Route
The Irish section of the route is not yet open.
In Northern Ireland the route runs from Middletown, County Armagh to Larne.
In Scotland the route starts from Stranraer and follows the Southern Upland Way and St. Cuthbert's Way.
In England the route follows the Pennine Way, the Gritstone Trail, the Staffordshire Way, the Heart of England Way, the Oxfordshire Way, the Oxford Canal, the Thames Path, the Wey South Path and the North Downs Way to Dover.
In Belgium the route starts from Ostend. After a few kilometres in the municipality of Zoersel in Belgium it joins the GR 5, which forms the remainder of the route, passing through 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).
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