Best beaches in Cumbria

The King's Guide to the Sands, a genuine, centuries-old royal appointment, leads guided walks from here across Morecambe Bay's tidal sands.

Lake District fells rise beyond the sand at the mouth of the Duddon Estuary, with Hodbarrow's former iron-ore-mine lagoon, now an RSPB reserve, close by.

Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk starts here, beneath red sandstone cliffs that lead north to the RSPB reserve at St Bees Head.

Home to South Walney Nature Reserve, the only grey seal colony in Cumbria, and the only haul-out site anywhere in North West England.