A Northern Coast to Coast Walk

The Coast to Coast walk, popularised by Wainwright, runs from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay on Yorkshire’s east coast. At 178 miles (300km), this popular long-distance walk can be easily walked within a two-week holiday. Third edition of this successful guide.

A Coast to Coast Walk, A Wainwright (Westmorland Gazette, 1973, Frances Lincoln, 2003)

Companion into Lakeland, Maxwell Fraser (Methuen, 3rd ed. 1943)

Cumbrian Discovery, Molly Lefebure (Victor Gollancz, 1977)

The English Lake District, Molly Lefebure (BT Batsford, 1964)

The English Lakes, Frank Singleton (BT Batsford, 1954)

Geology Explained in the Lake District, Robert Prosser (David and Charles, 1977)

Geology Explained in the Yorkshire Dales and on the Yorkshire Coast, Derek Brumhead (David and Charles, 1979)

Guide to the English Lake District, MJB Baddeley (Ward, Lock and Co.)

A History of Lead Mining in the Pennines, Arthur Raistrick and Bernard Jennings (Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd, 1965)

Illustrated Lakeland Journals, Dorothy Wordsworth (Collins, 1987)

The Lake Counties: Cumberland and Westmorland, Arthur Mee (Hodder and Stoughton, 1937)

The North York Moors, Nicholas Rhea (Robert Hale, 1985)

North York Moors National Park, National Park Guide No. 4, Arthur Raistrick (ed.) (HMSO, 1966)

Portrait of Cumbria, JD Marshall (Robert Hale, 1981)

Portrait of Yorkshire, Harry J Scott (Robert Hale, 1965)

Rambles in Lake Country, Edwin Waugh (John Heywood, London, c. 1898)

Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk (Michael Joseph, 1987)

Walking in the Lake District, HH Symonds (W & R Chambers, Edinburgh, 1947)

Walking through Eden, Neil Hanson (Pavilion Books Limited, 1990)

The Yorkshire Pennines of the North-West, W Riley (Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1934)