First visible briefly on the right near Bootle station, and Silecroft station., Due to the twists and turns of the railway line and coastline they are also visible across the estuary after Askam station. There are now eight turbines – four 600kW built in 1998, one owned by the Baywind Cooperative, and four 850kW built 2005, replacing five 225kW turbines built 1992. This was the first wind farm built in Cumbria, only the second commercial one in the UK and gained very positive press coverage.
Haverigg provides enough electricity to power 3,000 houses.
