A team of Wolverhampton Grammar School students raised more than £5,000 for the Children's Liver Disease Foundation when they ran the breadth of Britain.

The nine students, aged 14 and 15, ran 180 miles from St Bees on the west coast of Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast of North Yorkshire, to raise the money.

The run took the students 25 hours.

The youngsters celebrated their achievement with supporters Stratstone Jaguar and Premier Sports. Through the generosity of Stratstone Jaguar the cost of the trip was covered, therefore allowing all donations to go directly to the Children's Liver Disease Foundation.

Their route took them through the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors national parks traversing, as Wainwright described it: "the grandest territory in the north of England."

The students trained for 16 weeks with four of their teachers - Heidi Dalzell, Neil Bradley, Simon Hinchliffe and James Millichamp. They were supported on route by additional staff members and parents.

The runners were: Patrick Norton-Uhl; Sunil Randev; Michael McEwen; Lydia Parr; Olivia Price; Daniel Lopez; Sam Jones; Chris Apperley and Mark Cartwright.

Every day in the UK at least two children will be diagnosed with a liver disease. Thousands more are living with it - day in, day out. There are more than 100 different liver diseases which affect children and young people and most are life threatening. There is only one national charity fighting all liver diseases of childhood - the Children's Liver Disease Foundation. It fights by funding pioneering research, providing education and giving professional, caring support to the families and patients.

The foundation's Sarah Briggs said: "This was a tremendous effort by the students who raised the money. We would very much like to thank everyone associated with the coast to coast run. These funds will make a massive difference to the work we do."