Morecambe Bay
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Morecambe Bay forms part of the Irish Sea, bordered by the English counties of Cumbria to the north and Lancashire to the east and south. It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in t
A panorama of most of Morecambe Bay looking from east (bottom of photo) to west (top of photo). Barrow-in-Furness and Walney Island can be seen in the upper part of the photo and Lancaster and Morecambe are visible in the lower left-hand corner of the photo.
Morecambe Bay from Ulverston
Rampside Gas Terminal
Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands
King's Guide to the Sands
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The King's Guide to the Sands, or, during the reign of a female monarch, Queen's Guide to the Sands, is the royally appointed guide to crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay, an ancient and potentially d
Morecambe Bay
…that it refers to a curve of the sea. The bay has quicksand and fast moving tides. There have been royally appointed local guides (holding the post of King's Guide to the Sands) for crossing the bay for centuries; appointment of guides is now delegated to a trust. This difficulty of crossing the bay added to the isolation of…
Cedric Robinson, the 25th Queen's Guide to the Sands, leading a group across Morecambe Bay in July 2014