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From the beach at St Bees in Cumbria to the rocks at Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire a route through three National Parks from the Irish to the North Sea coast

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	Serviced accommodation
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	Camp site
	Bus route
	Shop for provisions
	Cafe / Restaurant
	Public House
	Mueseum or building of historic interest, Castle
	First Aid / Pharmacy
	Train
	Airport
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	gradual ascents or descents along well defined paths or tracks. Suitable for novice walkers
	considerable ascents and descents over moderate fell type terrain
	strenuous sometimes exposed routes requiring map reading and navigational skills

Depart St Bees Arrive Ennerdale Bridge Total time 5 hrs Distance 24km / 14.5 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer 303 and OL4 The English Lakes North-western area

Having wet your boot in the sea as Wainwright recommended you need to head north climbing up St Bees Head and as you do the views appear. To the east the Lake District and to the south Sellafield. Continue to climb and an unusual stone wall appears to your right that you soon have to cross before arriving at a small ruined building. Here the views appear to the north including the Trinity House St Bees Lighthouse and the mountains of Dumfries and Galloway

The road descends down into Sandwith. Turn left up the main road and out past the old pub at the top end of the village to the right.

Come up to a tee junction and the road to Moor Row is in front of you with a wonderful horticultural display on the bank to the right. If you ever want to walk quickly on the Coast to Coast this is the time. Just get through Moor Row......

......and Cleator and pretend they never happened!!!

Dent

The lower section of the descent off Dent is a little steep before joining the flat and sometimes very wet valley bottom of the Nannycatch Beck. The Coast to Coast goes left up the valley, crossing the stile at Nannycatch Gate and turning right between the stone wall and rock to start a gradual ascent up the Nannycatch Beck. Alot of work has been done to this section of the walk and the path is generally good all the way up to the farm road.

Kinniside Stone Circle

Having crossed the cattle grid a path as been provided to the right of the road to separate walkers from traffic. This road is suprisingly busy! This separation continues all the way down into Ennerdale Bridge

Depart Ennerdale Bridge Arrive Rosthwaite Total time 6 hrs Distance 24km / 14.5 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 The English Lakes North-western area

Ennerdale Water High Gillerthwaite Black Sail Hut Honister Seatoller

Depart Rosthwaite Arrive Grasmere Total time 4 hrs Distance 16km / 9.5 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 The English Lakes North-western area and OL5 The English Lakes North-eastern area

Stonethwaite Greenup Edge..... .......Far Easedale

Depart Grasmere Arrive Patterdale Total time 4 hrs Distance 14km / 8.5 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Thirlmere Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 The English Lakes North-western area and OL5 The English Lakes North-eastern area

Grisdale Tarn

Depart Patterdale Arrive Shap Total time 7 hrs Distance 27km / 16 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 The English Lakes North-western area and OL5 The English Lakes North-eastern area

Shap's delights include the Bull's Head, the Co op, the Post Office and most impotant for A Wainwright the Chip Shop

Depart Shap Arrive Kirkby Stephen Total time 8 hrs Distance 33km / 20 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL5 The English Lakes North-eastern area and OL19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley

Iron Hill....... .......Orton Raisbeck Sunbiggin Tarn Smardale Bridge Waitby

Depart Kirkby Stephen   Arrive Keld Total time 5 hrs Distance 20.5km / 12.25 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Pennine Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley and OL30 Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central areas

Climb the tarmac road out of Hartley to its very end passing the quarry to the right as you go. Take the left hand track through the gate and onto Hartley Fell. The route continues along the track before you eventually arrive at footpath sign on the left. There are instructions as to the routes that you can take at this point depending upon the time of year. Going left takes you up to Nine Standards Rigg and the crossing of the Pennine watershed.

Raven Seat

Keld and at Park House e-mail Park.house@btinternet.com. They have a small shop,holiday cottage, shower and a shed for sitting in and cooking in in inclement weather!

JR & BA Rukin at Park Lodge have a small shop during the spring, summer and autumn with light refreshments and a holiday cottage

Depart Keld   Arrive Reeth Total time 5 hrs Distance 18.75km / 11.25 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Pennine Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL30 Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central areas

Keld crossroads with the Pennine Way. Follow the sign out of the village for Muker along a wide footpath to the clearly signed fork for the Pennine Way. Take the left hand fork down into the vallet bottom to cross the timber footbridge over the Swale. A wide track curves up the hill to another Pennine Way footpath sign. The Coast to Coast turns left here and after passing through a field gate continues to climb along a wide farm track. Through another farm gate the route levels off and traverses along the Swale.

When you get to the old tractor a descision has to be made as there are two alternative routes, the descend back into the valley bottom route or the Crackpot route taking you over the moors to Gunnerside Beck via Crackpot Hall and Swinner Gill lead mines. Crakpot Hall farmhouse was built in the mid 1700's with living accommodation in the centre and shippons to either side. The name crackpot is propably Viking for "a deep chasm haunted by crows".

The house was abandoned in the 1950's following land subsidence

Depart Reeth Arrive Richmond Total time 4 hrs Distance 17.5km / 10.5 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL30 Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central areas

Marrick

Marske

Depart Richmond   Arrive Danby Wiske Total time 5 hrs Distance 23km / 14 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL30 Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central areas

Colburn Hall

Catterick Bridge

Bolton on Swale St Mary's Church

Danby Wiske White Swan "There's nothing to this endurance walking my ears don't hurt me at all"

Depart Danby Wiske   Arrive Ingleby Cross Total time 3 hrs Distance 15km / 9 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes   Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL30 Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central areas and OL26 North York Moors Western area

Oaktree Hill......

.......Ingleby Arncliffe

Depart Ingleby Cross   Arrive Clay Bank Top Total time 5 hrs Distance 20.5km / 12.25miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Cleveland Way Lyke Wake Walk Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL26 North York Moors Western area

Beacon Hill

Live Moor

Carlton Moor

From the Lord Stones Cafe go through or to either side of the small copice onto open grassland and head for the corner post of the field in front of you. The path running eastwards is the route that you now follow as it climbs up onto Cringle Moor and the Alec Falconer memorial plaque.

From the plaque follow the top edge of Kirby Bank

Wainstones

Hasty Bank

Clay Bank Top Cleveland Way

Depart Clay Bank Top Arrive Blakey Total time 4 hrs Distance 15km / 9 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Cleveland Way Lyke Wake Walk Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL26 North York Moors Western area

The path from the road at the top of Clay Bank keeps to the wall on its left with an initial short climb that levels off before passing through a gate and ascending steeply via stone slabs onto Carr Ridge.

Follow the track signposted Cleveland Way onto the northern edge of Urra Moor. The track eventually joins a wider vehicle track from the right taking you up onto Round Hill and on to Cockayne Head. From here the track descends towards the head of Barnsdale. When the track turns an abrupt right the Coast to Coast path continues straight towards a footpath sign in the near distance.

The Coast to Coast joins the old railway line at Bloworth Crossing and continues along it all the way to the The Lion Inn Blakey

Depart Blakey   Arrive Littlebeck Total time 6 hrs Distance 25.5km / 15.25 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Lyke Wake Walk Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL26 North York Moors Western area and OL27 North York Moors Eastern area

Danby High Moor

Along the George Gap Causeway to Great Fryup Head....

.....turn left along the wide vehicle track (Cut Road) keeping high above Great Fryup Dale to bring you out on a minor road above Glaisdale. In fine weather this view and that of Great Fryup Dale are superb. One thing worth noting when looking down Glaisdale is the far horizon. It's the North Sea!!!

Turn right along the minor road for approx 1.5km before joining a track to the left just before an Ordnance Survey triangulation point. The track has an "Unsuitable for Motors" road sign warning motorists not to go!

Although initially flat the track soon drops away onto the edge of Glaisdale Moor opening up great views back into the top of Glaisdale and Wintergill Plantation. There are various footpaths that cross the track but the Coast to Coast does not divert off but continues along the track into Glaisdale village.

Although the Coast to Coast does not divert it may be of interest to find the memorial in the heather to the left of the track located just after the first standing stone on the right of the track.

Glaisdale

Glaisdale village

Eskdale

Eaton Bridge

Grosmont

North York Moors Railway home of the Hogwart's Express

Cross the railway line by way of the level crossing at the side of the station and start climbing the hill in front of you. At the first junction the Coast to Coast sign indicates the route takes the right hand road and the climb continues. A further right hand turn at the next junction and the walk continues its climb.

A fairly new Coast to Coast footpath sign points across the heather moor towards the A169 Pickering to Whitby Road. Use great care in crossing this major road across the moors and start a descent into Littlebeck

Depart Littlebeck   Arrive Robin Hoods Bay Total time 5 hrs Distance 22km / 13.25 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Cleveland Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL27 North York Moors Eastern area

Littlebeck

Depending upon the water levels in the beck either continue down the road and cross the ford or utilise the footbridge to the right. An information lecton clearing shows not to use the footpath behind it. You do need to cross the beck and make a short climb on the road before taking the footpath off to the right towards Falling Foss

Hawsker

The decent to the coast through Robin Hood's Bay is steep. If you are tired please don't use the road put make use of the stepped pavement to the left hand side as the steepness of the road can be deceptive for weary legs!!

The road winds through the small village before arriving at journey's end with the National Park and National Trust Visitor Centre to the right of the slipway to the sea and the pub to the left with the now named "Wainwright's Bar" and descriptive plaque of the walk on the wall outside.

We would be hard pushed to decide which one to go to first!!!!

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