, it’s easy to miss and not always open, the inside is what I would describe as a quirky mess 🙂

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