The is a
National Trail in
England . The trail runs
from
Edale , in the northern
Derbyshire Peak District , north through the
Yorkshire Dales and the
Northumberland National Park , to end at
Kirk Yetholm , just inside the
Scottish border.
The path was the idea of the journalist and rambler
Tom Stephenson , inspired by similar trails in the
United States Of America , particularly the
Appalachian Trail . Stephenson proposed the concept in an article for the ''
Daily Herald '' in 1935, and later lobbied Parliament for the creation of an official trail. The final section of the path was declared open in a ceremony held on
Malham Moor on the 24th April
1965 . The path runs along the
Pennine hills, sometimes described as the "backbone of
England ". Although not the
United Kingdom 's longest trail,This distinction belongs to the 1,014 km-kilometre (630 mi) long
South West Coast Path it is according to the
Ramblers' Association "one of Britain's best known and toughest".
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