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Pennine Odyssey - Main route

Cumbria, Derbyshire, Durham, N Yorkshire, Northumberland, W Yorkshire

430 km / 267 miles
'A Pennine Odyssey' consists of a number of routes described by Ron Scholes in his book of that name. It is based on Alfred Wainwright's idea of a 'purely Pennine Way', lying along the full length of the Pennine range with its northern terminus at Hadrian's Wall. This is the 'main route', which runs from Edale, at the start of the Pennine Way, to Housesteads, on the Roman wall. Much of the route coincides with the Pennine Way but in places it deviates significantly from it, taking the walker to parts of the Pennines that the Pennine Way misses. For the most part these deviations take the route to the east of the Pennine Way, the exception being north of Cross Fell where the route stays on the higher ground to the west.

The book describes a number of alternatives from the main route and these are listed as Path Variants on this website. For those that wish to start the walk further south, the book describes several approach routes to enable the start to be made in Leek, Ashbourne or Buxton. These routes are also listed as Path Variants.


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Challenging
Moorland
Mountain
Start: SK123856 - Edale, Derbyshire View on StreetMap
Finish: NY789687 - Housesteads, Northumberland View on StreetMap
Open Date: 2022

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook A Pennine Odyssey - Walks and Ways  (Sigma Press  - 2022 )

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Landranger 86, 87, 91, 92, 98, 103, 104, 109, 110
OS Landranger Active 86, 87, 91, 92, 98, 103, 104, 109, 110
OS Explorer 1, 2, 19, 21, 30, 31, 43, 288, 297, 315
OS Explorer Active 1, 2, 19, 21, 30, 31, 43, 288, 297, 315

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

 
 
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Camping Barn
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Camping Barn
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Camping Barn
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328 km
Hostel Accommodation
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Walkers are Welcome
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Bunk House
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Camp Site
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Bunk House
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Connected Paths:

Other Paths
Abbeys Amble Airedale Way Alternative Coast to Coast Beacons Way Whalley to Otley Blackpool to Bridlington (Aerospace Way) Bowland-Dales Traverse Bradfield Boundary Walk Calder Woodland Way Clough Walk Coast to Coast (Wainwright) Dales Walk Durham Round Edale to Prestatyn Emily Bronte Walk Fielden Trail Friends Way 1: George Fox's Journey GM Ringway Great English Walk Hadrian's High Way Halifax to Littleborough Head to Head Herriot Way High Peak 60 Historical Walks through Lancashire and Yorkshire Inn Way ... to the Peak District Inn Way ... to the Yorkshire Dales Joining The Seas Kendal Limestone Way Kettlewell Kanter for St Gemma's Kinder Loop Lady Anne's Way Lake to Lake Walk Lakeland to Lindisfarne Lead Mining Trail Leeds and Liverpool Canal Walk Manchester Horizon Walk North of England Way North West Way Northern Crossway Paulinus Way Peak District Boundary Walk Peak Way Pennine Journey Pennine Odyssey - Buxton to Edale Pennine Odyssey - Garrigill to Cross Fell via Fallow Hill Pennine Odyssey - Garrigill to Cross Fell via Pennine Way Pennine Odyssey - Garrigill to Cross Fell via Tees Head Pennine Odyssey - Hallbankgate to Featherstone Bridge Pennine Odyssey - Langdon Beck to Dufton Pennine Odyssey - Langdon Beck to Garrigill Pennine Way - Hebden Bridge Loop Railway Heritage Trail Ravenber Way Reiver's Way Richmond Way Roaches to Edale Roman Ring Round Manchester Hiking Trail Sixty Mile Walk around Wensleydale South Pennine Ring South Yorkshire Way - Boundary Route St Alkelda's Way St Wilfrid's Way Stanza Stones Trail Stanza Stones Walk Swale Way Three Ridings on Foot Tidewater Way Tops of the North (Three Shire Heads to Carlisle) Trans Pennine Way Tributaries Walk Two Centre Trek Two Roses Way Tyne - Estuary to Source Way of the Roses Westmorland Heritage Walk White To Dark Way Wild Yorkshire Way Yoredale Way Yorkshire Rhino Yorkshire Water Way Click to show 78 more Other Paths

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Route Profile:

429.5 km (266.9 miles)
11,565 m (37,943 ft) ascent
890 m (2,920 ft)  maximum height

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