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Walney West Shore

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  • Water temp(satellite):
  • 5.9°C
  • 2025-01-21

Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. The beach is the most northerly of the bathing waters on Walney Island.

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Beaches close to Walney West Shore

Walney West Shore Beach ⟼ 0.3 km away
Barrow-in-Furness Beach ⟼ 1.9 km away
Barrow-in-Furness Beach is located in Cumbria 2 kilometers north west of Barrow-in-Furness.
Walney Sandy Gap ⟼ 2.1 km away
Walney Sandy Gap ⟼ 2.1 km away
The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profile. Beyond this, the beach levels, and becomes sandy down to the sea.
Walney Biggar Bank Beach ⟼ 3 km away
Walney Biggar Bank ⟼ 3 km away
Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of shingle, larger rocks and some sandy areas.
Roan Head Beach ⟼ 6.3 km away
Roan Head Beach is 2 kilometers south of Askam-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria.
Haverigg ⟼ 7.7 km away
Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats a long way from the beach exposing sands of the Duddon estuary. There is a channel wall to the east of the bathing water which guides the Haverigg Pool, a local stream, out to sea.
Haverigg Beach ⟼ 7.8 km away
Askam-in-Furness Beach ⟼ 8.4 km away
Askam-in-Furness Beach is situated about 600 meters south west of Askam-in-Furness.
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