B5300 road

A short section of the road between Dubmill and Mawbray was closed in February 2019 due to coastal erosion,[3] and reopened in June 2019.

[6] Immediately past the Newtown road comes Bank Mill Nurseries, which includes a garden, nature reserve, play area, and restaurant.

[8] Near Mawbray Yard there is also a car park for visitors to the Solway coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which incorporates much of the road's route.

However, particularly heavy storms have damaged the sea defences in the past, and in 2014, Cumbria County Council launched a £130,000 repair scheme.

The road also crosses over Allonby beck, before passing the village green and Twentyman's shop and ice cream parlour, which is popular both with locals and tourists, especially during the summer months.

[12][13] The B5300 continues south, following the shoreline of Allonby bay out of the village, past the side-road that leads to Hayton, and the caravan park at Blue Dial,[14] and shortly passes by Milefortlet 21.

[16] As Allonby bay turns, so does the road, and by the time it reaches Maryport golf club it is heading almost due west.

A bend in the road as it cuts through the golf course, however, puts it back on a more southerly course as it enters the final mile toward its southern terminus.

In particularly vulnerable areas around Mawbray and Dubmill, a concrete sea wall has been constructed to minimise damage and prevent coastal erosion.

[26][27] In February 2019, a section of the road between Dubmill and Mawbray was closed "indefinitely" after an emergency inspection revealed significant coastal erosion of over two metres in a matter of weeks.

Protecting the Site of Special Scientific Interest and the local natterjack toad population was behind the delay, and the license was finally granted on the 17th of April 2019.

[34] In November 2020, Cumbria County Council applied for permission to engage in what were considered to be emergency repair works to coastal defences near Crosscanonby in order to protect the road.

[35] In September 2015, stage three of the Tour of Britain ran along the entire length of the B5300 as part of its route from Cockermouth to Floors Castle.

The number 60, operated by Ellenvale Coach Co Ltd of Fletchertown without any government or local subsidies and runs from Skinburness, through Silloth onwards to Maryport and now once again continues on to Workington.

[38][39] The number 60 was temporarily only able to run between Allonby and Maryport in February 2019 due to the closure of the section of the road between Dubmill and Mawbray,[40] but subsequently was able to resume its full route by taking a diversion.

[41][42] Approximately one mile from the southern terminus of the B5300 is Maryport railway station, on the Cumbrian Coast Line, where services run hourly between Carlisle and Whitehaven, with some trains going on to Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster.

The B5300, shown in red, runs for approximately twelve miles along the west Cumbrian coastline between Silloth to the north and Maryport to the south.
The B5300 heading through Blitterlees in Cumbria.
Mawbray Bank, looking north. The B5300 is slightly to the right of the sand dunes.
The Crosscanonby junction before the car park was destroyed in a storm in 2014. The village of Allonby can just be made out in the background.
Maryport Cemetery and chapel. The B5300 runs right past the cemetery gates.
Repairs to the B5300 at Dubmill after a severe storm in March 2008.
The B5300 closed between Dubmill and Mawbray in April 2019
The Tour of Britain riders on the B5300 coast road at Dubmill, near Salta.
Two Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire buses at Carlisle bus station. Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire run routes from Maryport and Silloth to Carlisle and other locations around Cumbria.