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B5302 road


The B5302 is a B road which runs for approximately twelve-and-a-quarter miles between the towns of Silloth-on-Solway and Wigton in Cumbria, United Kingdom. From west to east, it passes through the villages of Causewayhead, Calvo, Abbeytown, Wheyrigg, and Waverbridge, and also passes near to Blackdyke and Blencogo. At its eastern end, it comes very close to the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and passes by Silloth Airfield, left over from the Second World War. Several of the villages that the road passes through were formerly served by trains on the single-track Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, which closed with the Beeching axe in the 1960s. It is the main road connecting Silloth-on-Solway and surrounding settlements with the A596, and by extension, the city of Carlisle.

The B5302's western terminus is in the coastal town of Silloth-on-Solway, at the junction with the B5300 coast road (which runs south to Mawbray, Allonby, and Maryport). As it winds through Silloth, first heading west, then north as Criffel Street, then east as Wigton Road, it is constructed from cobblestones, unchanged from the Victorian era. As Criffel Street, the B5302 passes by many of Silloth's shops and the town's green. Side-roads lead to Silloth docks, the seafront and lifeboat station, and the former site of Silloth railway station.


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