Haverigg Point
Haverigg Point is a low-lying promontory at the very south of Cumberland, between the mouth of the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. It is Cumberland's southernmost point. Beside it is Haverigg village.
The point is broad and flat, the tidal sands reaching out to sea and providing a sandy beach below the shingle with views out over to the Isle of Man, Morecambe Bay and, looking landward, to the Lake District fells.
Large sand dunes bound with sea-grasses line the back of the beach. There is a café on the beach and a children's play area. When the tide is out, visitors can walk along the beach to Silecroft, or along the old sea wall towards Millom.
Close by to the east is the Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve (where dogs must be kept on a lead). To the north-east, running down to the very beach is a prison.
The sea wall and lagoon
An old sea wall runs around the shoreline east of Haverigg village, enclosing a lagoon. The wall can still be walked as part of a coastal footpath: inland of it are the remains of disused iron ore mines, which have been filled with water to create the lagoon see today, which now forms the Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve.
In spring, the lagoon is home to nesting terns, lapwings and ringed plovers. At other times of year there are coots, swans, teals and eider ducks.
There are also a restored lighthouse and derelict windmill near the site of the old mine works.
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