LOCAL CYCLING :
The following routes are short and allow you plenty of time to stop off and explore at the nature sites (see local map). Exceptionally high tides at the spring and autumn equinoxes cover the roads into the area for a short period (max. 1 hour) - hence the area is known locally as "The Island".
Cycle Route 1 - "Small Island" - gentle 8 mile trip passing through the villages of Glasson and Port Carlisle. Each village has its own pub offering meals and refreshment. Route passes the entrance to Bowness & Glasson Moss National Nature Reserve. Kirkbride village with its shop and newsagent is only a further mile off the route over the River Wampool.
Cycle Route 2 - "Large Island" - a 10 mile route which follows the beautiful coast around the Cardurnock peninsula. Views across the Solway Estuary to Scotland, only 3 miles away. Passes through some of the quietest and unspoiled saltmarsh and wetlands in Britain. Route passes the Bowness Sandpit Nature Reserve and through the R.S.P.B.'s Campfield Marsh Nature Reserve
Cycle Route 3 - "Figure of Eight" - a 15 mile journey which combines both the "Small" and "Large Island" tours.
