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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includes all walking routes published
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Caution: Walks were originally published in Walk Magazine, so the information contained online may be out of date and the exact routes could have changed or been made impassable on the ground.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.
Scotland – Pentland Hills, Edinburgh, Lothian
The Pentland Hills run southwest for some 32km/20 miles from the outskirts of edinburgh towards the Scottish Borders, and provide some remarkable walking and great wildlife – as well as exquisite views over the city.
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Wales – Tal y Fan, Conwy
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The deep Conwy Valley bisects North Wales, separating the mountains of Snowdonia in the west from the more rounded, gentler moorlands and secluded vales of Denbighshire to the east.
Wales – Clwydian Hills, Denbighshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
This shapely range of hills is often seen but infrequently visited.
Southern England – Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Perhaps it is precisely because the Chilterns are close to London and surrounded by dormitory towns that they are cherished by so many people.
Southern England – Lewes, East Sussex
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Lewes is situated in a gap in the South Downs by the River Ouse.
Scotland – Troon, Ayrshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The 17 miles between the Ayrshire towns of Troon and Ardrossan are what simple, stress-free coastal walking should be all about.
Scotland – Stirling, Stirlingshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Glasgow and Edinburgh may get more visitors, but it’s Stirling that can arguably claim Scotland’s greatest historical monuments within its confines and I am not just talking about Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument.
Northern England – Wansfell, Cumbria
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The bustling tourist town of Ambleside makes an excellent base as a walking centre, with a fine variety of local routes from which to choose.
Northern England – Stoodley Pike, West Yorkshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
A renovated extravaganza of locks, lengths and pounds strikes through the South Pennines, linking the Victorian industrial behemoths of south Lancashire’s cotton towns with the woollen and worsted centres of Yorkshire’s Calder Valley.
Central England – Garway Hill, Herefordshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Garway Hill is a modest elevation (just 366m/1,200ft) in the south-western corner of Herefordshire, miles off most ramblers’ radars.
Central England – The Roaches, Staffordshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
One of Britain’s rarest naturalised animals ekes out a living at the fringes of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
