Route: Arnside Knott
Area: Southern Lake District
Date of walk: 24th October 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 4.9 miles
Ascent: 700 feet
Weather: overcast at first but brighter later on
Having visited Leighton Moss in the morning (click here for the link), I decided on another walk in the area, and after leaving the reserve made the short journey over to Arnside. I walked through Ashmeadow Woodlands down to the estuary where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay. It was high tide and the water lapped over the path in places
After walking along the shore for a while I headed inland at Far Arnside and climbed up to Arnside knott. It was easy going. The weather had been indifferent up to this point, but as I neared the top there was some welcome sunshine and blue skies which enhanced the great views
It was an easy descent back down to Arnside. I’d really enjoyed this walk in what is a new area for me
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Walking down to the sands from Arnside village
It’s high tide and the River Kent has covered the sands
Looking across to lakeland
Grange-over-Sands
The high tide meant that I had to clamber along a few rocky shelves in places
The path turns inland at a small estuary
Grange-over-Sands
A little egret, with Grange-over-Sands across the Kent Channel
Morecambe Bay as I walk further round the point
The path hugs the shoreline as it passes below Arnside Park
Approaching Far Arnside
Start of the return leg to Arnside over Arnside Knott
It’s a very easy climb set at a gentle gradient
Looking back along the Silverdale coast as I approach the top
Morecambe Bay
Looking back over Arnside Park
Zooming in on Heysham nuclear power station - 11.5 miles away
Another view over Arnside Park as the weather improves by the minute
The lower top of Arnside Knott
The Lake District Fells from the top
Start of the descent back to Arnside
Looking across the Kent Estuary to Grange-over-Sands
The Kent railway viaduct
A wonderful (and very easy) descent with this view of Arnside, the viaduct, the River Kent and lakeland ahead all the way down
Milnthorpe Sands
A final photo of that wonderful view, just before I arrive back in Arnside to complete the circuit
