Roanhead

[1] The Irish Sea lies to the west of Roanhead, whilst the Duddon Estuary and Walney Channel are due north and south respectively.

Today the beach is a National Trust conservation area, and a two-mile stretch of the Cumbria Coastal Way runs through it.

The beach to both sides of Roanhead Crag is a breeding site for the rare natterjack toad, and the central point of a meta population of the species, which extends from Dunnerholme to Sandscale Haws.

Lampyris noctiluca (glow worm) have recently been recorded in the area between Roanhead crag and Sandscale Haws NNR.

Between November and February common starling murmurations can be seen before the birds roost on the wet meadow at Sandscale Haws.

The mining system at Roanhead was top-slicing,[5] which consists in the working of an orebody in horizontal slices, beginning at the top.

Levels, for haulage, are established at proper intervals and, from these, raises are put up to the top of the orebody about every 50 ft.

"The setting up of a large caravan site on this land, close to the shore would vastly increase the public usage of the shore, and have an adverse effect upon the coastal dunes which are shown on the approved and review county development plan as being within a site of special scientific interest.