Tom's Trek
Edinburgh to London Route
Summary:
Minor roads where possible to avoid heavy traffic but to allow the support vehicle to follow.
Week One: Edinburgh - Morpeth
Week Two: Morpeth - Harrogate (Kirkby Overblow)
Week Three: Harrogate (Kirkby Overblow) - Twyford
Week Four: Twyford - London
Detail:
If you are interested, the route was planned using Anquet Maps 6.0 and a road atlas. The route was then loaded onto 2 Garmin eTrex H handheld GPS units. Each unit would only take 4 or 5 days worth of route, so we had to send them back and forth, but it worked. We also printed out paper maps from Anquet as a backup. If you are thinking of walking Edinburgh - London on roads yourself, please get in touch.
Please click for a more detailed breakdown of each week's route where shown. The numbers show the distance each day in miles.
Week 1 - click here for more detail
Edinburgh - Heriot 17.63
Heriot - Earlston 17.55
Earlston - Hadden 17.09
Hadden - Wooler 18.40
Wooler - Alnwick 16.83
Alnwick - Morpeth 18.46
Rest Day
Week 2 - click here for more detail
Morpeth - Newcastle 22.01
Newcastle - Langley Moor 18.78
Langley Moor - Darlington 21.94
Darlington - Gt Langton 17.26
Gt Langton - Ripon 17.84
Ripon - Harrogate (Kirkby Overblow) 18.87
Rest Day
Week 3 - click here for more detail
Harrogate (Kirkby Overblow) - Wakefield 20.12
Wakefield - Wentworth 21.60
Wentworth - Chesterfield 21.17
Chesterfield - Papplewick 20.23
Papplewick - Keyworth 17.80
Keyworth - Twyford 17.93
Rest Day
Week 4 - click here for more detail
Twyford - Market Harborough 18.07
Market Harborough - Mears Ashby 18.48
Mears Ashby - Bedford (Stagsden) 19.40
Bedford (Stagsden) - Harlington 16.99
Harlington - St Albans 19.96
St Albans - Hampstead Heath 18.15
Hampstead Heath - Westminster 6.24
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