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| West to East This is the direction Alfred Wainwright designed the walk to be done. He said "you are best doing the walk with the prevailing wind at your backs". This way takes you straight into the Lake District with the hardest work done in the first four days. If you would like to get the hardest work out of the way first then this is the way for you. Follow my Tracks with free route downloads! You can follow the entire route I took on this Coast to Coast journey by downloading the Memory Map Route (.mmo) files that are available for free on each stage report webpage. In some instances I've plotted out an alternative route should you choose to divert from the path I took. Whichever way you choose I hope you enjoy the Coast to Coast walk as much as I did. View my photographic journal of this walk |
East To West This is the course I first took on the Coast to coast walk and it is the direction I prefer as it provides a splendid Lake District finale. The route helps you 'run yourself in' to the walk by tackling the North York Moors first, a good challenge but not as severe a start as the other course. And I never found the prevailing wind a problem during my east to west journey. Follow my Tracks with free route downloads! You can also follow the entire route I took on this first Coast to Coast journey by downloading the Memory Map Route (.mmo) files that are available for free on each stage report webpage. Again, in some instances I've plotted out an alternative route from the path I took and once again whichever way you choose I hope you enjoy the Coast to Coast walk as much as I did. View my photographic journal of this walk |
| This classic long distance
walk was devised by Alfred Wainwright in 1972. It is a classic and quite
rightly has become one of the most popular long distance walks in the
British isles. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, the walk has
distinct starting and finishing points as it starts on the west coast of
Northern England and finishes on the east coast of Northern England. Hence
the obvious title 'Coast to Coast'. Secondly, the walk makes its way through
three of the finest national parks in the country, the Lake District, the
Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. All three parks are distinctly
different. The Lake District is rocky with the highest hills and largest
lakes in England. The Yorkshire Dales are covered in a mixture of limestone
and gritstone with challenging hills of its own albeit on the scale of the
Lake District. The North York Moors are predominantly heather moorland
with rolling hills with dales of lush greenery. The Coast to Coast is about 190 miles long depending on the variations chosen on some of the legs. It is designed to be walked in 12-14 days. Accommodation on the walk is readily available as the popularity of the walk has encouraged the growth of guest houses, bed and breakfast, bunk houses and camping facilities along the route. I think it is a fantastic walk, so much so that I have done it twice, the first time from east to west and then again 5 years later from west to east. If you are going to do one long distance walk and you have not decided which to do then I recommend you choose this one. It will give you the bug to do others. |
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