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Walking the King Charles III England Coast Path: North West
NATIONAL TRAIL - Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside Coast
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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.
Seasons
Best walked in spring and summer for the longest days, best public transport and to avoid the worst weather and tides, but walkable year round with adequate planning.Centres
Gretna, Carlisle, Silloth, Maryport, Workington, Whitehaven, Ravenglass, Millom, Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands, Arnside, Silverdale, Carnforth, Morecambe, Heysham, Lancaster, Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lytham, Preston, Southport, Liverpool, Wirral, Shotton and Chester.Difficulty
Other than one or two longer, more strenuous days in Cumbria, the majority of the guide’s 28 stages can be easily split, extended or adapted. Most are relatively easy walking depending on terrain and distance.Must See
Circuiting Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Wirral and a slice of Cheshire, highlights include the Solway Firth, Hadrian’s Wall, Lake District mountain views, Morecambe Bay and Lancaster, the longest dune system in England at Sefton, Merseyside’s arts and musical culture, Wirral’s heritage and Cheshire’s coastal reedbeds.ISBN
9781786310279
Availability
Not Yet Published
Available
15 Sept 2025
Edition
First
Pages
248
Size
17.20 x 11.60 x 1.40cm
Weight
0g
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Overview
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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.
- Contains step-by-step description of the route alongside 1:50,000 OS maps
- Refreshment information given for each route stage
- Public transport by stage is listed for those wanting to break the trail into shorter sections
- Handy trek planner, route summary tables and accommodation listings help you plan your itinerary
- Accompanying map booklets containing OS 1:25,000 mapping and route line are also available
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By Ange Harker
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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