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Maryport to Cockermouth - Alauna to Derventio

Grade

Moderate

Type

Cycle

Description

ROUTE OVERVIEW Start/Finish: Maryport NY 033 364 Distance: 28km (17m) medium distance with easy hills Map: OS Landranger 89 (West Cumbria) This is a route for the more experienced cyclist, although not particularly long it undulates up and down serious hills, the tops of which give stunning views both of the Lake District fells and the Cumbrian coast. It explores a landscape that would have been busy in Roman times with people from forts and civil settlements at Alauna (Maryport) and Derventio (Papcastle, near Cockermouth) and those travelling north to Hadrian's Wall.

Cycle Waypoints

  1. 1 NY 033 364 - Start at the Wave Centre in Maryport, turn Left out of the car park, then turn Right, following blue NCN72 signs. Turn Left onto a cycle path and follow this Straight Ahead, under the railway and to the end.
  2. 2 NY 024 346 - Take care crossing the main road and cycle into Flimby on the shared use footpath and cycle path.
  3. 3 NY 023 342 - Keep Left following NCN72 and Camerton signs, continue on this road, no longer following NCN72, out of Flimby and up the long steep hill.
  4. 4 NY 030 328 - On the summit of the hill turn Right, signed for Camerton.
  5. 5 NY 033 321 - At the T-junction go Straight Ahead (this is a staggered junction) and follow the road down the steep hill into Camerton.
  6. 6 NY 037 308 - Turn Left in Camerton, signed for Great Broughton, and continue to Great Broughton.
  7. 7 NY 074 313 - At the T-junction in Great Nroughton turn Right, signed for Cockermouth.
  8. 8 NY 080 314 - Turn Left, onto Papcastle Road, signed for Papcastle and keep on this road until the T-junction in Cockermouth.
  9. 9 NY 115 311 - At the T-junction in Cockermouth, cross over the road and follow NCN72 signs onto the cycle way, through the park, crossing the River Cocker and onto the main street in Cockermouth. When ready to leave Cockermouth retrace the route back to the junction (point 7) in Great Broughton.
  10. 10 NY 074 313 - Continue Straight Ahead, no longer retracing the route, following signs for Broughton Moor then follow the road through Broughton Moor.
  11. 11 NY 052 337 - Turn Left signed for Maryport and continue into Maryport.
  12. 12 NY 044 356 - At the T-junction turn Left and go Straight Ahead at the next 5 mini roundabouts, to the T-junction with the main road, go Straight Ahead across the main road, at the T-junction turn Right and follow this road back to the start point at the Wave Centre.