Drigg
Nestling on low lying land on the coast between the Esk estuary at Ravenglass and Seascale, there are miles of sandy, scenic beaches. The dunes have been designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Drigg Railway Station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line, and has a coffee and craft shop, a fine place to stop for refreshment (see below).
Drigg sits to the North of the River Irt, with Carleton to the South of the river. The river runs from Wastwater. Drigg is also the site of the UK's Low Level Radioactive Waste Depository, situated about half a mile from the shoreline. This whole area suffered greatly in the depression of the 1920's and 30's. So much so that Government industrial grants were given to bring in manufacturing, including the vast munitions works at Sellafield, which then became the Windscale and Calder Hall Atomic Power Station - Britain's first. Holmrook Hall, nearby, was requisitioned during the war, christened HMS Volcano and used as a secret training school to teach munitions and explosive demolition techniques for the Royal Navy, all under the disguise of a recuperative hospital for those suffering from shipwrecks. If the weather is fine, turn off at Drigg to follow the as yet unreconstructed bridle path across the fields for the ancient packhorse bridge over the Irt.
Refreshments:
Kathleen Egglestone, Spindle Craft, Drigg Station, Holmrook, CA19 1XQ. Coffee and cake just before you get to Ravenglass. Charming gift shop.
Accommodation
| Victoria Hotel, Station Rd, Drigg, CA19 1XQ | |
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Log fires, home-cooked food, real ale. You can leave your car. Warm atmosphere and secure lock-up. All rooms have en-suite shower and toilet and are supplied with hair-dryer, tea and coffee making facilities and colour television. The Hotel is located in the village of Drigg on the Cumbrian Coast and was originally built to service the railway that runs along the coast from Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle. |
Run by: Sandra & Peter Smith 
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01946 724231 |
Rooms : 5D, 1F. |
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