It passes through three National Parks – the Lake District, Yorkshire
Dales and North York Moors – with splendidly varied scenery. Many
walkers complete it within 12 to 16 days, although some divide it into
two separate week-long walks.
Devised by the legendary Alfred Wainwright, the Coast to Coast is
justly famous as England's most popular walk. It is waymarked, has
plenty of accommodation and features welcoming pubs. Both its ends and
two midpoints (Kirkby Stephen and Richmond) are accessible by public
transport.
The new edition features many photographs by the award-winning landscape photographer Karen Frenkel.
It also has freshly commissioned mapping, which appears on 25 of its
126 pages and covers many more route options than before, but it weighs
only 295g/10 oz. It contains all that a walker needs:
- Concise directions (revised 2018) for the route walked west to east
- 25 pages of easy-to-follow mapping (1:55,000)
- Altitude profiles for each section and for route options
- Background on geology, history and wildlife
- Pros and cons of high-level route options
- Ten top tips from Coast-to-Coasters with experience
- Bonus content free to download
- Contact details for accommodation and transport
- Features on St Bees, Grasmere, Richmond and Robin Hood’s Bay
- Over 150 superb colour photographs
- Rainproof, rucksack-friendly format.
