Allonby Bay

Several streams and becks enter the Solway Firth at Allonby Bay, including many fed by irrigation channels.

The Lake District Coast Aquarium in nearby Maryport hosts a variety of aquatic life native to Allonby Bay, and has been a popular tourist attraction in the area since it opened in 1997.

[7] The stated objectives of the Zone were to maintain sub-tidal sediments and sands (important spawning and nursery grounds for plaice, skate and thornback rays) as well as the reefs of the honeycomb worm (sabellaria alveolata).

[7] In 2022 Allonby Bay was one of five sites that were proposed by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMA).

[13] On Salta Moss, a Bronze Age rapier was discovered in the 1980s, and now resides at the Tullie House museum in Carlisle.

Archaeological expeditions in and around the small communities along Allonby Bay have found evidence of human activity in the area dating back to the neolithic period.