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
Coast to Coast Walk Coast Walk uses public rights of way (public footpaths, tracks, and minor roads), permissive paths and access land; it is one of the most popular of all the long-distance footpaths in the UK. Despite this it does not have National Trail status. In 2004 the walk was named as the second-best walk in the world according to a survey of experts. Harveys publish two dedicated strip maps at 1:40,000 scale. The description in this article is given from west to east. This is the more popular direction, and the one given in the original and most of the current guides,