Country Walking Routes

The finest walk in the Lakes? Alfred Wainwright certainly thought so.
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Our routes are graded EasyModerateChallenging or **Extreme**, depending on distance, terrain, elevation and ease of navigation. Easy and moderate walks are usually less than 8 miles with relatively gentle gradients and good paths. Challenging walks are usually longer, with greater ascent and can also involve more demanding terrain or difficult navigation. PLEASE WAIT WHILE THE MAP LOADS.

March 2025

The view straight down this classic U-shaped valley is a highlight of the Pennine Way, and of Walk 17 ©Tom Bailey
  1. Cornwall Cardinham Woods

  2. Devon Mortehoe

  3. Somerset Mells

  4. Wiltshire Chippenham and Lacock

  5. Gloucestershire/Herefordshire Newent to Dymock

  6. Hampshire Cheriton

  7. Kent Knole Park

  8. Buckinghamshire Marlow

  9. Hertfordshire Bramfield

  10. Cambridgeshire Fulbourn

  11. Lincolnshire Sandilands

  12. Derbyshire/Leicestershire Swainspark and Gresley Woods

  13. Staffordshire Himley Plantation

  14. Shropshire Caer Caradoc

  15. Cheshire Mow Cop

  16. Cumbria Lanercost

  17. Cumbria High Cup

  18. West Yorkshire Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  19. Northumberland Slaley Forest

  20. Blaenau Gwent Mynydd James

  21. Powys Breidden Hills

  22. Gwynedd Aran Range

  23. Gwynedd Moel Llyfnant and Arenig Fawr

  24. Dumfries & Galloway Wanlockhead to Sanquhar

  25. Scottish Borders Glentress Circular

  26. Highland Creag Bheag

  27. Surrey Haslemere & Black Down

February 2025

The finest walk in the Lakes? Alfred Wainwright certainly thought so.
The finest walk in the Lakes? Alfred Wainwright certainly thought so. ©David Marsh
  1. Devon Branscombe and Beer

  2. Somerset Sand Point

  3. Gloucestershire Old Sodbury

  4. Wiltshire Cherhill White Horse

  5. Oxfordshire Steeple Aston

  6. Hertfordshire Benington

  7. Surrey Knowle Park

  8. Kent/East Sussex Isle of Oxney

  9. Essex Burnham-on-Crouch

  10. Suffolk Snape

  11. Herefordshire Ewyas Harold

  12. West Midlands Birmingham

  13. Leicestershire Stonton Wyville

  14. Derbyshire/South Yorkshire Longshaw

  15. Cumbria Melmerby Fell

  16. East Yorkshire North Newbald

  17. North Yorkshire Yordas Cave

  18. County Durham Castle Eden Walkway

  19. Vale of Glamorgan Monknash to Nash Point

  20. Pembrokeshire Preseli Hills

  21. Ceredigion Penbryn and Llangrannog

  22. Gwynedd Coed y Brenin

  23. West Lothian Fauldhouse loop

  24. Highland Ben Nevis via CMD Arete

  25. Aberdeenshire Old Aberdeen

  26. Aberdeenshire Greyhope

  27. Cumbria Howtown to Glenridding

January 2025

Walk 24 takes us into the Pentland Hills, just a stone's throw from Edinburgh ©Ralph Storer
  1. Devon Overbecks & Bolt Head

  2. Devon Bolberry and Hope Cove

  3. Gloucestershire Guiting Power

  4. West Sussex Kingley Vale and Stoughton

  5. Greater London New Addington

  6. Hertfordshire Saunderton & Chinnor

  7. Bedfordshire Barton-le-Clay

  8. Cambridgeshire Leighton Bromswold

  9. Norfolk Thompson Common

  10. Northamptonshire Ringstead & Woodford

  11. Warwickshire Wootton Wawen to Stratford

  12. Shropshire Carding Mill to Ratlinghope

  13. Lancashire Mellor Knoll

  14. Cumbria Whernside from Dent

  15. Cumbria Whitbarrow

  16. North Yorkshire Simon Howe

  17. County Durham Baldersdale

  18. Northumberland Yeavering Bell and Humbleton Hill

  19. Gwent Llanmartin

  20. Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire Amroth

  21. Gwynedd Egryn Lights

  22. Anglesey Benllech

  23. South Lanarkshire Douglas loop

  24. Lothian Allermuir Hill

  25. Highland Cow Hill

  26. Highland Loch Migdale

  27. Staffordshire Lud’s Church and the Roaches

December 2024

Walk 27 this month serves up multiple spectacular Lake District views, including this cracker of Skiddaw from the ascent of Barrow ©David Marsh
  1. Devon Ringmore and Bigbury

  2. Dorset Sherborne

  3. Gloucestershire Staunton and Buck Stone

  4. Wiltshire Old Sarum

  5. Bedfordshire Ampthill

  6. Surrey Guildford

  7. East Sussex Rye Harbour

  8. Essex Manningtree

  9. Suffolk Thurston and Rougham

  10. Norfolk Sea Palling and Horsey

  11. Northamptonshire Silverstone

  12. Herefordshire Dorstone

  13. Staffordshire Loynton Moss

  14. Lancashire Darwen Tower

  15. Cumbria Elterwater and Loughrigg Tarn

  16. West Yorkshire Black Hill

  17. North Yorkshire Malhamdale

  18. County Durham Puddingthorn Edge

  19. Northumberland Deadwater Fell

  20. Carmarthenshire Laugharne

  21. Powys/Shropshire Knighton and Knucklas

  22. Powys/Shropshire Knighton to Stowe Hill

  23. Gwynedd Llyn Nantlle Uchaf

  24. Dumfries & Galloway Hart Fell via Devil's Beef Tub

  25. Clackmannanshire River Devon Circular

  26. Highland Skye's clearance villages

  27. Cumbria The Coledale Round

November 2024

The serenity of this stretch of Cornish coastline hides a turbulent past ©Robert Hesketh
  1. Cornwall Lansallos

  2. Devon Wistman's Wood

  3. Wiltshire Seend Ridge

  4. Gloucestershire Soudley Ponds

  5. Berkshire Chieveley

  6. Hampshire Ropley

  7. West Sussex Iping and Chithurst

  8. Greater London West India Dock

  9. Hertfordshire Lemsford

  10. Cambridgeshire Barrington and Harlton

  11. Norfolk Holkham Park

  12. Warwickshire Shipston-on-Stour and Todenham

  13. Warwickshire Brailes & the Sibfords

  14. Shropshire Brown Clee Hill

  15. Derbyshire Alsop en le Dale and Milldale

  16. Cumbria Hutton Roof and Farleton Knott

  17. Cumbria Whinlatter Tops

  18. North Yorkshire Bolton Abbey and the Stryd

  19. Northumberland St Cuthberts Cave

  20. Monmouthshire Whitestone

  21. Powys Grwyne Fechan Valley

  22. conwy Llanfairfechan

  23. dumfries & Galloway Corserine

  24. Glasgow Campsie Fells

  25. Highland Abriachan Woods

  26. Highland Loch Torridon

  27. Gwynedd Cadair Idris (Minffordd Path)

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