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 fully opened on 5 May 2012, and comprises an coastal walking route from Chepstow in the south to Queensferry in the north. Offa's Dyke Path, a non-coastal route, also links the England Coast Path at its Welsh border, largely following the line of the remnants of Offa's Dyke. Natural England has divided the coast into 66 sections for planning purposes. The sections fall into 5 categories: The sections (working anti-clockwise round England from the southern end of the Welsh border and using Natural England's areas) comprise: England Coast Path The England Coast Path is a proposed long-distance National Trail which