First devised by Alfred Wainwright, the Coast to Coast Walk has emerged
as a favourite among long-distance walkers. The route stretches some
185 miles (296km) from St Bees, an historic seaside village on Cumbria's
west coast to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. It is suitable for
most fit walkers and can be comfortably walked in around a fortnight.
This guidebook presents the full route from west to east in 13 stages
of 10½-20¾ miles (16.8-33.2km), with summaries covering the opposite
direction. Alongside step-by-step route description, 1:100,000 mapping
and fascinating notes about points of interest along the way, a
comprehensive trek planner offers a helpful overview of facilities on
route, and full accommodation listings and useful contacts can be found
in the appendices. There is also a wealth of background information
covering geology, history, wildlife and plants, and a list of further
reading.
In addition, the guide INCLUDES a pocket-sized map booklet containing
all the OS 1:25,000 mapping needed to complete the route, saving the
need to carry numerous bulky maps.
The Coast to Coast Walk crosses three national parks – the Lake
District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors – and is
characterised by fantastic scenery, varied landscapes and great
camaraderie among walkers. This guide is an ideal companion to
discovering this captivating route, which was named by Country Walking
magazine as the second best walk in the world!
The Coast to Coast Walk
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Across Lakeland |
Stage 1 St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge |
Stage 2 Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale |
Stage 3 Borrowdale to Patterdale |
Stage 4 Patterdale to Shap
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Into the Dales
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Stage 5 Shap to Kirkby Stephen |
Stage 6 Kirkby Stephen to Keld |
Stage 7A Keld to Reeth (high-level route) |
Stage 7B Keld to Reeth (low-level route) |
Stage 8 Reeth to Richmond |
Stage 9 Richmond to Danby Wiske |
Stage 10 Danby Wiske to Osmotherley
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The North York Moors
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Stage 11 Osmotherley to Blakey Ridge |
Stage 12 Blakey Ridge to Grosmont |
Stage 13 Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay
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Reviews
Terry Marsh's Cicerone guide really does provide everything you need to
know to plan and undertake it's 188 miles. Possibly the best thing about
this guide is the fact you get two for one. There is a separate map
book using OS maps, covering the entire route in a scale of 1:25k, which
provides all the mapping you will need unless you go seriously off
route!
Trail magazine
Why would anybody want any other guidebook than the founder's own? Terry
Marsh's Cicerone guide first appeared twenty years after Wainwright's,
is now into its fourth edition and it gets better every time. Packed
with colourful photography identifying it immediately as a very
different beast to AW's - and fascinating details of features along the
route, it's an excellent planning tool as well as a guide, with
itineraries, gradient profiles and appendices stuffed with accommodation
providers, useful contacts and further reading.
Lakeland Walker Magazine