Alfred Wainwright MBE, who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was an English fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, publishe
Plaque to Alfred Wainwright in Buttermere parish church
Book One of the Pictorial Guide
Innominate Tarn on Haystacks, Wainwright's favourite fell, where his ashes were scattered.
Plaque in Wainwright's Yard, Kendal
The Coast to Coast Walk is a long-distance footpath running between the west and east coasts of Northern England, nominally 190 miles in length. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three c
Alfred Wainwright
…manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District. Among his 40-odd other books is the first guide to the Coast to Coast Walk, a 182-mile (293-kilometre) long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today. Alfred Wainwright was born in Blackburn, Lancashire…
St Bees beach – start of the walk – from South Head
The start of the Coast to Coast Walk at St Bees beach. New sign and banner added 2013 by the Wainwright Society and St Bees Parish Council.
Signpost for the Coast to Coast winter route (December–April) entering the Yorkshire Dales near Kirkby Stephen. The additional information sign shows the different routes to be taken depending on the time of year: Red Route (May–July); Blue Route (August–November); Green Route (December–April), along with information about managing erosion of the footpaths.
St Bees South Head & beach