Coast to Coast Path

The route starts at St Bees in Cumbria and ends at Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast, crossing the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors national parks with about 7,450 metres of ascent. It was devised by Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book A Coast to Coast Walk and has since been altered to reflect rights of way. It draws around 10,000 walkers a year.

National Trail since

2026-03

Length (km)

306

Drawn from

St Bees

Drawn to

Robin Hood's Bay

OpenStreetMap relation

www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12145

Where the length and date are published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_Walk

Category: Hiking & Trails

Tags: england, coast to coast, national parks, wainwright, footpath

Coordinates: 54.40863990681902, -2.0849038866045753

Part of The National Trails of England and Wales

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