The Coast to Coast Walk (eBook)

Dr Terry Marsh is a Lancashire-based award-winning writer and photographer who specialises in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel worldwide. He has been writing books since the mid-1980s, and is the author of over 100 titles.

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