E2

Description

Name E2 (E2)
Length of trail 4,850 km, 3,014 miles
Length in days 250 days
Start of trail Galway (Irl)
End of trail Nice (F)
Traildino grading EW, Easy walk, nature trail

North Sea – Lake Geneva – Mediterranean Sea

Trail planned to measure 4850 km, from Galway in Ireland to Nice in southern France. However the Irish portion is as yet non-existent. The trail now starts from Stranrear in Scotland, Great Britain and runs (and is waymarked) through the Netherlands/Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, meandering in and out of France along the way. It ends on the French Mediterranean coast in Nice.

In Britain, after leaving the Pennine range, the trail splits into 2 alternative routes: the eastern route via Harwich, and the western route via Dover. After crossing to the continent the eastern route continues in the Netherlands, the western route in Belgium. The alternatives rejoin near the Belgian town of Zoersel.

The continental part of the E2 is almost identical to the popular GR5, the trail that connects Hoek van Holland in The Netherlands to Nice in France.

The E2 is made-up of many national trails:

Ireland

Non-existent
Galway will be future start

United Kingdom

Northern Route (unofficial)

Central Route

Eastern branch

Teesdale Way
Cleveland way
Yorkshire Wolds Way
Viking Way
Hereward Way
Fen Rivers Way
Icknield Way Path
Stour Valley Path
Essex Way
Ferry Harwich – Hoek van Holland (Netherlands, connects to northern branch)

Western branch

Pennine Way
Staffordshire Way
Heart of England Way
Oxfordshire Way
Oxford Canal Walk
Thames Path
North Downs Way
Ferry Dover – Calais (France, connects to southern branch). (As some of you pointed out: The ferry Dover - Oostende is not operated anymore. Alternative: Channel Tunnel between Folkestone and Coquelles near Calais, France).

Netherlands (Northern branch)

First village is Hoek van Holland
Deltapad (LAW 5-1), Hoek van Holland - Bergen op Zoom
GR5, Bergen op Zoom - Essen

Belgium

Southern branch, coming from United Kingdom

First village is Oostende
GR5a south, Oostende - Antwerpen
Antwerpen - Deurne, Connecting trail
GR565, Renier Sniederspad, Deurne - Zoersel,
GR5 coming from the Netherlands, Zoersel - Diest - Luik - Luxembourg

Northern branch, coming from The Netherlands

First village is Essen
GR5, Essen - Ouren
Last village is Ouren

Luxembourg (212 km)

GR5 (red paint stops)

This could be broken down to the following paths:

Our Path, Ouren – Diekirch. Near Hosingen, the E3 coming from the west joins the E2 / GR5
Maurice Cosyn Path, Diekirch – Echternach
Lower-Sûre Path, Echternach - Wasserbillig
Moselle Path, Wasserbillig – Remerschen. Here, the E3 and E2 / GR5 are separated again
South Path, Remerschen – Tétange / Rumelange
Last village is Tétange / Rumelange

France

First village is Ottange
GR5
GR533 (Vosges)
GR5

Switzerland

Jura Höhenweg (southern tip, across Lake Geneva)

France again

GR5
Nice, finish

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☐▽European long distance path E2 east

☐▽European long distance path E2 east - part United Kingdom

☐▽European walking route E2, UK, Scotland

☐.Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose), 279km

☐.Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm), 54km

☐▽European walking route E2, UK, North East England, East Route

☐.Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm), 190km

☐.Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough), 116km

☐.Tees Link, 18km

☐.Cleveland Way, 27km

☐▽European walking route E2, UK, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Route

☐.Cleveland Way, 69km

☐.Yorkshire Wolds Way, 131km

☐.E2 (Humber Bridge), 7.2km

☐.Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby), 25km

☐.European walking route E2, UK, East Midlands

☐▽European walking route E2, UK, East of England, 213km

☐.Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely), 28km

☐.This is part of the E2, but there's no signage of that on the ground., 35km

☐.Stour Valley Path part 2, 86km

☐.Essex Way (Stratford St Mary to Ramsey), 24km

☐.Essex Way (Ramsey to Harwich), 9.2km

☐▽Europese wandelroute E2, Nederland

☐▽GR 5 Nederland

☐.GR 5 NL - 1 - Hoek van Holland-Maassluis Oranjeplassen, 15km

☐.GR 5 NL - 2 - Maassluis Oranjeplassen-Brielle, 19km

☐.GR 5 NL - 3 - Brielle-Rockanje, 21km

☐.GR 5 NL - 4 - Rockanje-Goedereede, 14km

☐.GR 5 NL - 5 - Goedereede-Herkingen, 18km

☐.GR 5 NL - 6 - Herkingen-Nieuw Vossemeer, 24km

☐.GR 5 NL - 7 - Nieuw Vossemeer-Bergen op Zoom, 20km

☐▽European long distance path E2, part Belgium

☐.GR 5 Belgie, Vlaanderen Noord, 65km

☐.GR 5 Belgie, Vlaanderen Zuid, 182km

☐.GR 5 Wallonie et Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 147km

☐▽European long distance path E2 - part Luxemburg

☐.GR 5 Luxembourg, 179km

☐▽European long distance path E2 - part France

☐.GR 5 Lorraine, 294km

☐.GR 5 Vosges, Le Donon - Ballon d'Alsace, 233km

☐.GR 5 Vosges, Ballon d'Alsace - Fesches-le-Châtel, 58km

☐▽GR 5 Jura, 270km

☐.GR 5 Variante Morteau, 41km

☐▽Grande Traversée des Alpes, 616km

☐.Grande Traversée des Alpes, 9.6km

☐▽Staffordshire Way

☐.Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase), 79km

☐▽European long distance path E2 west

☐▽European long distance path E2 west - part United Kingdom

☐▽European walking route E2 west, UK, North East England, West Route

☐.Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Middleton in Teesdale), 27km

☐▽European walking route E2 west, UK, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Route

☐.Pennine Way (Hawes to Tan Hill), 26km

☐.Pennine Way (Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes), 22km

☐.Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale), 24km

☐.Pennine Way, 28km

☐.Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw), 26km

☐.Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley), 8.6km

☐▽European walking route E2 west, UK, North West England

☐.Pennine Way (Standedge to Warland Reservoir), 13km

☐.(no name), 18km

☐.Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley), 15km

☐.This is part of the E2, but there's no signage of that on the ground. These ways are part of other trails., 9.8km

☐.Peak Forest Canal towpath - part Marple to Disley, 3.2km

☐.E2 connector hiking trail, 1.4km

☐.Gritstone Trail (Disley - River Dane), 33km

☐▽European walking route E2 west, UK, West Midlands

☐.Gritstone Trail (River Dane - Rushton Spencer), 2.2km

☐.E2 hiking trail Birmingham, 131km

☐.European walking route E2 west, UK, South West England, 44km

☐▽European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, 219km

☐.North Downs Way (Eastern), 185km

☐.European walking route E2, UK, Dover-Calais ferry, 46km

☐▽European long distance path E2 west, part Belgium

☐.E2 Ouest France: Section Route du Littoral, 94km

☐.GR 5A Wandelronde van Vlaanderen (Zuid), 327km

☐.E2 West Sectie GR5A-GR565, 22km

☐.E2 West Sectie GR 565 Sniederspad, 25km

☐Chemin de randonnée Européen E2 - Alpes Côte d'Azur, 630km

☐▽European long distance path E2 - Alsace, 231km

☐.GR 5 - Variante Belfort, 28km

☐.Europese route 2 - variante Belfort, 19km

☐European long distance path E2 - Wallonien, 146km

☐▽European long distance path E2 - Jura, 285km

☐.E2 Variante Morteau, 41km

☐European walking route E2, UK, South East England, 216km

☐(no name), 4.4km

☐(no name), 2.3km

☐Entenpfuhl 2, 6.8km

☐Rundwanderweg Erbach 2:, 7.6km

☐E2 - Kronwinkl, 3.8km

☐Eijsden-Margraten E2 Bloesemroute 1, 4.5km

☐Spieldorf Runde, 9.8km

☐Kurweg Kreischa e2, 2.3km

☐This is part of the E2, but there's no signage of that on the ground. These ways are part of the Wolds Way, which is a national trail., 125km

☐E2: Wandelronde van Vlaanderen (Zuid), 299km

☐Eschelhof - Familientour, 5km

☐▽European long distance path E2 West, part Belgium (alternative)

☐.GR 5A Wandelronde van Vlaanderen (Noord), 261km

☐.GR 5A Wandelronde van Vlaanderen (Antwerpen), 13km

☐E2 Pyrgos-Panormos-Rochari-Platia-Pyrgos, 5.8km

☐E2A Panormos-Agia Thalassa-Kavalourko, 1.9km

☐Wanderparkplatz Bechener Esel Rundweg E2, 3.6km

☐▽Stour Valley Path

☐.Stour Valley Path part 1, 9.4km

☐.Stour Valley Path part 3, 6.9km

☐Les gorges de la Vienne, 7km

☐Ortswanderweg Erlenbach 2, 1.9km

☐Variante - Circuit des gorges de la Vienne, 2.9km

☐Via Francigena - 01 part Great Britain, 77km

☐GR 35 E2 Altxonbide ibilbidea: Bidegoian - Zaldibia, 22km

☐GR 286 E2 Araindarri Hiru tenpluen ibilbidea: Loiola - Antio, 15km

☐（旧）东部郊野径三洲田段, 20km

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick & Banbury OS Landranger Active Map 151 (waterproof)
The area between Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Banbury, including the northern part of the Cotswold Hills and part of the Cotswold Way / E2 European Long-distance Path, on a waterproof and tear-resistant OS Active version of map No. 151 from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at 1:50,000, with contoured and GPS compatible topographic... Read more

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De Zwerver, Netherlands

Ireland

United Kingdom

Netherlands (Northern branch)

Belgium

Luxembourg (212 km)

France

Switzerland

France again

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