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Most of the C2C route follows traffic-free cycle tracks or quiet minor roads, allowing you to enjoy cycling with minimum stress or danger from traffic. Excellent signposting makes the route easy to follow with straightforward route planning using a conventional map or GPS.

There is plenty of accommodation along the way, which makes planning an itinerary easier, as well as a very good choice of places to eat and drink. In addition, there are bag-carrying services operating along the route and companies offering package trips, including accommodation (see ‘Specialist C2C companies’).

The C2C is a great challenge. You will feel justly proud of the achievement of cycling from sea to sea!

Choosing your route

The route in this guide is described from west to east, as this is often held to be the ‘best’ direction in which to cycle the C2C – however, the choice is yours (see ‘West to east or east to west?’, below, and a summary of the east–west route in Appendix D).

The C2C has two different start and finish points at both ends of the route – a choice between Whitehaven or Workington on the west coast and Tynemouth or Sunderland on the east coast.