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A view from the footbridge at Hest Bank crossing showing the proximity of the West Coast Main Line to the acctual coast at this point. The old keepers cottage is on left complete with outside loo.

©Don Burgess

Coastal erosion with the equinoctial tides ravaging the salt marsh. 'Two Tree Hill' in the background providing communications coverage in the area.

©Arnold Price

Dist:0.2km<br/>We spotted this a couple of summers ago - it had apparently only recently made a re-appearance after having been buried in the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay for many years. The grid-ref is necessarily only approximate - can someone confirm/adjust it?

©Alan Bowring

Dist:0.2km<br/>At the right time of the tide, and with an experienced guide, it is possible to walk across Morecambe Bay to the Cumbrian side from here.

©David Long

Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking up the coast towards the prominent bluff of Red Bank.

©Karl and Ali

Dist:0.2km<br/>The entire Morecambe Bay northern section marsh is a mass of rifts in the silt and sandy alluvium in 2009, excellent bird site

©Michael Dennis Stagg

Dist:0.2km<br/>There seems to have been a cobbled surface on the causeway leading out to the wharf which was built of large sandstone blocks. More information http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2279868

©Karl and Ali

Dist:0.2km<br/>Built around 1800, fell out of use by 1850 due to the coming of the railway. More information http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2279868

©Karl and Ali

Dist:0.2km<br/>Reappeared in 2001 after a century under the sands. For information http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2279868

©Karl and Ali

Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking South West, with an incoming tide. Not the best day for photography, but I didn't have a choice.

©Stephen Armstrong

Dist:0.3km<br/>A colony of about 500 Oystercatchers & 100 Gulls.

©Stephen Armstrong

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©Karl and Ali

Dist:0.3km<br/>This leads to a car park and a caravan site. A footbridge has been provided.

©Humphrey Bolton

Dist:0.3km<br/>Morecambe and the Bay beyond, at low tide.

©David Long

Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking South West from the footbridge at Hest Bank Crossing.

©Stephen Armstrong

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