COAST 2 COAST - PUB 2 PUB
ENGLAND - ON DEMAND
We can provide
custom date guided or self guided tour packages
on demand and customise to your needs based on 7+ years of crossing
England on the Coast to Coast Path.
Please contact
chris@tourdetrails.com and/or mish@tourdetrails.com
for more information.
TOUR DATES
ON DEMAND
TRAIL TYPE: End to End
TOTAL DISTANCE: 310km (approx) + Manchester Beer Run
TOTAL ASCENT: approx 10,000 (not that much over 300km!)
HIGHEST POINT: 780m - Kidsty Pike
DIFFICULTY: Easy(ish) in terms of terrain, but 25-30km day upon day can tire you!
TRIP DURATION TOTAL 12
ON TRAIL TOTAL: 10
ACCOMMODATION ON TRAIL: Accommodation is in a variety of B&Bs, guest-houses and country inns/hotels, pending availability when tour is booked. Rooms will be twin share and en-suite wherever available or otherwise with adequate bathroom facilities. Breakfasts included in accommodation, basic packed lunches provided each day. Evening meals will be taken together, but are at own cost, usually at nearby pubs or at the overnight accommodation where offered. Due to staying in small villages with limited group stay capacity, sometimes guest accommodation is in several different B&Bs in a village, meaning the group has dinner together but on occasion be located in separate accommodation.
HIGHLIGHTS: The Lakes District, Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, pubs and ales. And artisan gins. And scones and jam. And tea.
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TEETOTALLER? No worries! Whilst it is a pub to pub run, its not all about drinking! In fact, our very first runner on our first tour (who has since been on every tour and is coming again) is a non drinker. So in place of the first pint offered after each day’s running, you get a pint of…soft drink, juice, or even a cuppa! We are in England after all.
OH YOU DO DRINK? Well, it’s not about getting drunk. But it is about Real English Ale, which means not that freezing sparkly stuff you might be used to. No, this is REAL ENGLISH ALE, which like wine is all about regional flavours and artistry of the brew. And has a whole culture behind it. So that’s what we drink. Okay, so for those competitive ones… 75 pints across the tour is the standing record (Adam Needham, 2022 ). With a few artisan gins thrown in there…
COSTS
2025 price indicated here - TBC circa $6200*
Note that this is for a 12 day tour (twice as long as our usual tours) including our own support / luggage van offering better safety and tap out options!
Single Supplement only available according to extremely limited accommodation capacity along the route.
INCLUSIONS:
Manchester Abode hotel x 1 night incl breakfast
Manchester Guided Run
Pub tour Manchester Real Ale haunts
First welcome beer Manchester
Private Bus Transfers Manchester > St Bees (start)
Private Bus Transfers Robin Hood Bay (finish) > Manchester
Personal luggage and safety van for entire journey across England - if you need to tap out on any day we have capacity!
2 x on trail guides
1 x luggage van driver and safety runner
B&B or Pub accommodation 11 nights
Breakfasts 12 days
Lunches 10 days
Run finish beer (or soft drink) x 1 / 10 days
EXCLUSIONS:
Flights / transfers to Manchester
Alcohol (bar first beer post run)
Extra drinks
All dinners (*easier than all inclusive given we are ordering off a la carte menus en route and individuals’ needs and appetites, want or not for dessert vary massively, making it very hard to price accurately!)
Travel insurance - we highly recommend getting this as soon as you book your trip with us - deposits are non refundable from 6 months out, payment due two months out with a sliding scale of refund amounts . Travel insurance should cover any cancellation costs due to injury, sudden illness or other concern that may pop up making attendance difficult.
Snacks
RUNNER HANDBOOK DOWNLOAD
ITINERARY
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITINERARY IS INDICATIVE ONLY AND MAY CHANGE TO SUIT CONDITIONS, NEW INFORMATION OR REGULATIONS. THE FINAL ITINERARY WILL BE CONFIRMED CLOSER TO DEPARTURE (and indeed daily according to conditions).
ARRIVAL DAY 1
Make way to Abode Hotel Manchester, near Piccadilly Station. Meet tour group. Afternoon shake out run around canals. approx 8km.
TRAVEL DAY 2
Manchester to St Bees by Mini Bus
Leisurely warm up run 3-5km. Free time.
Run Day - DAY 3
St Bees – Ennerdale Bridge
26km
Run Day - DAY 4
Ennerdale Bridge – Grasmere – via Haystack and High Stile (weather permitting)
41km
Run Day - DAY 5
Grasemere – Shap
37km
Run Day - DAY 6
Shap – Kirkby Stephens
31km
Run Day - DAY 7
Kirkby Stephen – Keld
18km
Run Day - DAY 8
Keld – Richmond
38km
Run Day - DAY 9
Richmond – Ingleby Cross
39km
Run Day - DAY 10
Ingleby Cross – Blakey
32km
Run Day - DAY 11
Blakey – Grosmont (+ train to Whitby for accommodation)
21km
Run Day - DAY 12
Grosmont – Robin Hoods Bay
25km
TRAVEL DAY - DAY 13
Robin Hood Bay – Manchester – flight home*
*You will arrive in Manchester approx. noon - 2pm in time for evening flights. We can drop directly to airport.
If you prefer to stay overnight in Manchester please arrange or we can book at cost on your behalf.
TOTAL KM: 310km
(PLUS Manchester and St Bees warm up RUNS)
COOL FACT: In 1991, the route was run in 39 hours 36 minutes and 52 seconds by Mike Hartley, setting a new record; this beat the previous record set in 1985 by Mike Cudahy, who completed it in 46 hours 49 minutes.