The Cumbria Way, Gawthwaite
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The Cumbria Way, Gawthwaite
Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 8 Apr 2019
The old Gawthwaite to Gawthwaite Land road is the route of The Cumbria Way, a 74 mile long distance path from Ulverston to Carlisle (next photograph Image). The road was at one time fully surfaced and suitable for cars. Before 1974 this part of Cumbria was part of the county of Lancashire, an industrial county wealthy from the benefits of industry and in consequence the county’s infrastructure was well-maintained. The ‘new’ mainly rural county of Cumbria was by comparison impoverished, and this together with politically motivated cuts to public expenditure has led to the effective abandonment of many minor rural roads in the county and wasted investment. This road, deteriorating into a farm track is one of two examples followed by The Cumbria Way between Ulverston and Carlisle.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.255252
Longitude
-3.118548