Coast to Coast Walk

Wainwright's line across northern England, from the Irish Sea at St Bees to the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. It crosses three national parks in turn — the Lake District's fells, the limestone of the Yorkshire Dales, then the heather of the North York Moors — and the tradition is to dip a boot in the sea at each end. [Route details] Start: St Bees, Cumbria · End: Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire 303.0 km · west to east · 3 m to 783 m at Kidsty Pike Usually 14 to 16 days [Three sections] - St Bees → Shap 127 km, through the Lake District - Shap → Richmond 95 km, across the Yorkshire Dales - Richmond → Robin Hood's Bay 122 km, over the North York Moors [Good to know] - Became a National Trail in 2025; before that it was an unofficial route kept up by walkers and the villages along it. - The source marks the documented variants as alternatives and only the main line is here, which is why this measures 303 km against the 315 km usually quoted. - Elevation is sampled from a terrain model, not recorded on the ground.