The Coast to Coast Walk is a long distance footpath in Northern England. It starts on the west coast, at St Bees in Cumbria, and goes 190 miles to Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast. It crosses the Lake District, the Pennines and the North York Moors. Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks, paths, footpaths or greenways) are trails or footpaths covering large distances, typically 50 km or more, used for rambling (that is, hiking or backpacking). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... St Bees is a village on the Cumberland coast, 7 km S. of Whitehaven. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ... Typical Pennine scenery. ... North York Moors National Park is a National Park in the north of England. ...

The route starts at St Bees and crosses the West Cumberland Plain to Ennerdale Bridge, then goes up the valley of Ennerdale, over the fells near Great Gable and into Borrowdale. Then it goes over Greenup Edge and over the Helm Crag ridge to Grasmere. It crosses into Patterdale by way of Grisedale Hause, and goes past Angle Tarn to Kidsty Pike, at 2,560 feet the highest point on the walk. Descends to Haweswater and goes on to Shap. Then it crosses the Westmorland Limestone Plateau to Kirkby Stephen. From there it goes over Nine Standards Rigg and down into Swaledale, following the River Swale to Richmond. It crosses the Vale of Mowbray, a very boring section, then from Ingleby Cross does a high-level traverse of the North York Moors to Glaisdale and goes down to Whitby and the sea. Ennerdale is a suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. ... In geography, a fell is a treeless mountain landscape that has been shaped by glacier ice earlier in history. ... Great Gable is a pyramid-shaped hill lying at the very heart of the English Lake District. ... Borrowdale is the name of two valleys in the English Lake District. ... Grasmere village and lake as seen from the fell of Stone Arthur This article is about the village in the UK. For the neighborhood in Staten Island, New York, USA, see Grasmere, Staten Island. ... Patterdale is the name of a small village in the eastern part of the English Lake District, and is also the name given to the long valley in which it sits (officially the valley is nameless). ... Haweswater seen from high up on Harter Fell Haweswater is a reservoir in the English Lake District built in the valley of Mardale in the county of Cumbria. ... Shap is a village located on the edge of a fell in Cumbria UK, located near to the motorway M6 Shap Fell is known for Shap granite [1] that is a pink rock rich in orthoclase, quartz and biotite. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Swaledale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in England. ... The River Swale is a river in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. ... The town of Richmond as seen from the top of the keep of Richmond Castle Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, UK. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is a popular tourist destination. ... North York Moors National Park is a National Park in the north of England. ... Map sources for Whitby at grid reference NZ898109 Whitby is a historic town in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. ...

Notable hills crossed by the route

• Dent
• High Stile (variant)
• Helm Crag
• Helvellyn and St Sunday Crag (variants)
• Nine Standards Rigg
• Cringle Moor
• Urra Moor

It was described by A. Wainwright in the early 1970s and uses existing footpaths. It is an unofficial and unsignposted route, and due to legal issues with certain stretches of the path, increased traffic on some of the road sections, and erosion, the exact route followed by Wainwright is not recommended. Wainwright's route has been revised a number of times in recent years (in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2003) to provide a route which avoids trespass. Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. ... High Stile is a mountain in the Western part of the Lake District. ... Helvellyn, at 950 metres (3,117 feet) above sea-level, is the third highest mountain in the English Lake District. ... St Sunday Crag is a mountain in the eastern part of the English Lake District, near Helvellyn and Fairfield. ... Cringle Moor is the second highest hill in the North York Moors, and the highest point east of the Clay Bank Top Pass. ... Urra Moor is the highest moor in the North York Moors, a national park in North Yorkshire, England. ... Alfred Wainwright (1907 – 1991) was best known for his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. ...

The Coast to Coast Walk has become one of the most popular of all the Long-distance footpaths in the UK. It crosses three national parks; the lakes, dales and moors. It is commonly completed in around two weeks. The longest single day of walking is 25 miles, and the shortest possible day is 6 miles. The following long-distance footpaths can be found in the United Kingdom: UK National Trails Cleveland Way round the edge of the North York Moors National Park in England Cotswold Way in England Glyndwrs Way in Wales Great Glen Way in Scotland Hadrians Wall Path in England North...

The walk should not be confused with the Sea to Sea Cycle Route, which takes a completely different route between the two coastlines. This article or section should be merged with NCN C2C The Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C) is Britains most popular long-distance cycle route and is based on minor roads, disused railway lines, off-road tracks and specially constructed cycle paths. ...