Independent walking across England
This classic route was originated by A Wainwright. The walks starts on the Irish Sea Coast of Cumbria near the red sandstone cliffs of St Bees Head. You cross three National Parks before reaching the North Sea at the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay on the rocky coastline of the North York Moors. The Coast to Coast is the most popular long distance trail in the UK, welcoming walkers from all over the world. On this walk you traverse three of Britain’s most beautiful national parks.

No of Nights :          17
Starts at:                 St Bees   Ends at: Robin Hood's Bay  Distance: 190 miles
Grade:                     Challenging
Start Dates available:      Any day year round
Day stages:             Min 9 miles  - Max 16 miles.
Accommodation:    Comfortable guesthouses and hotels on or near the route.
Included:                Breakfast daily, luggage transfer, transport needed to start and end walk, maps and route notes.
Price:                      1199 GBP   based on double
                                

Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival day

Day 2: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge 

 22km (14 miles), 700 metres (2,300ft) of ascent
After a ceremonial toe dipping in the Irish Sea, we head towards the Lakes. Our first hill of the journey, Dent (1,131 feet), affords magnificent views over Windermere with the Lake District mountains is the distance.

Day 3: Ennerdale Bridge to Seatoller 

21km (13 miles), 500 metres (1,650 feet) of ascent
Along Ennerdale’s shores to an amphitheatre of spectacular mountain scenery including the craggy north face of Pillar, and the impressive summit of Great Gable. Following ‘Moses's Trod’, to the top of Honister Pass, we’re greeted by beautiful views of Buttermere.  From the old toll road, we descend to Seatoller.

Day 4: Seatoller to Grasmere

14km (9 miles), 515 metres (1,700 feet) of ascentLeaving Borrowdale via the delightful hamlet of Stonethwaite, our ascent takes us to Greenup Edge, where two possible routes are available (weather dependent). Either via the shelter of Easdale Gill, or along Helm Crag to Wordsworth’s village of Grasmere.

Day 5: Grasmere to Patterdale

13.5km (8.5 miles), 500 metres (1,650 feet) of ascent
Again, two different routes (weather dependent). Either low level via Grisedale, or high level via St Sunday Crag. The low level route is a pleasant walk, with scenery becoming grander by the minute - St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, the Helvellyn massif, Nethermost and Dollywagon Pike, all towering above us. The high level route traverses St Sunday Crag, for excellent views down to Ullswater and Patterdale.

Day 6: Patterdale to Shap

26km (16 miles), 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) of ascent
Leaving Patterdale we climb to Angle Tarn, and the Roman road of High Street before ascending Kidsty Pike, the highest point on the entire walk (2,650 ft). Excellent views from the summit before our descent to Haweswater, following its shores to Burnbanks, and past the Abbey, to Shap.

Day 7: Shap to Kirkby Stephen

34km (21 miles), 600 metres (2,000 feet) of ascent
A change in landscape; gentler hills and limestone plateaux as we continue east. Passing Sunbiggin Tarn nature reserve, we continue over Ravenstonedale Moor, to one of the earliest Neolithic burial mounds in Cumbria, and on to the market town of Kirkby Stephen.

Day 8: Kirkby Stephen to Keld

21km (13 miles), 550 metres (1,800 feet) of ascent
The summit of Nine Standard Riggs, affords extensive views over the Pennines, Lakeland and the Howgills. From here our walk descends through peaty moors to cross into Swaledale and down to Keld.

Day 9: Keld to Reeth

17.5km (11 miles), 545 metres (1,800 feet) of ascent
Lovely Swaledale scenery beckons. Following the banks of the River Swale our walk  meets the Pennine Way before traversing the moors past Old Swinner Gill Mines, its ‘hushes’ and ravines, en-route to the attractive village of Reeth.

Day 10: Reeth to Richmond

17.5km (11 miles), 330 metres (1,100 feet) of ascent
Continuing along the river we reach 12th century Marrick Priory. Climbing now, to Marske, walking below Whitcliffe Car, we reach historic Richmond. Dominated by its dramatic Norman castle, Richmond is a town of narrow cobbled streets and picturesque corners.

Day 11: Richmond to Danby Wiske

22km (14 miles), 100 metres, (350 feet) of ascent
Crossing from Swaledale to the Cleveland Hills is leisurely walking, entirely over low ground. The fertile argricultural land of the Vale of Mowbray, is only just above sea level. Our walk finishes today at Danby Wiske (110 ft), the lowest point on the entire Coast to Coast walk.

Day 12: Danby Wiske to Carlton Bank

25km (17 miles), 670 metres (2,200 feet) of ascent
Following an assortment of field paths, farm roads and quiet country lanes, our walk begins its crossing of the North York Moors, passing Mount Grace Priory for a splendid high-level traverse along the Cleveland Hills.

Day 13: Carlton Bank to Blakey

21km (13 miles), 590 metres (1,950 feet) of ascent
A dramatic walk to Clay Bank Top, Carr Ridge and then Round Hill. After Urra Moor our trail coincides with the famous Lyke Wake Walk, before following the old ironstone railway to the 16th century Lion Inn, at Blakey Ridge.

Day 14: Blakey to Grosmont

21.5km (13.5 miles), 200 metres (700 feet) of ascent
Cutting across the head of Rosedale, we see scars from the 19th Century ironstone workings. Over Danby Moor to Great Fryup, we pass numerous Bronze Age barrows and burial mounds. Descending to Glaisdale, the wooded valley leads to Grosmont, final destination for the steam trains of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Day 15: Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay

23km (14.5 miles), 540 metres, (1800 feet) of ascent
From Sleighs Moor and Flat Howe, we see the North Sea together with Whitby and its Abbey. In the valley we pass through the pretty hamlets of Little Beck and Hawkser, before the invigorating coastal scenery of the Cleveland Way, and our final footsteps to Robin Hood’s Bay.

Day 16: Departure day