Table of Contents

Map key

Overview map

Trek planner

Route summary table

Preface to the fourth edition

Introduction

An unmissable experience

Planning your walk

Suggested itineraries

When to go

Getting there and back

Public transport along the route

First and last nights

Accommodation

Facilities en route

Baggage transfer

Cash management

What to take

Planning day by day

Using this guide

Maps

Weather

Waymarking and paths

Emergencies

Phones and Wi-Fi

Language

All about the region

Geography and geology

Wildlife and plants

History and pre-history

The Coast to Coast Walk

Across Lakeland

Stage 1 St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge

Stage 2 Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale

Stage 3 Borrowdale to Patterdale

Stage 4 Patterdale to Shap

Into the Dales

Stage 5 Shap to Kirkby Stephen

Stage 6 Kirkby Stephen to Keld

Stage 7A Keld to Reeth (high-level route)

Stage 7B Keld to Reeth (low-level route)

Stage 8 Reeth to Richmond

Stage 9 Richmond to Danby Wiske

Stage 10 Danby Wiske to Osmotherley

The North York Moors

Stage 11 Osmotherley to Blakey Ridge

Stage 12 Blakey Ridge to Grosmont

Stage 13 Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay

Appendix A Useful contacts

Appendix B Accommodation along the route

Appendix C Further reading

About the Author

Guidebook and Ordnance Survey map booklet to the Coast to Coast Walk. The route stretches some 188 miles (302km) from St Bees on Cumbria's west coast to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. It is suitable for most fit walkers and can be comfortably walked in around a fortnight. The full Coast to Coast route is described from west to east in 13 stages of between 10 and 21 miles, with high and low-level alternatives for crossing the Yorkshire Dales and comprehensive route summaries for those preferring to walk the trail in the opposite direction. The guidebook comes with a separate map booklet of 1:25,000 scale OS maps showing the full route. Clear step-by-step route descriptions in the guide are illustrated by 1:100,000 OS map extracts. The route description links together with the map booklet at each stage along the way, and the compact format is conveniently sized for slipping into a jacket pocket or the top of a rucksack. A comprehensive trek planner offers a helpful overview of facilities on route, and full accommodation listings and useful contacts can be found in the appendices. There is also a wealth of background information covering geology, history, wildlife and plants, and a list of further reading.