The final stage runs about 14 miles from Carlisle along the River Eden and out across the flat Solway Plain, through Burgh-by-Sands, to the end of the trail at Bowness-on-Solway, site of the Roman fort of Maia. It is flat and open, and two short sections of the marsh road can flood at very high tides.
It feels like
Long, flat and atmospheric, watch the tides
Walking it, mile by mile
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Around mile 71 · Carlisle
Along the Eden and out onto the Solway Plain: flat, wide-skied, and utterly different from everything before it.
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Around mile 76 · Burgh-by-Sands
Burgh-by-Sands, where Edward I died on the marshes waiting to invade Scotland. The path runs on along the estuary road across open saltmarsh.
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Around mile 76 · Burgh-by-Sands · Worth knowing
Two short sections of the marsh road can flood at very high tides: check tide times before you set off.
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Around mile 84 · Bowness-on-Solway · Best moment
The little pavilion on the shore at Bowness-on-Solway, site of the Roman fort of Maia: quiet, salt-scented, a properly remote full stop.
What you pass
- Burgh-by-Sands
- Where Edward I died on the marshes waiting to invade Scotland. (around mile 76)
Food, water and practicalities
Two short sections of the marsh road can flood at very high tides, check tide times before you set off. Pubs at Burgh-by-Sands and Bowness; the King's Arms at Bowness keeps a book for finishers to sign.