Editing Sea to Sea Cycle Route (section)

== History ==
The C2C is part of the  UK [[National Cycle Network]] (NCN), and was developed by [[Sustrans]] in partnership with various [[local authorities]], [[Groundwork West Cumbria]], [[North Pennines Tourism Partnership]], [[Forest Enterprise]] and the [[Lake District National Park]] amongst others. The route was opened in 1994 running from Whitehaven on the west coast of [[Cumbria]] to the north-east coast at [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]. A northern branch splits off from the main route at [[Consett]], following the route of the [[Derwent Walk]], passing through [[Tyneside]] and ending at [[Tynemouth]].

In 2005 a complementary route was opened further to the south. This, titled the [[Walney to Wear]] route (W2W), is designed to be slightly tougher and longer. It runs from [[Walney Island]] in south-west Cumbria to Sunderland via the [[North York Moors]] and [[Durham, England|Durham]].