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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Caution: Walks were originally published in Walk Magazine, so the information contained online may be out of date and the exact routes could have changed or been made impassable on the ground.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.
Northern England – Seaham, County Durham
Turn east off the A1 in County Durham and you stumble upon one of England’s forgotten corners. This is a stark postindustrial landscape, yet infinitely varied and drably beautiful. Coal was once king here, but no more. The Durham coalfields under the North Sea have closed but they left a legacy: for 150 years, coal waste was simply dumped on the beaches, smothering the sand to a depth of 30ft in places…
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Scotland: Isle of Raasay, Inner Hebrides
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Raasay is one of the northern group of the Inner Hebridean Islands, situated between the Scottish mainland and the Isle of Skye. It’s a lovely, quiet island easily reached from Skye by regular daily ferry services, so it’s quite feasible to combine a day return with a walk on the island.
Wales: Black Mountains, Brecon
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Four separate ranges make up the Brecon Beacons National Park:(from west to east) the Black
Mountain (singular), Fforest Fawr, central Beacons and Black Mountains (plural).
