This section starts at Arnside Pier. It sounds grand but it's smaller than expected being a 20 metre stone structure that juts into the estuary. From the pier the ride sweeps the bay heading briefly inland before extensive views to the left of Morecambe Bay and the fells. Swinging north and inland, you pass through pretty agricultural land, which is very flat with only 2 small climbs. The lanes are narrowish and full of cyclists.
It gets a little busier around Levens Hall where you join the A6, however most traffic is on the A590 and there is a stretch of pavement to use. Through Levens and some cycling infrastructure kicks in. There is a cyclepath and bridge built for cyclists that parallels the A590 and a route under the A590 that is controlled by a traffic light specifically for cyclists. After this you have one more climb before arriving on the outskirts of Grange. The Cumbrian Cycleway and the newer Sustrans routes (70 and 700) enter Grange along the road. However it is highly recommended to enter via the promenade but you need to walk your bike for a section

From Grange station you head into the centre of Grange, heading left at the roundabout to pass cafes on the right. An uphill short climb to a roundabout by a clock. There follows a monster climb out of town (route 700 goes left). After this the road undulates with some downhill to the pretty village of Cartmel where the horse races run 9 times a year. It’s quite a touristy village with cafes etc, so worth a look taking in Cartmel Priory. To carry on you need to go through the centre and onto a bridleway that goes through the racecourse, on through a gate and onwards to end at a Y shaped piece of tarmac. Head right and straight which climbs. The path here is a bridleway, so if you have narrow tyres take care, it’s not tarmac. The route rejoins tarmac and continues to climb for lovely views to the coast.

There then follows a steep descent to the B5370 that is delightful and pretty quiet as well as fairly level. Heading right by 4 stone posts to go through a small settlement. The old clock tower may ding as you go left and onto a private road that's flat and an old railway) following the river Leven on the right. Here are 2 pristine Cumbria Cycleway Signs on your left. The route goes right and curves round to get on a rough piece of cyclepath. To me there are numerous confusing signs, all of routes in the past and present? W2W , 70, 700. Follow the rough path to cross into the old railway into greenodd.
Greenodd has a café and a butchers if you head right at the road.
There is a big climb out of Greenodd, lots of undulations through farmland, some steep ascents and descents, followed by a fast descent into Ulverston.

Staring in Ulverston by the war memorial, you descend the cobbled streets to a large roundabout where you exit the town. The road is flat to gentle incline and passes a Buddhist centre LHS, you can see the golden temple through the trees. After a few miles you reach the coast probably marked by extensive car parking and trippers walking the sands. The roads follows the coast but isn't flat as it rises and falls with lovely views of the bay and the square nuclear power station at Heysham to the left. Towards the end the road runs close to the coast and you can see a few areas of concrete flood defense.
Into Rampside, pass the thin tower and at the end of the village a fabulous narrow but tarmacked track that rises to pass a gas main. Look out for the bike pump at the start, but watch for the narrow motorbike guards. This is route 700 and you get great views of the distillation plants on the right. Where 700 goes left you carry SO through a path then waste ground where the Cumbria Cycleway once went to put you into Barrow.
In Barrow, go left where there is a bike lane to eventually cross this road and a wide waterway to experience the beautiful red sandstone buildings and industry of this area.
You leave Barrow along Abbey road, full of fine buildings again with the majority a cyclepath to head right to pass the ruins of Furness abbey. Through the arches back to Abbey road to cross it and climb. On a main road briefly, to descend to cross a railway then under the A590 to head up a delightful private road through woodland. Onto the A595 and a lovely descent to the end of this section with wonderful views of the Lakeland fells.

Starting from the railway station you head along the A595 with a stiff climb. The reward is a fantastic descent with views into the valley with a backdrop of Lakeland fells to the left as you descend. There is a gate pull in that gives a better view close to the top of the descent. The road is moderately busy, so take care.
The left turn through Kirkby Furness is very pretty, you can almost imagine a community before Beaching cut the railways in the 1960’s with its attentive railway station
Back to the A595 you turn left along a rough track, just before the road hits an incline. It doesn’t look very promising but after a few 100 metres, passes through a farmyard and after this there is tarmac. It's flat incredibly quite and gives good views. It eventually goes through a gate over the railway and you return to the A595
The right turn to Broughton takes you through this pretty town with 3 Cumbria Cycleway signs still there and a few cafes. It does though have a short steep climb back to the A595
Not far to Millom as you have a fast descent to a traffic lighted bridge before a left turn to Lady Hall that's unusual as it's usually the a road that takes the flatter route but this one is very pleasant as it twists and turns through agricultural land. It does though have a sting as it climbs back then flattens to return to the A5093
The final 3.5 miles has a climb the is pretty flat and you can see the church spire of Millom from a long way away. 1 mile out you can visit a 12th century church on the right close to the walls of a ruined castle. The ride finishes at Millom station

From Millom the route heads south through Ventner so if you had stayed at the harbour lights campsite, you're close to the route. On the coast it has a tiny harbour and a shop. You head out towards the Western Fells and will be under the shadow of these for most of this section. It's an agricultural area so you will pass warning signs for tractors and cows.
A lot of this section uses A roads which may be a reason why the Cumbria Cycleway no longer exists but these bring good gradients and great views to both sides. The roads are quite narrow with some high hedges so take care. The route has used quieter roads. One runs to the coast and you get great views including Sellafield which you will pass later, it is though quite short-lived as a long section of coast is taken up by live firing for the MOD to test their armaments. The route swings inland with a lovely view of a Lakeland valley and finishes by passing a shop that sells Cumberland sausages by Royal Appointment
The main road is re-joined but there is a climb and a descent before you see Muncaster Hall high on the left and the road swings that way to climb quite steeply passing the hall. The cycleway used to go through the hall grounds but this is the one place that you can't retrace this so you pass the driveway and carry on to descend to Ravenglass. For a small settlement stretched along a single street to the sea it has lot to offer. A roman bathhouse where Hadrian’s cycleway starts just out of the village, views over the Solway from blue seats, a small post office that sells very little aside papers, ice creams and a few essentials to a train station and a preserved railway complete with museum. There are 3 cafes, one at each station (modern and vintage) and another near the coast at a B&B that has turned their hand to it.

You exit Ravenglass via narrow walkway strapped to the side of the railway bridge. This drops to a short length of rough track close to the shore that affords good views back to the village after which you hit tarmac to head inland crossing the railway to join the A595.
Heading left and through Drigg the route heads to the coast to arrive at Seascale where there are great views not only across the beach but also up the coast where you’ll see the chimneys of the now decommissioned nuclear plant at Sellafield.
The Cycleway now heads along the coast, almost literally as it follows a narrow path between sea and rail. You’ll ride on either matting, tarmac, paving slabs or a compacted surface, but there are sections of sand, which can easily bring you to a halt so take care. The views though are excellent as you approach Sellafield where just before the bridge the tarmac path has given way to coastal erosion. Beware of basking adders in this area so hopefully you won’t encounter any before you cross a small bridge and head inland by Sellafield Station.
You are now heading along the Western edge of the double fenced Sellafield and inside it’s being taken apart but its ball like reactor is still visible. Route 72 goes right to follow the fence but you continue to a roundaboutwhere you pass through a gap to cycle a very quiet lane to Beckermet, where route 72 rejoins.
The road to Egrement is a closed road and has been for 15 years as the river is undermining it. As you reach the top you descend into the town where you turn left by the castle. If you were to continue it's close to a high street with many amenities.
The climb out of Egrement to St Bees is long and quite steep in place, the short descent to the town even steeper which drops you on a main street to descend further bottoming out at the railway. St Bees is an attractive place and you pass the school on the right carved from the Red Sandstone so common in this area. This primes you another climb that is quite busy and a long climb. To your right in the valley is the train line and beyond that a lower quieter climb. You descend into the major town at Whitehaven, though there is one shorter climb. Houses are laid out in estates on the hillsides. It was an industrial town but your arrival at the marina and Beacon centre shows a lot of work has been done in recent years to make this an attractive destination

You stay with the sea as an old railway hugs the coastline giving good views and even better when you can see further north along the coast. In essence this first part can’t retrace the cycleway as so much work has been done.
The route swings inland for a climb through Lowca. The Hadrian’s Wall cyclepath goes right near the start of the climb but the Cumbrian Cycleway heads up to an escarpment surrounded by windmills on all sides providing some good views. At the end you pick up an old railpath that descends all the way to Workington. The route passes straight through the main shopping centre, literally as it goes under an underpass with the shopping centre on top which leads to leads to Navvies bridge recently built, just for pedestrians and walkers.
The Hadrian’s wall path goes straight but the Cumbrian Cycleway goes right, descending under the main road to follow the River Derwent which affords good views before a bit of brutal climb up a track. This section has rough tracks so be warned. Heading right it picks up a lovely road around the Seaton area with a disused railway path to the left. The Cumbrian Cycleway descends 17% to Camerton then rises up again, so this is where that railway path comes in. It’s been reclaimed as a cycleway so you can take it to avoid that drop and climb in and out of Camerton.
A climb again before a fabulous view of windmills and Solway Firth after which you drop quickly to the A596 at Flimby
The final stage is on the new path to Maryport. It may not be the Cumbria Cycleway but it’s very close and parallel to a busy road that carried the Cyclepath

Starting at Maryport bridge the route heads to the coast passing the church on the left. There are a few things to see in Maryport from an aquarium quayside to 2 museums including Roman artefacts.
The promenade runs along the Solway Firth it's wide enough to be shared with pedestrians from where you can admire the Scottish coast across the water as well as wind turbines too numerous to count. Red sandstone lines the shore making it an attractive ride.
The route leaves the promenade close to its end via as an attractive sign shared by the recently signed English Coastal path. It rises gently to put you close to the clubhouse of the local golf course, so watch out for low flying balls.
At the road, the route crosses the road for the start of a lovely tarmacced path that is separate to the road, flat and fast. Newly laid in 2021 it's being extended all the time as far as North of Allonby in 2021
So you parallel the coast and at the dairy farm with a small cafe it switches sides to run closer to the beaches that are quiet and full of bird life
Allonby provides a cafe, a few pubs, a campsite and is strung out along the coast. The campsite near the centre on the right. The cyclepath finishes on the outskirts of Allonby.
At this point keep heading up the coast. Route 72 goes right but the Cumbria Cycleway goes onwards along the coast. It doesn't always stay very close though to provide sea views though remains flat.
You see the spire of the church in Silloth long before you meet it you enter via a cyclepath into town on the 72, strictly not the Cumbria route but a better way in. The route finishes in the centre of Silloth where there are cafes and shops

From the centre of Silloth head down to the shore to head along the wide promenade shared with pedestrians. There is plenty of room so take your time to enjoy the sea views and the groins keeping the beach in place.