Coast to Coast Walk

The Coast to Coast Walk is a 182-mile unofficial and mostly unsignposted long-distance footpath in Northern England.

There are many different routes to take - one of the most popular was devised by Alfred Wainwright. It passes through three contrasting national parks: The Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the North York Moors National Park.

The C2C can usually be walked in approximately 2 - 3 weeks and either completed as one walk or as a series of stages over a period of time.

The example itinerary below is one of a number of permutations, challenging and stretching on a number of days, with estimated distance being nearer 200 miles in total.

Wainwright recommends that walkers dip their booted feet in the Irish Sea at St Bees and, at the end of the walk, in the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay.

A great book to research the finer details is : The Coast to Coast Walk. – St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay – By Terry Marsh

https://www.cicerone.co.uk/the-coast-to-coast-walk-fourth

	Start	Finish	Distance
day 1	St. Bees	Ennerdale Bridge	15m, 24km
day 2	Ennerdale Bridge	Rosthwaite	16m, 26km
day 3	Rosthwaite	Patterdale	17m, 27km
day 4	Patterdale	Shap	16m, 26km
day 5	Shap	Kirkby Stephen	20.5m, 32km
day 6	Kirkby Stephen	Keld	14.5m, 23km
day 7	Keld	Reeth	12.5m, 20km
day 8	Reeth	Richmond	14m, 22km
day 9	Richmond	Ingleby Cross	23m, 37km
day 10	Ingleby Cross	Great Broughton	12m, 19km
day 11	Great Broughton	Glaisdale	18.5m, 30km
day 12	Glaisdale	Robin Hoods Bay	19.5m, 31km
Total			198m, 317km

Route information, maps, distances and itineraries are for general information only and should not be relied on for navigation.

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