Tourism

It’s no wonder that tourists have been coming to what is now the Solway Coast National Landscape for hundreds of years. With its stunning views, huge expanses of space, lovely towns and villages and proximity to two World Heritage Sites in Hadrian’s Wall and the Lake District, it’s an amazing place to visit. The Victorians played a huge […]

Fishing

There has been a fishing industry in the Solway Firth for centuries. Today, the commercial operations are largely confined to boats sailing out of the harbours of Maryport and Silloth with plaice, skate and whitefish their primary catch. But there are more varieties to look out for around the Solway Coast National Landscape. The Firth’s […]

Farming

The landscape of the Solway Coast National Landscape has been massively influenced by farming. It is the industry which has had the greatest impact on our landscape and farmland now covers the biggest proportion of the NL Centuries ago, the Solway Plain was a wild and inhospitable place but demand for agricultural land saw the […]

Energy

The issue of renewable energy production is one that divides opinion, though one thing is for certain – changing climates and rising sea levels are a key threat to the Solway Coast National Landscape into the future. Wind is the most common energy-creating asset around the Solway – that’s why both the sea and the […]