Editing Sea to Sea Cycle Route (section)

{{Short description|Cycling route in the UK}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox cycling path
| name        = Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C)
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| photo       = Sea-to-Sea route marker, Whitehaven - geograph.org.uk - 126624.jpg
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| caption     = Route marker at [[Whitehaven]]
| title       = {{ubl|part of [[National Cycle Route 7]]|part of [[National Cycle Route 14]]|part of [[National Cycle Route 71]]|part of [[National Cycle Route 72]]}}
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| length      = {{cvt|202|km}}{{endash}}{{cvt|222|km}}
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| trailheads  = {{ubl|[[Whitehaven]] or [[Workington]] (west)|[[Tynemouth]] or [[Sunderland]] (east)}}
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| highest_m   = 609
| highest_name = Black Hill (near [[Allenheads]])
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The '''Coast to Coast''' or '''Sea to Sea Cycle Route''' (C2C) is a {{convert|140|mi}} [[Bicycle|cycle route]] opened in 1994. Combining sections of [[National Cycle Route 7]], [[National Cycle Route 14|14]], [[National Cycle Route 71|71]] and [[National Cycle Route 72|72]]; it runs from [[Whitehaven]] or [[Workington]] on the west coast of [[Cumbria]], and then crosses the [[Lake District]] and the [[Pennines]] in the north of England by using a variety of both on and off-road trails, ending on the north-east coast in [[Tyne and Wear]] at [[Sunderland]] or [[Tynemouth]]. [[Sustrans]] state that it is the UK's most popular challenge cycle route,<ref name=sustrans>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/c2c-or-sea-to-sea/|title=C2C or Sea to Sea|access-date=2020-03-06|website=[[Sustrans]]|quote=The UK's most popular challenge cycle route...}}</ref> it is designed for the whole range of cyclists, from families to [[cycling club]] riders. Although a challenge with some hard climbs{{emdash}}the highest point being over {{cvt|609|m}}<ref name=sustrans />{{emdash}}the C2C is completed by an average of between 12,800 and 15,000 cyclists every year.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}