Coast to Coast Walk Coast to Coast Walk The Coast to Coast Walk is a unofficial and mostly unsignposted long-distance footpath in Northern England. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the North York Moors National Park. Wainwright recommends that walkers dip their booted feet in the Irish Sea at St Bees and, at the end of the walk, in the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. The Coast to Coast was originally described by Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book "A Coast to Coast Walk". Wainwright's book has
England Coast Path is known as ‘spreading room’. However, this does not include any right to enter private houses and gardens or Ministry of Defence land. The new right of Coastal Access also includes 'roll back', namely that if a section of coast erodes, the path will move back accordingly. Existing coastal trails in England, of which there are eleven, will be incorporated into the England Coast Path. There is, however, work to be done in upgrading and standardizing access and signage on these. These eleven trails are: At the border with Wales it will link to the Wales Coast Path, which was