The Solway Coast is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in northern Cumbria, England. It incorporates two areas of coastline along the Solway Firth, the first running from just north of the city of Carlisle, at the estuary of the rivers Esk and Eden, in a westerly direction as far as
Silloth-on-Solway, including the villages of Bowness-on-Solway, Burgh-by-Sands, Port Carlisle, and Skinburness. The second area begins just north of the hamlet of Beckfoot, and runs south down the coast to the southern end of Allonby Bay near the village of Crosscanonby. Included in this area are the villages of Mawbray and Allonby, and the hamlets of Dubmill, Hailforth and Salta. The hamlet of Wolsty lies just outside the AONB. Beginning at Silloth, the B5300 coast road runs in a south-westerly direction, entering the AONB just north of Beckfoot, and exiting near Crosscanonby.
Grune Point, Cumbria
The track leading to the beach near Mawbray Yard, in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in the Solway Coast AONB.
Robin Rigg wind farm (pictured here while still under construction in 2009) has proven controversial with residents and supporters of the AONB.
The Solway Coast Discovery Centre in Silloth.
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. On 22 November 2023 the AONBs in England and Wales adopted a new name, National Landscapes, and are in the process of rebranding.
View over Three Cliffs Bay in the Gower Peninsula, the first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Falmer Stadium under construction in 2010 in the former Sussex Downs AONB
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