Introduction
| Introduction |
Mileage | Youth Hostels | Addresses | |
This page is a list of facts about the Coast-to-Coast walk including:
The mileage between principal stops.
Links to the Youth Hostels along or near the route.
Some addresses that you may find useful.
You may also find it valuable to visit the following sites:
Sherpa Van
- the Sherpa Van Project provides a back-up service for walkers and cyclists
following long distance foot trails and cycleways in Britain. They have a good
set of downloadable trail planning guides in PDF format.
The Coast
to Coast Accommodation and Services Guide - a well laid out and informative
site.
Railtrack
Travel Information - the most comprehensive source of railway timetables on
the Internet.
The National
Express Site for bus timetables.
The
English
Tourist Board for more about Tourist Information Centres.
to search
for guidebooks.
The
Packhorse for
passenger, baggage and bicycle transport along the Coast to Coast
route.
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Mileage | |||||
| From | To | Kilometres | Miles | |||
| St. Bees | Ennerdale | 22 | 13.8 | |||
| Detour via Wast Water: | ||||||
| Ennerdale | Wast Water | 22 | 13.8 | |||
| Wast Water | Borrowdale | 10 | 6.3 | |||
| Ennerdale | Borrowdale | 23 | 14.5 | |||
| Borrowdale | Grasmere | 161 | 10 | |||
| Grasmere | Patterdale | 13 | 8.3 | |||
| Patterdale | Shap | 26 | 16.3 | |||
| Shap | Kirkby Stephen | 32 | 20 | |||
| Kirkby Stephen | Keld | 21 | 13.1 | |||
| Keld | Reeth | 18 | 11.3 | |||
| Reeth | Richmond | 18 | 11.3 | |||
| Richmond | Danby Wiske | 22 | 13.8 | |||
| Danby Wiske | Ingleby Cross | 14 | 8.8 | |||
| Ingleby Cross | Clay Bank | 19 | 11.9 | |||
| Clay Bank | Lion Inn | 14 | 8.8 | |||
| Lion Inn | Grosmont | 21 | 13.1 | |||
| Grosmont | Robin Hood's Bay | 22 | 13.8 | |||
1 A longer route by the Langdale Pikes. The usual route is 14 kilometres (9 miles) via Greenup Edge. Back
| Top Youth Hostels | ||
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Some Useful Addresses | |
| Organisations: |
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| Ramblers' Association 2nd floor Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW England Phone +44 (0)20 7339 8500 Fax +44 (0)20 7339 8501 E-mail ramblers@london.ramblers.org.uk |
Friends of the Lake
District No.3, Yard 77, Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4ED Tel: 0539-720788 |
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| Yorkshire Dales
Society Otley Civic Centre, Cross Green, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 1HD Tel: 0943-607868 |
Youth Hostels Association
Lakeland Regional Office, Barclays Bank Chambers, Crescent Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 lEA Tel: 05394-42301 |
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| Youth Hostels Association
Northern Regional Office, D Floor, Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1LF Tel: 091-221 2101 |
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| Information - Tourist Boards and National Parks |
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| Cumbria Tourist Board
Ashleigh, Holly Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 2AQ Tel: 05394-44444 |
Lake District National Park
Visitor Services Brockhole, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1LJ Tel: 05394-46601 |
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| North York Moors National
Park Information Service The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley, York YO6 5BP Tel: 0439-70657 |
Yorkshire & Humberside
Tourist Board 312 Tadcaster Road, York YO2 2HF Tel: 0904-707961 |
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| Yorkshire Dales National Park
Information Colvend, Hebden Road, Grassington, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 5LB Tel: 0756-752748 |
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| Information - on or near the walk |
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| Whitehaven Tourist
Information Civic Centre, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 7DG Tel: 0946-695678 |
Egremont Tourist
Information 2 Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria CA22 2DW Tel: 0946-820693 |
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| Seatoller National Park
Information Seatoller Barn, Seatoller, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5XN Tel: 059684-294 |
Grasmere National Park
Information Redbank Road, Grasmere, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9SW Tel: 05394-35245 |
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| Glenridding National Park
Information Car park, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumbria Tel: 08532-414 |
Kirkby Stephen Tourist
Information Market Square, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4QN Tel: 07683-71199 |
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| Reeth Tourist
Information Swaledale Folk Museum, Reeth Green, Reeth, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6QT Tel: 0748-84517 |
Richmond Tourist
Information Friary Gardens, Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4AJ Tel: 0748-850252 |
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| Northallerton Tourist
Information The Applegarth, North Allerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8LZ Tel: 0609-776864 |
The Moors Centre Danby, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 1DH Tel: 0287-660654 |
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| Whitby Tourist
Information New Quay Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 1DH Tel: 0947-602674 |
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| Major Bus Operators |
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| Cumberland Motor
Services Tangier Street, Whitehaven Cumbria Tel: 0946-63222 |
United Automobile
Services Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham DL1 5NL Tel: 0325-468771 |
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| Tees & District Transport
Company Newport Road Bus Station, Middlesborough, Cleveland TS1 5AH Tel: 0642-210131 |
Scarborough & District
Motor Services Valley Bridge Garage, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Tel: 0723-375463 |
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