An overview of walking the St Cuthbert's Way including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking
St
Cuthberts Way 100km / 62 miles
part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England & Scotalnd |
Part of this walking route forms part of European Walking Route
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Map
Ordnance Survey Explorer 338, 339 & 340 and OL16 |
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Following in the footsteps of St Cuthbert from Melrose Abbey where he began his ministry in 650AD to Lindisfarne where he became bishop. The St Cuthbert Way links the Northumbrian coast with the Pennine Way at Kirk Yetholm and onwards to connect with the Southern Upland Way at Melrose
TIME: 4 DAYS
WEB: Opened in 1996, this award-winning route begins in the Scottish Border
town of Melrose, where St Cuthbert started his ministry in 650 AD, striking
out through the Cheviots and wild Border Reiver country to Holy Island (Lindisfarne),
where he died. Among the many highlights are the beautiful Newtown St Boswells
to Maxton stretch along the banks of the River Tweed; the Border crossing at
Eccles Cairn and superb views from the Cheviots back towards Scotland and ahead
into the Northumberland valleys. Also of historic interest is St Cuthbert’s
Cave, where the monks rested with St Cuthbert’s body in 875 AD, when Viking
invaders forced them to flee.
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