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Guidebook to walking the King Charles III England Coast Path: North West National Trail. Between Gretna and Chester, this 590km (367 mile) route explores the Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside coast in 27 stages and can be walked in 1 month. Includes 1:50,000 OS mapping.
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A guidebook to walking the northwest section of the King Charles III England Coast Path between Gretna and Chester. Covering 590km (367 miles), this straightforward trail along the Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside coast takes around 1 month to hike.
The route is described from north to south in 28 stages between 13 and 29km (8–18 miles) in length.
Map key
Route summary table
Overview profile/alternate staging
Stage facilities planner
Introduction
What is the England Coast Path?
Origins
Planning and wayfinding
What is Coastal Access?
Adaptability
The north west coastal landscape
Geography
Geology
Natural history
Human and cultural histories
Practicalities
Fitness and variations to itinerary
Transport
Accommodation
Communications
Money
When to go
North or south?
Coastal safety
Emergencies
What to pack
Maps
Using this guide
Accessibility
The King Charles III England Coast Path – North West
Part 1 – Cumberland
Stage 1 – Gretna to Knockupworth
Stage 2 – Knockupworth to Bowness-on-Solway
Stage 3 – Bowness-on-Solway to Abbeytown
Stage 5 – Abbeytown to Silloth
Stage 6 – Silloth to Maryport
Stage 7 – Maryport to Whitehaven
Stage 8 – Whitehaven to Seascale
Stage 9 – Seascale to Ravenglass railway station
Stage 10 – Bootle railway station to Silecroft (& from Eskmeals viaduct)
Stage 11 – Silecroft to Green Road railway station
Part 2 – Morecambe Bay
Stage 11 – Foxfield to North Scale
Stage 12 – North Scale to Vickerstown
Stage 13 – Vickerstown to Bardsea
Stage 14 – Bardsea to Cark
Stage 15 – Cark to Grange-over-Sands
Stage 16 – Arnside to Hest Bank
Stage 17 – Hest Bank to Overton
Stage 18 – Overton to Conder Green
Stage 19 – Conder Green to Knott End ferry
Part 3 – Wyre to Wales
Stage 20 – Fleetwood ferry to Lytham
Stage 21 – Lytham to Preston
Stage 22 – Preston to Tarleton Lock
Stage 23 – Tarleton Lock to Crossens
Stage 24 – Crossens to Formby
Stage 25 – Formby to Seaforth
Stage 26 – Seaforth to New Brighton
Stage 27 – New Brighton to Parkgate
Stage 28 – Parkgate to Chester or Wales Coast Path)
Appendix A Accommodation listings
Appendix B Useful contacts
Appendix C Further reading
Appendix D Day walk options
Appendix E Further alternate itineraries
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Ange Harker is a farm-raised outdoor writer from Nidderdale, with work published in Trail, Country Walking and Lakeland Walker; and an alumni of the Rural Writing Institute and Kendal Mountain Literature Festival's Open Mountain programme. She's also a qualified walking guide having led across England and Wales, including many rounds of the Yorkshire Three Peaks. For the last decade Ange has been a member of Natural England's Coastal Access Delivery Team in the north west; collectively devising, planning and proposing the eventual route all the way from the Scottish border at Gretna to the Welsh border on the Dee Marshes, and with a special interest in accessibility.
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