The Cyclist's Coast to Coast

Cycle 142 miles across England, through the Lake District and over the Pennines to the North Sea along the popular C2C cycle path, bicycles included. For all keen cycle enthusiasts. The ‘C2C’ or 'Sea to Sea' cycle route stretches from the harbour at Whitehaven on the Irish Sea to the Abbey and castle at Tynemouth on the shores of the North Sea. This 142-miles cycling route is a great way to see northern England and how the landscape changes sometimes abruptly, and then more gently as you cycle along. There is so much to see, the Cumbrian Lakes and Fells, the bleak Pennines, beautiful Dales, English towns and villages of all sizes. Along the way you should find plenty of time to visit tea shops, pubs and interesting historical sites. There are some quite big hills as well, but nothing that could be classed as Alpine! You will generally be pedalling with the wind at your back and conveniently have your bikes delivered to your first hotel and picked up at the end of your tour.
The original C2C cycling route was developed by Sustrans, a charitable organisation aiming at the development of sustainable transport networks in the UK. The route takes minor roads and ride-able ‘off road’ bridleways that could be used to thread together small towns and country areas across Cumbria, the Pennines, through the Tyne and Wear watershed and onto the more urban parts of the North East. The route so created is called the “C2C,” literally “Sea to Sea,” to differentiate it from the “Coast to Coast” walk, which covers an altogether different route and embraces different scenery.