The
Solway Coast is a designated
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in northern
Cumbria,
United Kingdom. It incorporates two areas of coastline along the
Solway Firth, the first running from just north of the city of
Carlisle, at the estuary of the rivers
Esk and
Eden, in a westerly direction as far as
Silloth-on-Solway, including the villages of
Bowness-on-Solway,
Burgh-by-Sands,
Port Carlisle, and
Skinburness. The second area begins just north of the hamlet of
Beckfoot, and runs south down the coast to the southern end of
Allonby Bay near the village of
Crosscanonby. Included in this area are the villages of
Mawbray and
Allonby, and the hamlets of
Dubmill,
Hailforth and
Salta. The hamlet of
Wolsty lies just outside the AONB. Beginning at Silloth, the
B5300 coast road runs in a south-westerly direction, entering the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty just north of Beckfoot, and exiting near Crosscanonby. As indicated by its local name, the road sticks close to the coast, and travels the entire length of the southern section of the Solway Coast AONB.