A campaign has been launched to upgrade the status of the Coast to Coast path, which runs for 190 miles across the north of England, by Richmond MP, Rishi Sunak.

The Coast to Coast walk is one of the most popular long distance routes in the UK – but has never been made a UK National Trail.

The campaign has support of Julia Bradbury, mountaineer Alan Hickes and Eric Robson, host of the BBC’s Gardeners’ Question Time.