Day-by-day trail itinerary
Wainwright's Coast to Coast: 13-day itinerary
Opens on the St Bees Head cliffs before turning inland through farmland into the western fells, a day of steady climbing and descending rather than one big pull. Ennerdale Water's forest track leads to remote Black Sail, then the steep, loose ascent of Loft Beck to the day's high point above Honister. The old slate tramway gives an easy, level finish down into upper Borrowdale. Quiet and increasingly wild as the day goes on; Ennerdale has no road access, and Black Sail Hut is the only building in the whole valley.
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13 days from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay
Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.
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Day 1: St Bees → Ennerdale Bridge
24.5 km · 760 m ascent · 7h21–10h23 (about 8h39, incl. ~1h26 of stops)
Via Sandwith, Keekle, Moor Row, Cleator Moor, Bigrigg, Cleator, Egremont -
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Day 2: Ennerdale Bridge → Borrowdale
25.3 km · 594 m ascent · 7h15–10h14 (about 8h32, incl. ~1h25 of stops)
Via Seatoller, Rosthwaite -
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Day 3: Borrowdale → Patterdale
22.4 km · 1,067 m ascent · 7h33–10h39 (about 8h53, incl. ~1h29 of stops)
Via Grasmere, Glenridding -
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Day 4: Patterdale → Shap
24.5 km · 987 m ascent · 7h51–11h05 (about 9h14, incl. ~1h32 of stops)
Via Bampton, Bampton Grange, Rosgill, Keld -
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Day 5: Shap → Kirkby Stephen
31.1 km · 461 m ascent · 8h22–11h49 (about 9h51, incl. ~1h38 of stops)
Via Orton, Newbiggin on Lune, Ravenstonedale, Waitby, Nateby -
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Day 6: Kirkby Stephen → Keld
18.4 km · 569 m ascent · 5h29–7h44 (about 6h27, incl. ~1h05 of stops)
Via Winton, Hartley -
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Day 7: Keld → Reeth
17.5 km · 472 m ascent · 5h13–7h21 (about 6h07, incl. ~1h01 of stops)
Via Low Row -
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Day 8: Reeth → Richmond
16.7 km · 306 m ascent · 4h38–6h33 (about 5h28, incl. ~55m of stops)
Via Grinton, Marrick, Marske, Hudswell -
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Day 9: Richmond → Danby Wiske
22.7 km · 59 m ascent · 5h32–7h49 (about 6h31, incl. ~1h05 of stops)
Via Catterick Garrison, Colburn, Brough With St Giles, Brompton-on-Swale, Scorton, Catterick, Great Langton -
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Day 10: Danby Wiske → Ingleby Cross
22.2 km · 92 m ascent · 5h24–7h37 (about 6h21, incl. ~1h04 of stops)
Via East Harlsey, Potto, Ingleby Arncliffe -
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Day 11: Ingleby Cross → Urra
19.4 km · 877 m ascent · 6h17–8h53 (about 7h24, incl. ~1h14 of stops)
Via Osmotherley, Swainby, Faceby, Carlton in Cleveland -
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Day 12: Urra → Egton Bridge
31.1 km · 240 m ascent · 8h02–11h21 (about 9h28, incl. ~1h35 of stops)
Via Botton, Lealholm, Glaisdale -
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Day 13: Egton Bridge → Robin Hood's Bay
27.0 km · 531 m ascent · 7h32–10h38 (about 8h52, incl. ~1h29 of stops)
Via Grosmont, Eskdaleside, Ugglebarnby, Fylingthorpe, Robin Hood's Bay
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