Maryport and surroundings

Maryport itself is a delightful Georgian harbour town with unspoilt coast line to the North through Allonby and Silloth to Carlisle. Inland Cockermouth is 5 miles away, Keswick 20 miles and in 20 minutes you can be on the shores of Crummock Water and Buttermere, in 35 minutes you can be at Seathwaite in Borrowdale, the heart of the Lake District. To the South lies the port of Whitehaven with it's annual maritime festival and just south of that the seaside village of St. Bees with it's wide sandy beach and the start of Alfred Wainright's Coast to Coast walk. 

Trawler returns

A trawler unloads it's catch at Maryport


 Wordsworth House at Cockermouth

Buttermere - 20 minutes away from the house.

Rannerdale Knotts 

Rannerdale Knotts in Buttermere pictured above the bluebells..

Rannerdale in springtime when the bluebells are in bloom.

 

Allonby

Allonby - 5 miles up the coast from Maryport. Easy walking along the promenade and then along the coast.

Oyster Catchers above and Ringed Plover right.

                                                          Stonechat

Wheatear

Maryport Harbour Festival

Silloth

Further south is Gosforth which is the gateway to Wasdale which is famous for having the highest mountain, the deepest lake, the smallest church and the biggest liar

Early morning winter view of Wast Water

A snow covered walk up Great End from Seathwaite which is only 35 minutes from Hilmore House

An unusual inversion viewed from the top of Skiddaw