There are many decisions to make when planning your trip, for example:

• will you walk or cycle or attempt to combine both?
• how many days will you spend on the route?
• what is your budget for accommodation?
• will you book for yourself or get help from a support service?
• will you carry your own baggage or seek help with baggage transfer?

Use the buttons below to find out more about support services, accommodation and useful links for planning. Better still, read the official guidebook (its 2026 edition celebrates the route’s 25-year anniversary) or get the bundle (guidebook with map booklet) and benefit from help and advice from the person who co-devised the route in 2001 and has been walking it ever since.

View pages with distances for walkers and distances for cyclists.