Mawbray Banks Beach Clean (25 September 2025)

Date: Thursday 25 September Meet: 10am at Mawbray Banks south car park, CA15 6QS, What3Words nowadays.tolerable.sprays Task: We will be doing a beach clean and litter survey of Mawbray beach as part of the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean.  We will provide all the equipment and tools that are needed for the beach […]

Maryport’s Taste of the Sea Festival

Our team had a hugely successful weekend at Maryport’s Taste of the Sea Festival on 9th & 10th August. We joined forces with the Solway Firth Partnership and managed to chat to many members of the public, hearing the fondness people have for this area, their treasured memories and the enjoyment they get from living […]

Solway Firth Partnership / Solway Coast National Landscape Joint Conference 2025

Save the date: Friday 14th November 2025 Location: The Halston, Carlisle. Join us on 14th November 2025 at the Halston in Carlisle for the biennial Solway Cross-Border Conference hosted by the Solway Coast National Landscape and the Solway Firth Partnership. There will be some fantastic speakers from both sides of the Solway covering a range […]

National Landscapes Conference 2025

National Landscape Conference Earlier in July our team headed to the National Landscapes conference in Winchester, this was a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with other National Landscape teams in addressing the key question, are National Landscapes “Fit for the Future?”. The conference explored a breadth of issues, from innovative governance models that enhance community […]

Wigton

Sitting prettily between the Solway Coast and the Lake District fells, Wigton offers the best of both worlds. It’s an inland gateway to the Solway Coast National Landscape and with its winding streets and alleyways and independent shops and eateries, it’s a place to while away an hour, or a day. If you head north […]

The Solway Dunes

Some of the finest sand dunes in the Solway Coast National Landscape are to be found at Mawbray Banks. They are part of the reason this is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. These dunes are unique habitats and home to rare animals like the natterjack toad. It breeds in shallow pools, which often dry out in […]

England Coastal Path

The England Coast Path will be the longest managed and waymarked coastal path in the world – and a lovely section of it will run through the Solway Coast National Landscape. Once complete, the Path will be more than 2,700 miles long. New OS maps will gradually show the route, but you should be able […]