A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Misc
Long-distance footpaths in the UK The following
long-distance footpath s can be found in the
United Kingdom :
National Trails are distinguished by being maintained by the National Trails organization [
1 ]. As of April 2005, there were fifteen such trails, mostly in England.
*
Cleveland Way round the edge of the
North York Moors National Park in
England *
Cotswold Way in England
*
Glyndŵr's Way in
Wales *
Hadrian's Wall Path in England
*
North Downs Way in England
*
Offa's Dyke Path in Wales and England
*
Peddar's Way and
Norfolk Coast Path in England (treated as one by National Trails)
*
Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales
*
Pennine Bridleway in England
*
Pennine Way in England and Scotland
* The
Ridgeway in England
*
South Downs Way in England
*
South West Coast Path (South West Way) in England - the UK's longest
*
Thames Path in England
*
Yorkshire Wolds Way in England
Long Distance Routes are proposed and financially supported by
Scottish Natural Heritage , but administered and maintained by the
local authority areas through which they pass.
*
Great Glen Way *
Southern Upland Way *
Speyside Way *
West Highland Way Those included here meet the definition of a
long-distance path as being around 50 kilometers or more, particularly that they will take more than one day's walking to complete. Some shorter paths linking significant places (e.g. Clarendon Way) or linking between major walks (e.g. Maelor Way) are also included.
England *
1066 Country Walk ,
East Sussex - 50 kilometers
Pevensey Castle to
Rye *
Abbeys Amble ,
North Yorkshire *
Abbot's Way (or
Jobber's Path or sometimes
Jobber's Cawse ), an ancient path across
Dartmoor *
Abbott's Hike ,
Cumbria *
Ainsty Bounds Walk ,
North Yorkshire , circular from
Tadcaster , 71 kilometers
*
Angles Way , 123 kilometers from
Great Yarmouth to
Knettishall Heath , with much of the path following the
Norfolk /
Suffolk border. Additionally there is a link path from
Knettishall Heath to
Thetford .
*
Avon Valley Path , 54.5 kilometers
Christchurch to
Salisbury (
Hampshire and
Wiltshire )
*
Avon Valley Walk ,
Stratford-upon-Avon to
Marlcliff (
Warwickshire }
*
Basingstoke Canal *
Beacon Way , 40 kilometers from
West Bromwich to
Gentleshaw (
West Midlands /
Staffordshire [
2 ])
*
Bishop Bennet Way , 55 kilometers
Beeston to
Wirswall (
Cheshire ,
Staffordshire )
*
Bournemouth Coast Path , 59.5 kilometers from
Sandbanks to
Milford-on-Sea (
Dorset and
Hampshire )
*
Bronte Way , 69 kilometers from
Birstall, West Yorkshire to
Padiham ,
Lancashire *
Burnley Way , a 64 kilometer circular trail around
Burnley in
Lancashire *
Calderdale Way ,
West Yorkshire , circular from
Greetland 80km
*
Capital Ring , 115 kilometers, circular through inner London crossing the
Thames at
Richmond and
Woolwich *
Celtic Way - runs from the west of
Wales to
Stonehenge and then heads south-west to
Cornwall , a total of 1162 kilometers
*
Centenary Way ,
Warwickshire - covers 158 kilometers from
Kingsbury to
Upper Quinton .
*
Channel to Channel Path ,
Seaton to
Watchet , 80 km
*
Chiltern Way , 200 kilometer circular walk from
Hemel Hempstead (275 kilometers with extensions).
*
Cistercian Way ,
Grange-over-Sands to
Roa Island (
Cumbria ) - 53km
*
Clarendon Way , 38.5 kilometers from
Salisbury to
Winchester *
Coast to Coast ,
Devon ,
Wembury to
Lynmouth 186km
*
Coast to Coast Walk , 309 kilometers from
St. Bees in
Cumbria to
Robin Hood's Bay in
North Yorkshire *
Coleridge Way ,
Nether Stowey to
Porlock 58km (
Somerset )
*Cross Cotswold Pathway - see
Macmillan Ways below
*
Coventry Way - circumnavigates
Coventry from a start point in
Meriden - 64 kilometers
*
Cumbria Coastal Way 241 kilometers from
Silverdale in
Lancashire to
Gretna Green in southern
Scotland .
*
Cumbria Way , 112 kilometers from
Ulverston to
Carlisle *
Dales Way , runs 126 kilometers from
Bowness-on-Windermere to
Ilkley with extensions to
Leeds ,
Shipley and
Harrogate *
D'Arcy Dalton Way ,
Wormleighton -
Waylands Smithy 106km (
Warwickshire ,
Oxfordshire )
*
Dartmoor Way , 139.5 kilometers around
Dartmoor *
Derwent Valley Heritage Way , 88 kilometers from
Bamford to
Shardlow via the
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site *
Devonshire Heartland Way - 69 kilometers from the
Exe Valley to
Okehampton *
Downs Link - 59 kilometers from the North Downs Way at
St. Martha's Hill near
Guildford to the South Downs Way at
Steyning , and on to
Shoreham-by-Sea *
East Devon Way , 61 kilometers
Exmouth to
Lyme Regis *
Ebor Way , 112 kilometers from
Ilkley to
Helmsley (connecting the
Dales Way to the
Cleveland Way )
*
Essex Way ,
Epping to
Harwich , 130 kilometers
*
Exe Valley Way ,
Devon - runs 72.5 kilometers from the
River Exe extuary to
Exmoor *
Fen Rivers Way , runs 98.5 kilometers
Cambridge to
King's Lynn *
Gloucestershire Way , 161 kilometers
Chepstow to
Tewkesbury *The
Greater Ridgeway . This is the name used for the combined route of 583 kilometers crossing from
Lyme Regis ,
Dorset on the
English Channel to
Hunstanton on
The Wash , following the
Wessex Ridgeway ,
The Ridgeway National Trail , the
Icknield Way and the
Peddars Way National Trail .
*
Greensand Way , 169 kilometers from
Haslemere ,
Surrey to
Hamstreet ,
Kent *
Gritstone Trail , 56 kilometers from
Disley to
Kidsgrove (mainly
Cheshire )
*
Hampshire Millennium Pilgrims Trail , 48 kilometers from
Winchester to
Portsmouth *
Hardy Way ,
Dorset and
Wiltshire , 342 kilometers
Higher Brockhampton -
Stinsford *
Heart of England Way ,
Midlands - 161 kilometers
Milford, Staffordshire to
Bourton-on-the-Water *
Herefordshire Trail , 246.5 kilometer circular route from
Ledbury via
Ross-on-Wye ,
Kington ,
Leominster and
Bromyard ,
waymarks are planned but not yet in place
*
Hereward Way , 166 kilometers from
Oakham to
East Harling (
Rutland ,
Lincolnshire ,
Cambridgeshire ,
Norfolk ). The
Stamford to
Peterborough section is not fully
waymarked , but walkers travelling between those two places can follow the
waymarked Torpel Way .
*
High Weald Landscape Trail , running 145 kilometers from
Horsham to
Rye (
West Sussex ,
East Sussex ,
Kent )
*
Hyndburn Clog , a 53 kilometer circular around
Hyndburn in
Lancashire , with a main start point at
Stanhill *
Icknield Way , 206 kilometers
Bledlow to
Knettishall Heath (
Buckinghamshire ,
Cambridgeshire ,
Norfolk )
*
Isaac's Tea Trail , circular route of 58 kilometers from
Ninebanks via
Allendale ,
Nenthead and
Alston in the
North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty .
*
Irwell Sculpture Trail , 48 kilometers from
Salford Quays to
Bacup ,
Rossendale following the
River Irwell (
Greater Manchester ,
Lancashire *
Isle of Wight Coastal Path , circular from
Ryde 105km
*
Itchen Way , 43.5 kilometers from
Hinton Ampner to
Woolston (
Hampshire )
*
Jubilee Trail ,
Forde Abbey -
Bokerley Dyke , 145 kilometers (
Dorset )
*
Jurassic Way , 142 kilometers
Banbury ,
Oxfordshire to
Stamford ,
Lincolnshire *
King's Way , 72 kilometers from
Winchester to
Portchester *
Lancashire Coastal Way , 220 kilometers from
Silverdale to
Freckleton *
Land's End Trail *
Lea Valley Walk , 80 kilometers from
Leagrave in
Bedfordshire to the
East India Dock in
London .
*
Leland Trail , 45 kilometers
Stourhead to
Ham Hill , (in
Somerset }
*
Liberty Trail , 45 kilometers
Ham Hill to
Lyme Regis (
Somerset ,
Dorset )
*
Limestone Way , 80 kilometers from
Castleton to
Rocester (
Derbyshire )
*
London Outer Orbital Path , 241 kilometers
Erith to
Rainham *
Lyke Wake Walk across the
North York Moors *The
Macmillan Ways :
Macmillan Way -
Abbotsbury in
Dorset to
Boston, Lincolnshire 464km;
Macmillan Way West from
Castle Cary in
Somerset to
Barnstaple in
Devon , 163 kilometers (Boston to Barnstaple is 557 kilometers); the
Macmillan Abbotsbury Langport Link creates a 38.5 kilometer short-cut for walkers from
Abbotsbury to
Barnstaple , a total of 202 kilometers; the
Macmillan Cross Cotswold Pathway from
Banbury to
Bath , 138 kilometers, mostly on the main Macmillan Way; and the
Cotswold Link , 33.5 kilometers from
Banbury to
Chipping Campden where it links to the
Cotswold Way National Trail .
*The
Maelor Way , is a key link path, running 38 kilometers from the
Shropshire Way ,
Sandstone Trail ,
Llangollen Canal ,
South Cheshire Way , and the
Marches Way all at
Grindley Brook near
Whitchurch to the
Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at
Bronygarth .
*
Marriott's Way ,
Norfolk *
Mendip Way ,
Uphill (near
Weston-super-Mare ) -
Frome 80km
*The
Mercian Way is part of
National Cycle Route 45, but is also well used by walkers.
*
Midshires Way ,
Princes Risborough -
Stockport , 363 kilometers
*
Monarch's Way ,
Worcester -
Shoreham-by-Sea 984km
*
Mortimer Trail , 48 kilometers from
Ludlow in
Shropshire to
Kington, Herefordshire *
Nar Valley Way ,
Norfolk - 54 kilometers
King's Lynn to
Gressenhall *
Nene Way ,
Badby ,
Northamptonshire to
Sutton Bridge ,
Lincolnshire 177km
*
Nidderdale Way , a circular route of 85 kilometers, centred on
Pateley Bridge in
North Yorkshire *
North Worcestershire Path , 43 kilometers from
Kinver to
Major's Green *
Ouse Valley Way , 240 kilometers from
Syresham ,
Northamptonshire to
King's Lynn ,
Norfolk via
Buckinghamshire ,
Bedfordshire and
Cambridgeshire *
Oxford Canal Walk , 132 kilometers from
Oxford to
Coventry *
Oxfordshire Way ,
Bourton-on-the-Water -
Henley 104 kilometers
*
Pappoos 1 , from
London to
Cambridge and
The Wash *
Pendle Way , a 45 mile circular incorporating
Pendle Hill *
Pilgrims' Trail , 45 kilometers from
Winchester to
Portsmouth *
Pilgrims' Way , 192 kilometers from
Winchester to
Canterbury , an ancient trail of which perhaps two thirds is still identifiable, much of it now incorporated into the
North Downs Way National Trail *
Quantock Greenway , a figure of 8 centred on
Triscombe , northern loop is 31 km, southern loop 29 km
*
Reiver's Way , 242 kilometers from
Corbridge to
Alnmouth (
Northumberland )
*
Ribble Way , follows the
River Ribble for 114 kilometers from
Longton to
Ribblehead *
River Parrett Trail , 75 kilometers along the river in
Somerset and
Dorset *
Robin Hood Way runs 169 kilometers from
Nottingham to
Edwinstone *
Rossendale Way , a 47 mile circular around the
Rossendale Valley ,
Lancashire *
Sabrina Way , 324 kilometers,
Hartington to
Great Barrington (
Staffordshire ,
Shropshire ,
Worcestershire ,
Gloucestershire )
*
Saint's Way ,
Padstow -
Fowey 42km (
Cornwall )
*
Samaritans Way South West , runs 160 kilometers from
Bristol to
Lynton , but only the section from
Bristol to
Goathurst is
waymarked *
Sandlings Walk , 96 kilometers from
Ipswich to
Southwold (
Suffolk )
*
Sandstone Trail , 51 kilometers from
Frodsham in
Cheshire to
Whitchurch, Shropshire *
Sarum Way ,
Wiltshire , 51.5 kilometers circular, only part of it is
waymarked *
Saxon Shore Way , 261 kilometers from
Gravesend ,
Kent to
Hastings ,
East Sussex *
Severn Way ,
Plynlimon -
Bristol 360km
*
Shakespeare's Way , 235 kilometers from
Shakespeare 's birthplace in
Stratford-Upon-Avon to the
Globe Theatre on
London 's
South Bank . The route opened on 19-April-2006.
*
Shropshire Way , 224 kilometers from
Shrewbury via the
Ironbridge World Heritage Site to
Wem with a further 19 kilometer northern spur to
Grindley Brook *
Six Shires Circuit *
Solent Way , 112 kilometers from
Christchurch, Dorset to
Emsworth on the
Hampshire /
West Sussex border
*
South Cheshire Way , 51 kilometers from
Grindley Brook to
Mow Cop *
Staffordshire Way , runs between
Mow Cop and
Kinver Edge *
Stour Valley Path ,
East Anglia ,
Newmarket to
Manningtree 96km
*
Stour Valley Walk , 82 kilometers
Lenham to
Pegwell Bay (
Kent )
*
Stour Valley Way , 103 kilometers from
Stourton to
Christchurch Priory (
Dorset )
*
St. Cuthbert's Way , 100 kilometers from
Melrose to
Lindisfarne (Scottish borders,
Northumberland )
*
St. Swithuns Way , 55 kilometers
Winchester to
Farnham *
Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path ,
Manningtree -
Lowestoft 106km
*
Sussex Border Path , 256 kilometers from
Thorney Island to
Rye *
Sussex Ouse Valley Way , 67.5 kilomteres
Lower Beeding to
Seaford *
Swans Way ,
Salcey Forest -
Bledlow 104km through
Buckinghamshire (
Aylesbury Vale and
Milton Keynes (borough) )
*
Tarka Trail ,
Devon - 2 separate circles from
Barnstaple totalling 288km
*
Tas Valley Way , from
Norwich to
Attleborough (
Norfolk )
*
Teesdale Way , 161 kilometers from
Dufton to
Warrenby *
Test Way ,
Walbury Hill -
Eling 70.5km through
Hampshire and
West Berkshire *
Three Castles Path ,
Windsor to
Winchester ,
Hampshire , 96 kilometers (
unwaymarked )
*
Three Forests Way , 96 kilometers through
Epping ,
Hainault and
Hatfield forests on the borders of
Essex and
Greater London .
*
Three Shires Way ,
East Anglia ,
Grafham Water to
Salcey Forest 59.5 kilometers
*
Trans Pennine Trail , 333 kilometers from
Southport ,
Lancashire to
Hornsea ,
East Yorkshire *
Two Moors Way ,
Devon -
Ivybridge to
Lynmouth 166km
*
Vanguard Way , 107 kilometers
Croydon to
Newhaven *
Viking Way , 235 kilometers
Barton-upon-Humber to
Oakham (
Lincolnshire ,
Rutland )
*
Way for the Millennium ,
Newport, Shropshire to
Burton upon Trent ,
Staffordshire - 65 kilometers
*
Wayfarers Walk , 110 kilometers from
Walbury Hill to
Emsworth (
Berkshire ,
Hampshire )
*
Wealdway ,
Gravesend to
Eastbourne 129km (
Kent ,
East Sussex )
*
Weardale Way , runs 117 kilometers from
Sunderland to
Wearhead *
Weavers Way , 90 kilometers
Cromer -
Great Yarmouth (
Norfolk }
*
Wessex Ridgeway , runs 219 kilometers from
Marlborough to
Lyme Regis .
*
West Deane Way in the Vale of
Taunton Deane , circular 72.5 kilometers
*
West Devon Way -
Okehampton to
Plymouth , 58 km
*
Wey South Path - 51.5 kilometers from
Guildford ,
Surrey to
Houghton Bridge ,
West Sussex , mainly alongside the
Wey and Arun Canal *
Wild Edric's Way , 79 kilometers from
Church Stretton to
Ludlow - it shares much of its route with the
Shropshire Way *
Witton Weavers Way , a 51.5 kilometer circular around the
West Pennine Moors ,
Blackburn and
Darwen *
Worcestershire Way , 49.5 kilometers from
Bewdley to
Malvern *
Wychavon Way ,
Droitwich Spa to
Winchcombe 67kilometers (
Worcestershire ,
Gloucestershire )
*
Wychwood Way ,
Oxfordshire , a circular route of 59.5 kilometers in the former Royal Forest of
Wychwood *
Wysis Way , (mainly in
Gloucestershire , 88 kilometers from the
Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at
Monmouth to the
Thames Path National Trail at
Kemble Wales *
Anglesey Coastal Path , a circular route of 200 kilometers around the island.
*
Cambrian Way , an
unwaymarked 440 kilometer route from
Cardiff to
Conwy *
Ceredigion Coast Path - currently still being developped, so not all
waymarked - 101 kilometers from
Ynyslas to
Cardigan *
Cistercian Way - circumnavigates Wales via its
Cistercian Abbeys.
*
Clwydian Way , 243 kilometers, circular from
Prestatyn via
Llangollen ,
Corwen and
Denbigh *
Dyfi Valley Way , 172 kilometers from
Aberdyfi to
Ynyslas *
Landsker Borderlands Trail , a 96 kilometer circular route in
Pembrokeshire and
Carmarthenshire , centred on
Whitland .
*
Llyn Coastal Path (also known as the Lleyn Coastal Path or The Pilgrim Trail), 150 kilometers between
Caernarfon and
Criccieth in
Gwynedd .
*The
Maelor Way , is a key link path, running 38 kilometers from the
Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at
Bronygarth to the
Shropshire Way ,
Sandstone Trail ,
Llangollen Canal ,
South Cheshire Way , and the
Marches Way all at
Grindley Brook near
Whitchurch .
*
North Wales Path *
Taff Trail , 109 kilometers from
Brecon to
Cardiff *
Usk Valley Walk , 77 kilometers from
Caerleon to
Brecon *
Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail , a circular walk of 111 kilometers in the
Vale of Glamorgan *
Wye Valley Walk ,
Chepstow -
Plynlimon 218km
Scotland *
Cape Wrath Trail , runs around 300 kilometers from
Fort William to
Cape Wrath ; as the route is
unwaymarked , different guides to it suggest slightly different routes. See
here .
*The
Cateran Trail , a circular 101 kilometer walk centred on
Blairgowrie *
Central Scottish Way , 251 kilometers from
Milngavie to
Byrness (just over the border in
Northumberland ,
England )
*
Cowal Way , runs 75 kilometers on the
Cowal Peninsula from
Portavadie to
Ardgartan *
Fife Coastal Path ,
North Queensferry near
St. Andrews to
Newport-on-Tay , 107 kilometers
*
St. Cuthbert's Way , 100 kilometers from
Melrose to
Lindisfarne in
England *
West Island Way , 48 kilometers from
Kilchattan Bay to
Port Bannatyne on the
Isle of Bute Northern Ireland *
Ulster Way *
List of Conservation topics *
List of long-distance trails *
Backpacking *
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Recreational walks in East Sussex *
Recreational walks in Hampshire *
Recreational walks in Kent *
Recreational walks in Norfolk *
The long distance walkers association *
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