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Needle's Eye Rock Arch – View of the Solway Firth Coast loop from Sandyhills

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Colvend And Southwick

Needle's Eye Rock Arch – View of the Solway Firth Coast loop from Sandyhills

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runners

Needle's Eye Rock Arch – View of the Solway Firth Coast loop from Sandyhills

00:32

4.43km

70m

Running

Easy run. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Camper Parking

1

695 m

Needle's Eye Rock Arch

Highlight • Viewpoint

Visit at low tide and you will be able to walk right through this amazing rock arch. It's not visible at all from the clifftop path and you have to take a walk along the beach to visit it

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867 m

View of the Solway Firth Coast

Highlight • Viewpoint

Gorgeous views up and down the southern Scotland coast.

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4.07 km

Sandyhills Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Sandyhills is a huge sandy beach with views right across the Solway Firth to the mountains of the Lake District in England behind. At low tide the sand extends so …

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4.43 km

End point

Camper Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.11 km

830 m

716 m

556 m

222 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.90 km

1.32 km

1.02 km

177 m

< 100 m

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