E2 European long distance path

The E2 European long distance path or E2 path is a 4850 km (3010-mile) series of long-distance footpaths that is intended to run from Galway in Ireland to France's Mediterranean coast and currently runs through Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, with an alternative midsection equally designated via the Netherlands and east coast of England. It is one of the network of European long-distance paths.

The paths are aimed at walkers; alternative routes exist in some parts for horse riders and cyclists.

Route

The route has two alternative midsections, reuniting in north-east England and northern Belgium: the first devised route includes Oxford, Reading, Bruges and Antwerp and does not include the southern part of the Dutch coast. The corollary midsection, listed as the alternative route, includes Hull, Lincoln, Cambridge and Bergen op Zoom.

In Belgium the route starts from Ostend on the GR5A (Grote Route 5A) via Bruges and Antwerp. After a few kilometres in the mid-northern municipality (district) of Zoersel in Belgium it joins the GR 5 (Grande Randonnée 5), which forms the remainder of the route, passing through Luxembourg, Eastern France, then Switzerland at Lake Geneva before returning to France to finish at Nice.

The highest point of the route is at Col de l'Iseran at 2,770 metres (9,090 ft).

Sign on the path of the E2 near Vianden, Luxembourg

Ireland

The Irish section of the route is not yet open.^[1]

United Kingdom

In Scotland the route starts from Stranraer and follows the Southern Upland Way, to Melrose, and St. Cuthbert's Way, from Melrose to Kirk Yetholm, and on to the Anglo-Scottish border via the Pennine Way.

In England the route continues on the Pennine Way from the border to Standedge, the Oldham Way from Standedge to Mossley, the Tameside Trail from Mossley to Broadbottom, the Etherow/Goyt Valley Way from Broadbottom to Compstall, the Goyt Way from Compstall to Disley, the Peak Forest Canal from Disley to Marple, the Gritstone Trail from Disley to Rushton Spencer, the Staffordshire Way from Rushton Spencer to Cannock Chase, the Heart of England Way from Cannock Chase to Bourton on the Water, the Oxfordshire Way from Bourton on the Water to Kirtlington, the Oxford Canal from Kirtlington to Oxford, the Thames Path from Oxford to Weybridge, the Wey Navigation Path from Weybridge to Guildford, and the North Downs Way from Guildford to Dover.

In England, the alternative midsection begins on the Pennine Way at Middleton-in-Teesdale. It then follows the Teesdale Way, the Cleveland Way, the Yorkshire Wolds Way, the Viking Way, the Hereward Way, the Fen Rivers Way, the Icknield Way Path, the Stour Valley Path and the Essex Way to Harwich International Port. Urban highlights are Lincoln and Cambridge.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands the eastern route begins at the ferry port of Hook of Holland (where ferries from Harwich International Port arrive) and passes over islands and dams and through Bergen op Zoom. This corollary section picks up the main route at Sint Antonius, Zoersel in northern Belgium.

References

^ ramblers.org, Irish section not yet open.

External links

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E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 E11 E12

Transport in Surrey

Road

Motorways	M23 M25 M3
A-roads	A217 A23 A24 A240 A243 A25 A29 A3 A31 A3100 A323 A331
Service stations	Clacket Lane Cobham

Airports

Rail

Main lines	Alton Line Ascot–Ash Vale line Brighton Main Line Chertsey branch line Epsom Downs Branch Hampton Court branch line New Guildford Line North Downs Line Oxted line Portsmouth Direct Line Redhill–Tonbridge line Shepperton branch line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner line Waterloo to Reading Line
Closed lines	Cranleigh line Horton Light Railway London Necropolis Railway
Stations	Addlestone Ash Ash Vale Ashtead Bagshot Banstead Betchworth Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Brookwood Byfleet & New Haw Camberley Chertsey Chilworth Chipstead Clandon Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Dorking Dorking Deepdene Dorking West Dormans Earlswood Effingham Junction Egham Epsom Epsom Downs Esher Ewell East Ewell West Farncombe Farnham Frimley Godalming Godstone Gomshall Guildford Hampton Court Haslemere Hersham Hinchley Wood Horley Horsley Hurst Green Kempton Park Kingswood Leatherhead Lingfield London Road (Guildford) Longcross Merstham Milford Oxshott Oxted Redhill Reigate Salfords Shalford Shepperton Staines Sunbury Tadworth Tattenham Corner Thames Ditton Upper Halliford Upper Warlingham Virginia Water Walton-on-Thames Wanborough West Byfleet Weybridge Witley Woking Woldingham Worplesdon
Closed stations	Ash Green Halt Baynards Bramley & Wonersh Cranleigh Epsom Town Monks Lane Halt Tongham
Heritage railways	Old Kiln Light Railway

Buses

Stations	Guildford bus station
Companies	Arriva London First Beeline London General Metrobus Safeguard Coaches Stagecoach South Sullivan Buses White Bus Services

Waterways

Navigable rivers	River Thames
Canals	Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations

Footpaths

National Trails	North Downs Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Blackwater Valley Path Downs Link E2 Greensand Way London Outer Orbital Path Mole Gap Trail St Swithun's Way Thames Down Link Vanguard Way Wey South Path