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Summary: The Haematite Trail is a circular walk in the Furness Peninsula, south west Cumbria. It was devised to explore some of the remains of the iron mining industry which brought about the industrial expansion of Furness and the subsequent emergence of the regions premier town of Barrow-in-Furness. In its heyday the Furness mining industry was a bustling hive of activity when it provided some of the richest iron ore worked in Britain. From the start in the town the Haematite Trail passes Furness Abbey, Newton, Stainton with Adgarley, Little Urswick, Lindal in Furness, Marton and Askam in Furness before finishing with a coastal walk past North Walney National Nature Reserve prior to finishing back in Barrow-in-Furness.