Walk The Coast To Coast Path

Suggested itinerary over 16 days

Day 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge - 15 miles
Day 2: Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite - 14½ miles
Day 3: Rosthwaite to Grasmere - 9 miles
Day 4: Grasmere to Patterdale - 8½ miles
Day 5: Patterdale to Shap - 15½ miles
Day 6: Shap to Orton - 8½ miles
Day 7: Orton to Kirkby Stephen - 13 miles
Day 8: Kirkby Stephen to Keld - 13 miles
Day 9: Keld to Reeth - 11 miles
Day 10: Reeth to Richmond - 10½ miles
Day 11: Richmond to Danby Wiske - 14 miles
Day 12: Danby Wiske to Ingleby Cross - 9 miles
Day 13: Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top - 12½ miles
Day 14: Clay Bank Top to Blakey Ridge - 9 miles
Day 15: Blakey Ridge to Grosemont - 13½ miles
Day 16: Grosemont to Robin Hood’s Bay - 15½ miles

Our suggested itinerary for this 192-mile walk is over 16 days. We can, however, offer shorter and longer itineraries as well. The most popular direction to do this walk is from West to East (taking advantage of the prevailing wind), but if you would prefer to go from East to West then this can be easily arranged. St Bees has a railway station on the national rail network and there is a train station in Whitby which is a 20-minute journey by bus from Robin Hood’s Bay.

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The Coast to Coast Path runs for 192 miles from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire. The path was originally described by Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book A Coast to Coast Walk. It was announced in 2022 that the Coast to Coast Path was to be granted National Trail status and it is due to open officially as a National Trail in 2025. The path passes through the Lake District, Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors.

The terrain is challenging. Kidsty Pike in the Lake District near Haweswater is the highest point at 2560 ft high. You will encounter cliff top walks at the beginning and end of the path, mountain and valley walking in the Lake District, and meadows and moors across North Yorkshire. The path has historically followed a mixture of footpaths, permissive paths, and access land tracks. As a result, the signposting has been inconsistent, but with the upgrade to National Trail status you may start to see the National Trails’ acorn symbol.

Price

The price for a holiday walking the Coast to Coast Path is from £1875 per person (based upon two people sharing). This includes:

Personalised itinerary for walking the Coast to Coast Path on a self-guided basis over 16 days (including details on packed lunch options and where to get dinner)
17 nights’ bed & breakfast accommodation on a double or twin occupancy basis (including the night before you start and the day that you finish)
Taxis for drop-off/pick-up where the B&B is not within easy walking distance of the path
Baggage transfer for one bag (up to 20kg) per person between each night’s B&B
Advice on travel arrangements to and from the start and finish points
Ordnance Survey Landranger maps which can be downloaded onto the OS App
Harvey Waterproof Map for the Coast to Coast Path
Trailblazer Guidebook for the Coast to Coast Path
Kit checklist (based upon our extensive experience of what to take and what to leave behind!)
Helpline – you can call us anytime

NB. Please let us know if you do not require the baggage transfer service and we will reduce the price accordingly.

The solo traveller price is £2675 (including the single supplement). This is because most B&Bs do not have single rooms and so will charge almost as much for one person as for two. Also, the baggage transfer can be more expensive where only one bag is being moved.

Check out the official Coast to Coast Path page here – Coast to Coast path UK

Official National Trail Page – Coast to Coast Path – National Trails

KEY INFORMATION

Time of Year: given that this walk crosses some mountainous and remote terrain, we would suggest that the best time to go is between April and October.
Bed & Breakfast: We always aim to book good quality B&B accommodation as near as possible to the path. Despite the fact that the Coast to Coast Path is a popular long-distance walk, there are not many B&Bs actually on the path itself or within easy walking distance. This means that sometimes the only option is to book B&Bs that are away from the path and arrange pick-up/drop-offs by taxi.
Refreshments: There are several places where you can get a cup of coffee (and maybe even a cake!) while not having to deviate too far from the path. Whether these will be open depends upon the time of year, day of week and time you happen to be passing.

Excellent Organisation of our Coast to Coast walk

Excellent organisation of our Coast to Coast walk. Arranged a suitable itinerary for our level of fitness and booked good quality accommodation for the length of the route. Also provided very useful extra information about the walking each day, as well as maps and guide book. Two days required pick-ups to transfer us from the route to nearby B&Bs. These both went well.

Alistair C

Description

The terrain is challenging. Kidsty Pike in the Lake District near Haweswater is the highest point at 2560 ft high. You will encounter cliff top walks at the beginning and end of the path, mountain and valley walking in the Lake District, and meadows and moors across North Yorkshire. The path has historically followed a mixture of footpaths, permissive paths, and access land tracks. As a result, the signposting has been inconsistent, but with the upgrade to National Trail status you will start to see the National Trails’ acorn symbol.