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South and west of the National Park, the Cumbrian coast attracts much less attention than the spectacular scenery inland, but it would be a mistake to write it off. It splits into two distinct sections, the most accessible being the Furness peninsulas area, just a few miles from Windermere's Lakeside, where varied attractions include the resort of Grange-over-Sands , the monastic priory at Cartmel , and market towns such as Ulverston and Broughton-in-Furness . Parts of this region share nearby Lancashire's industrial heritage and in the ship-building port of Barrow-in-Furness it's possible to see a slow revival that's only just starting to pay dividends in terms of tourism - though the dramatic ruins of nearby Furness Abbey have been attracting visitors for almost two hundred years. The Cumbrian coast itself is generally judged to begin at Silecroft near Millom and stretches for more than sixty miles to the small resort of Silloth, on the shores of the Solway Firth. In between lie isolated beaches and the headland of St Bees as well as the delights of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway and the attractive Georgian port of Whitehaven .
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