Coast to Coast Path St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay - includes 109 Large-Scale Walking Maps & Guides to 33 Towns and Villages - Planning, Places to Stay, Places to Eat

by Stedman, Henry; McCrohan, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781905864966
• ISBN10: 1905864965
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-10-07
• Publisher: Trail Blazer Pubns

Summary

Fully revised 8th edition of this classic 191-mile walk across northern England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, inspired by Alfred Wainwright.

Crossing three fabulous national parks – the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the North York Moors – it samples the very best of the English countryside – rugged mountains and lakes, gentle dales and stone-built villages; wild moorland; sea cliffs and fishing villages.

• 10 town plans and 109 large-scale walking maps – at just under 1:20,000 – showing route times, places to stay, places to eat, points of interest and much more. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers.

• Itineraries for all walkers – whether walking the route in its entirety over two weeks or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks

• Practical information for all budgets – camping, bunkhouses, hostels, B&Bs, pubs and hotels; St Bees through to Robin Hood's Bay – where to stay, where to eat, what to see, plus detailed street plans

• Comprehensive public transport information – for all access points on the Coast to Coast Path

• Flora and fauna – four page full color flower guide, plus an illustrated section on local wildlife

• Green hiking – understanding the local environment and minimizing our impact on it

• GPS waypoints. These are also downloadable from the Trailblazer website

• Plus extra colour sections: 16pp colour introduction and 16pp of colour mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles.

Author Biography

Henry Stedman is a hiker of considerable experience, having hiked in many parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. He has been writing guidebooks for more than 15 years. This edition was updated by Daniel McCrohan, who has now updated four Trailblazer British Walking Guides.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

About the Coast to Coast path

Wainwright's Coast to Coast path 8 – Mr Coast to Coast: Alfred

Wainwright 9 – How difficult is the Coast to Coast path? 11

How long do you need? 12 – When to go 14

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK

Practical information for the walker

GPS 17 – Accommodation 19 – Information for foreign visitors 22 Food and drink 25 – Money 27 – Internet access 27 – Other services 27

Walking companies 28 – Walking with a dog 31

Budgeting 32

Itineraries

Which direction? 34 – Suggested itineraries 34 – Village and town

facilities 36 – Day and weekend walks 38 – Side trips 41

What to take

Travelling light 41 – How to carry it 41 – Footwear 42 – Clothes 43

Toiletries 44 – First-aid kit 44 – General items 44 – Sleeping bag and

camping gear 45 – Money 45 – Maps 45 – Recommended reading 47

Sources of further information 48

Getting to and from the Coast to Coast path

National transport 50 – Getting to Britain 50 – Local transport 52

Public transport map 53

PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT & NATURE

Conserving the Coast to Coast path

Government agencies and schemes 57 – Campaigning and

conservation organisations 59 – Beyond conservation 60

Flora and fauna

Mammals 61 – Birds 62 – Reptiles 65 – Flowers 65 – Trees 68

PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING & OUTDOOR SAFETY

Minimum impact walking

Environmental impact 77 – Access 80

Outdoor safety

Avoidance of hazards 81 – Weather forecasts 82 – Blisters 83

Hypothermia 83 – Hyperthermia 84 – Sunburn 84

Collapse of morale 84

PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS

Using the guide 86

St Bees 87

Stage 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge 93

(Moor Row 96 – Cleator 96 – Ennerdale Bridge 104)

Stage 2: Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale 104 (The Red Pike, High Stile & Hay Stacks route 110 – Seatoller 114 – Borrowdale 118)

Stage 3: Borrowdale to Grasmere 119 (The ridge-walk alternative to Grasmere via Helm Crag 123 – Easedale 124 – Grasmere 125)

Stage 4: Grasmere to Patterdale 129 (The high-level options: Helvellyn & Striding Edge 133; St Sunday Crag 136 – Patterdale 136 Ullswater and Glenridding 139)

Stage 5: Patterdale to Shap 140 (Bampton 144 – Shap 148)

Stage 6: Shap to Kirkby Stephen 149

(Orton 152 – Newbiggin-on-Lune 156 – Kirkby Stephen 161)

Stage 7: Kirkby Stephen to Keld 165

(The three routes over the moors 166 – Keld 173 – Thwaite 176)

Stage 8: Keld to Reeth 176

(Swaledale Valley alternative: Muker 185 – Reeth 188)

Stage 9: Reeth to Richmond 191 (Richmond 198)

Stage 10: Richmond to Ingleby Cross 204

(Colburn, Catterick Bridge & Brompton-on-Swale 205,

Danby Wiske 212 – Oaktree Hill 214 – Ingleby Cross & Ingleby Arncliffe 214 – Osmotherley 220)

Stage 11: Ingleby Cross to Blakey Ridge 221 (Urra 228

Chop Gate 228 – Great Broughton 228 – Blakey Ridge 232)

Stage 12: Blakey Ridge to Grosmont 234

(Glaisdale 234 – Egton Bridge 239 – Grosmont 242)

Stage 13: Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay 243

(Littlebeck 244 – High Hawsker 251 – Robin Hood's Bay 252)

APPENDICES

Map keys 256 – Taking a dog 257 – GPS Waypoints 259

INDEX 264 – Place name meanings 267

OVERVIEW MAPS & PROFILES 270