As any experienced walkers knows, the easiest way to find your way around is using a map – so we thought we'd add walk's ever-growing selection of walking routes around Britain to a handy Google Map for you to browse. We've also hidden a few features around the British Isles, so have fun exploring!

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in your selected area. Our archive
includes all walking routes published
in Walk magazine.

Scotland
Northern England
Central England
Wales
Southern England

Caution: Walks were originally published in Walk Magazine, so the information contained online may be out of date and the exact routes could have changed or been made impassable on the ground. Please check the publication date at the bottom of each post and make reasonable allowances for this when following them.

Walks

Southern England – Constable Country, Essex

Ramblers volunteer Fred Matthews – who died last year, aged 85 – was a veteran campaigner for footpaths in Essex. As well as organising an annual 160km/100-mile walk round the county’s rights of way to make sure the council was doing its job, he pioneered the creation of the 130km/81-mile Essex Way in 1972.

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Wales – Elan Valley, Powys

Rhayader lies at the heart of Wales, situated in the beautiful upper Wye valley. With the nearby elan valley reservoirs – known as the lakeland of Wales – and the surrounding quiet rolling hills, it makes an ideal centre for walkers.

Central England – Shotley Peninsula, Suffolk

The 67km/42-mile Stour & Orwell Walk – which links up with the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path at Felixstowe – goes around two of the most beautiful estuaries in East Anglia.

Northern England – Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Hang your hat amid the sheer, isolated desolation of Whitendale Hanging Stones and – says the Ordnance Survey – you’re at the very centre of Great Britain and its outlying islands.

Northern England – St John’s in the Vale, Cumbria

The lovely valley of St John’s in the Vale is one of the quieter areas of the Lake District, the fells
either side of it far less frequented than many elsewhere.

Scotland – Falls of Foyers, Highlands

The Falls of Foyers are a mustsee on any visit to Loch Ness. Robert Burns, visiting the area on the then newly built military Wade road, called the Falls a “horrid cauldron”.

Scotland – Crinan Canal, Argyll & Bute

The Crinan Canal is frequently called the most beautiful short-cut in Scotland: the short-cut being between the Sound of Jura at Crinan and Loch Fyne at Ardrishaig, which avoids a long diversion around the Kintyre peninsula for boats sailing between the Clyde estuary and the Inner Hebrides.

Southern England – Osmington, Dorset

The South Dorset Ridgeway, 27km/17 miles long, is the new name for what used to be known as the Inland Coast Path. It’s an alternative to a stretch of the South West Coast Path between West Bexington and Osmington Mills, taking an inland route and avoiding the built-up area around Wey- mouth.