The Pennine Way
The Old Nag's Head, Edale. Start of the Pennine Way
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The Pennine Way is the best known of
Britain's long distance footpaths and the longest,
running 268 miles (429km) from Edale in the Peak District
National Park to Kirk Yetholm three miles (5km) inside
Scotland. Running along 'the Backbone of Britain', this challenging footpath passes through two more national parks as it heads northwards from the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park. It also passes through several Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Halfway along the Pennine Way is the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub, still a good 1198 feet lower than the highest point on the route, Cross Fell in Cumbria. Walkers usually commence their odyssey at the Old Nag's Head in Edale, Derbyshire and finish two weeks and 268 miles later in the bar of the Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm, but once they sight the Tan Hill Inn, they know that they are half way there. |
Half way along the Pennine Way is Britain's highest pub, Tan Hill Inn
