The Lake District National Park Authority is one of the six authorities working with Natural England to upgrade Wainwright’s Coast to Coast to a National Trail.
The trail was first described by Wainwright in his book first published in 1973. At around 192 miles in length, and often frequently tackled as a continuous two-week journey, the route traverses through three National Parks across some of the UK’s most spectacular scenery from St Bees (Cumbria) to Robin Hood’s Bay (North Yorkshire). It’s widely believed to be the UK’s most popular long-distance path.
The project, led by Natural England, and funded by Defra, formally started on the 1 Nov 2022, and is due to be completed in early 2026.
We will update this page as work progresses.
To submit comments in relation to Public Path Consultations, please contact Charlotte Kimber, (Coast to Coast Public Path Officer) by email: charlotte.kimber@lakedistrict.gov.uk.
For more info on the Coast to Coast route within the National Park as a whole please contact Jo Willmott, Project Ranger (Coast to Coast National Trail) by email jo.willmott@lakedistrict.gov.uk
For more information on work related to Ennerdale please contact Sharon Hodgson, Project Ranger by email sharon.hodgson@lakedistrict.gov.uk
