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Walking Holidays in Yorkshire & North East England
 
Sherpa Expeditions have been providing walking and cycling holidays in Great Britain and around the world since 1973.  Here's a selection of some of their best walking holidays in Yorkshire, Nothumberland and Cumbria.
 

St Cuthbert's Way - Scotland to England Through Border Country


The St .Cuthbert’s way is a 62 mile/100 km trail which links places associated with the life of St.Cuthbert as well as a host of Roman and medieval features which reflect the long period of strife this border region has experienced.

 

This beautiful and varied walk culminates in the crossing to Lindisfarne Island along a causeway which is only exposed at low tide.

 

Duration: 7 nights/8 days or 9 nights/10 days
Grade: Moderate
Day Stages: Minimum 5.5 miles, max 15 miles
SELF-GUIDED Dates: April - Mid October

 

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Hadrian's Wall - A Walk Through Roman History

This is a great walk, with a lot of scenic variety from the modern, busy cityscapes of Newcastle Upon Tyne to the red sandstone hues of medieval Carlisle. From the barren blustery heights of Highshields Crags in the Northumberland National Park; to the lime green pastoral scenes of the Eden valley.

 

Omnipotent along the route the Wall snakes its way. In sections interrupting a housing estate here, popping up under a road there. Then from being little more than a grassy bank it transforms into stone and rollercoasters over crag tops and down into impressive fort like structures such as at Housesteads.

 

Duration: 7 nights/8 days
Grade: Easy - Moderate
Day Stages: Minimum 12 miles, max 16 1/2 miles
SELF-GUIDED Dates: March - Mid October

 

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The Cleveland Way - Bracing Walking on North Yorkshire Trails

The Cleveland Way was opened in May 1969; the second of the British National Trails after the Pennine Way. It stretches for approximately 110 miles/177km along the edge of the North York Moors and the North Yorkshire Coast and reaches its highest point on Urra Moor 454m (1,489ft).

 

The scenery encompasses farming landscapes and forests - some have hardly changed for centuries - dramatic rolling country with abrupt scarps and sandstone edges, bleak moors, dramatic cliff and beach seaside scenery. It semicircles the largest open moorland in England and then follows the Heritage Coast on top of rugged, but grassy cliffs. Eighty percent of the trail is within the North York Moors National Park.

 

Duration: 11 nights/12 days
Grade: Moderate
Day Stages: Min 7 miles, max 14 miles
SELF-GUIDED Dates:  March - mid October

 

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Coast to Coast Across England - Across England on Wainwright's Walk


This classic route was originated and described by A. Wainwright, author of a well-known series of mountain-walking guide books on the Lake District.

 

The walk starts on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria near the huge red sandstone cliffs of St. Bees Head. You cross three National Parks before reaching the North Sea at the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay on the rocky coastline of the North York Moors.

 

Duration: 14 nights/15 days
Grade: Moderate - Challenging
Day Stages: Average 14 miles a day, 1 long day of approx. 23 miles.
SELF-GUIDED Dates: April - Mid October

 

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The Dales Way - Hiking Through the Yorkshire Dales


The Yorkshire Dales are an idyllic pastoral landscape of green valleys criss-crossed by dry-stone walls marking field boundaries. Picturesque villages and hamlets consisting of little more than a pub and post office abound. Old farmhouses and ‘stone barns’ dot the valley sides.

 

Above the Dales are open rolling moorlands rising to 600m (2000 feet) or more. This tour includes the whole of the much loved Dales Way long distance path, which runs right across the Yorkshire Dales National Park and on to the shores of Windermere in the Lake District National Park.

 

Duration: 7 nights/8 days
Grade: Moderate
Day Stages: Min 11 miles, max 17 miles
SELF-GUIDED Dates: March - Mid October

 

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Yorkshire Dales - Walking or Cycling

Richmond is above all a great centre for walkers and cyclists. Apart from its location on the renowned Coast to Coast trail it offers a wealth of attractive walks through some of the most beautiful countryside in the Britain.

 

We invite you to enjoy, on peaceful trails and quiet country lanes, a choice of walks and cycle rides that explore sleepy villages and charming market towns, more historic sites and castles than you can shake a stick at and truly magnificent landscapes with stunning views. You can be as energetic as you wish to be.

 

Center Based Walking or Cycling

Duration: 3 nights/4 days
Grade: Easy - Moderate
Day Stages: Choose from over selected walks or cycle rides (if you bring your own bikes).
SELF-GUIDED Dates: Available throughout the year. On any date

 

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