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Coast to Coast – 17 Days

Coast to Coast – 17 Days

17 Days
Challenging

Overview

The Coast to Coast is one of Britain's most iconic long-distance walking routes, devised by legendary fell-walker and guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright in 1973. This 17-day, 309-kilometre walk traverses some of the finest ground in England, crossing from the Irish Sea at St Bees to the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay through three major national parks: the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the North York Moors.

The route favours higher ground and steers clear of urban areas wherever possible, delivering a genuine sense of wildness throughout. This is not an easy pub-to-pub walk, and the opening days through the Lake District are more demanding than many expect. With a little preparation, however, the Coast to Coast is very achievable and enormously rewarding.

Highlights

  • Picturesque country villages, farms and old churches with stunning stained-glass windows
  • Stay in charming B&Bs or iconic country pubs, enjoy real local ales and real country hospitality
  • Walk through the Grasmere Valley which the poet Wordsworth famously called, ‘the loveliest spot that man hath found’
  • Rolling green hills, drystone walls, and fluffy sheep in the Yorkshire Dales
  • Walk to the summit of the Nine Standards Rigg with its enigmatic, drystone cairns
  • Neolithic standing stones, medieval stone crosses & old estate boundary markers on the North York Moors
  • Option to ride with your luggage rather than walk if the weather is not cooperating

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What's Included

Accommodation

Guest House (7 nights), Hotel (4 nights), Lodge (4 nights), Villa (1 night)

Transfers

  • Luggage Transfers
  • Private Vehicle Transfers

Meals

16 breakfasts, 15 lunches, and 0 dinners

Guidance & Support

  • Itinerary & Walk Notes
  • Walking App for Navigation
  • 24/7 on-trip support

How We Rate This Walk

5

Stroll Walking Level

Challenging

Rated by our team — we walk every route before we recommend it.

Steeper climbs and longer distances. You'll need good fitness and some hiking experience to fully enjoy these walks.

View Fitness Guide

14

Days on the trail

13-36 km

Average per walking day

126-861 m

Gain per day

6/10

Trail difficulty

Where You'll Stay

Staying in traditional English B&Bs and country pubs is one of the defining pleasures of the Coast to Coast, and sixteen nights across this walk give you the full measure of it. Most properties sit at three or four stars, and the hosts bring a warmth and personal knowledge of the route that sets these stays apart. Many own their properties and have walked the Coast to Coast themselves, in some cases more than once. All are clean, comfortable and stocked with the kind of genuine local hospitality, including crisp local ale, that this part of England does well. On occasion, an alternative property of equal quality may be used in place of those listed due to availability.

Stonehouse St. Bees Exterior
Stonehouse farm bedroom
Stonehouse St. Bees
Shepherds Arms
Shepherds Arms View
Shepherds Arms Bar
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Glaramara hotel bedroom
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Glaramara hotel garden
Heidis Grasmere
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Heidi's Grasmere Lodge and cafe Room
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Old waterview hotel exterior
Oldwater View B&B Twin
Old waterview hotel bedroom
Patterdale lake district walk
Greyhound inn outside
Greyhound inn commons
Greyhound hotel shap bedroom
Greyhound hotel shap bar
The George Hotel Exterior
The George Hotel Double Room
The George Hotel View
Bollam cottage bedroom
Bollam cottage exterior
fletcher house exterior
bollam cottage fire
Keld Lodge Exterior
Keld landscape
Keld lodge bedroom
Ivy cottage exterior
Ivy Cottage bedroom
Town of Reeth
Frenchgate bedroom
Frenchgate Guesthouse twin
Frenchgate balcony view
Frenchgate dining room
Ingleby House Farm B&B exterior
Ingleby House Farm B&
Ingleby House Farm B&B room
Ingleby house farm bnb
Wainstones Hotel Exterior
Wainstones Hotel double
Wainstones Hotel twin room
Wainstones Hotel restaurant
Lion Inn exterior.
Lion Inn double
Lion Inn dining
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Greenhowe outside
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Loft-Twin-Room-Green-Howe
The Wayfarer B&B Exterior
The Wayfarer B&B room
The Wayfarer B&B exterior

What You'll Eat

Proper English hospitality starts at the breakfast table on this walk, with sixteen home-cooked breakfasts included throughout. Fifteen walker's lunches keep you well fuelled across the miles each day. Dinner is yours to discover each evening, and with country pubs and local restaurants lining the Coast to Coast route, that is one of the better parts of the day. Crisp local ales and honest, hearty cooking are never far away, and the hosts at your accommodation are always happy to point you in the right direction.

Note: Please advise us of any food allergies or intolerances at the time of booking. If you have severe allergies, bringing some of your own snacks is recommended, as specialist ingredients can be harder to source along the way.

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Dates & Pricing

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The Coast to Coast Experience

Wonder
Cross the Pennines to Nine Standards Rigg’s 800-year-old drystone cairns
Explore Richmond Castle, Marrick Priory and old churches with stained-glass windows
Pause at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Wordsworth’s beloved Lake District home and stay in character-filled English B&Bs & guesthouses
Wellness
From Sea to Sea, Find Yourself Along the Way - 192 Miles of Raw, Restorative England
Walk pack-free via varied high and low routes let you match each day’s conditions
The rhythm of the repeated footfall is meditative & regulates the nervous system
Nature
Follow Ennerdale Water past glacier-carved valleys to Black Sail Hut through the Grasmere Valley, fells, moors and Esk Valley
Wander Yorkshire Dales past drystone walls, meadowlands, woodlands and the Swale
Finish beneath North Sea cliffs via Falling Foss Falls and heather moorland

From

£2,605/person