Silloth-On-Solway周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

You might have to fight the wind here. 🌊 The Solway Coast National Landscape is a vast and diverse coastal area in northwest England, stretching along the Solway Firth to the border with Scotland. Covering approximately 115 km², it has been legally protected since 1964 for its outstanding natural beauty. It comprises sandy beaches, salt marshes, peatlands, dunes, and cliffs. It is an important habitat for migratory birds, seals, dolphins, and rare amphibians. It includes parts of the South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve, one of the largest unspoiled fenlands in the UK.

🏛️ Holmcultram Abbey, located in Abbeytown, is a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1150 by monks from Melrose Abbey in Scotland. The abbey grew to be one of the wealthiest and most influential religious institutions in Northwest England, thanks in part to its expertise in land reclamation, wool production, and salt mining. In the 13th and 14th centuries, it was repeatedly plundered by Scottish raids, including a major attack by Robert the Bruce in 1319. It was dissolved in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the church remained as a parish church. Built of red sandstone, possibly from Scotland or St Bees, it retains medieval features such as carved arches and an impressive west entrance. Tearoom in the adjacent Abbey Cottages.

✈️ On Silloth Green, directly opposite the RAFA Club on Petteril Street, stands an impressive replica model of a Lockheed Hudson Bomber. This aircraft was unveiled on April 1, 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force and as a tribute to Silloth's role during the Second World War. Constructed of steel and later reinforced with fibreglass (GRP) to withstand the harsh maritime environment, the model is painted in the colors of No. 1 OTU Squadron, which operated from RAF Silloth. The Lockheed Hudson was an American light bomber used for coastal reconnaissance. Due to the high number of crashes in the Solway Firth, the area became known locally as "Hudson Bay."

Memorial in Church Gardens to those lost in the World Wars.

A local man named Peter Richardson commissioned this Ray Lonsdale sculpture but he passed away before it was put in place. The sculpture is now sits in his memory. The statue features man and his dog taking in the view across the Solway from a bench in Silloth. Its official name is 'Sunset' but locals know it as 'Big Fella'.

Peaceful stretch of road alongside the Solway Firth

Founded in 1150 by the Cistercian Monks of Melrose Abbey, Holme Cultram Abbey was once much larger than the building that is left today. In fact, it was once bigger than Carlisle Cathedral itself. However, following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 the monks departed. Today the building survives as the parish church for Abbeytown.

The port at Skinburness was almost completely destroyed by a great storm in 1301. To guard against future catastrophe, the landowners built the inland village of Newton Arlosh and much of the population moved to the new settlement. Just a year or so before the fateful storm, Edward I, on his way to invade Scotland, gathered some 50 ships in the lee of Grune Point at Skinburness.