Pennine Way
The Pennine Way ( German: Pennines - way ) is a long distance footpath in England, which crosses the Pennines from south to north.
Description
It has a length of 429 kilometers and extends from Edale (Derbyshire ) in the Peak District through the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park. It ends at Kirk Yetholm just across the border with Scotland. Together with the Hadrian's Wall Path and the West Highland Way, the Pennine Way is one of the most popular trails in Britain. After the South West Coast Path, he is also the second longest in the developed trails in the UK.
The Pennine Way passes through very sparsely populated area. Sometimes there are during the day stages little to no rest stops, and accommodation options are locally scarce. The path is sometimes very exposed in bad weather conditions is a difficult trail.
A dense path marker does not exist, so that walkers are locally dependent on map and compass. Accommodation is available in smaller hotels, hostels and bed-and - breakfast accommodation.
History
The long distance footpath was an idea of the journalist Tom Stephenson, of similar trails in the United States, particularly the Appalachian Trail, took as a model. Stephenson made his plan public in 1935 in the Daily Herald and lobbied in parliament. The last stage of the course was opened at Malham 1965.
Route
The Pennine Way passes through the following places:
- Edale
- Kinder Scout
- Bleaklow
- Black Hill
- Saddleworth Moor
- Standedge
- Littleborough
- Stoodley Pike
- Todmorden
- Hebden Bridge
- Wadsworth Moor
- Keighley Moor
- Elslack Moor
- Lothersdale
- Settle
- Malham
- Fountains Fell
- Pen-y- ghent
- Horton -in- Ribblesdale
- Dodd Fell Hill
- Hawes
- Great Shunner fur
- Kisdon
- Kisdon Force
- Keld (here, the Coast to Coast Walk is crossed )
- Tan Hill
- Cauldron Snout
- Crossing the A66
- Middleton -in- Teesdale
- High Cup
- Great Dun Fell
- Cross Fell
- Alston
- Haltwhistle
- Hadrian 's Wall
- Shitlington Crags
- Windy Gyle
- The Cheviot
- Kirk Yetholm