UK LONG DISTANCE FOOTPATHS

Photo diaries of the UK's great walking trails

Daily walks

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Greenhead to Bellingham

Pennine Way - Day 14 - 23.4 miles - 'Wall' Generally speaking I’m not into rocks. Nor am I much into antiquity. But bringing the two...

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Alston to Greenhead

Pennine Way - Day 13 - 15.7 miles - 'Highest' Here’s a fact for you: the market town of Alston, where today’s walk started, is the...

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Dufton to Alston

Pennine Way - Day 12 - 20.6 miles - 'Fell' Cross Fell is not only the highest point in the Pennines at 2,930ft, and the highest point in...

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Langdon Beck to Dufton

Pennine Way - Day 11 - 12.9 miles - 'Canyon' There’s only one navigational rule for those who travel from Land’s End to John o’Groats:...

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Middleton-In-Teesdale to Langdon Beck

Pennine Way - Day 10 - 9.1 miles - 'Tees' After yesterday's long slog, I had planned for today to be short and sweet. So it proved: nine...

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Keld to Middleton-in-Teesdale

Pennine Way - Day 9 - 21.9 miles - 'Moor' There are two moments each day that give the long distance walker unique satisfaction. The...

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Hawes to Keld

Pennine Way - Day 8 - 13.9 miles - 'Water' Dear British Weather, I had not expected warm, sunny days for the whole of my LeJog trip. Nor...

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Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes

Pennine Way - Day 7 - 14.3 miles - 'Droveroads' It's not often that I set off harbouring a general feeling of dread. But heavy rain and...

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COTSWOLD WAY

Bath to Chipping Campden, 102 miles

Honeystone villages, hidden valleys and a big-vista woodland escarpment in the quintessentially English walk-in-the-countryside.

DALES WAY

Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, 80 miles

A charming introduction to the Yorkshire and Westmorland Dales, weaving a magic riverside way from urban West Yorkshire to the shores of Windermere.

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GREAT GLEN WAY

Fort William to Inverness, 78 miles

Charmed lochs, pine forests, heather moors and the Caledonian Canal in this popular traverse of the Great Glen Fault.

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JOHN O'GROATS TRAIL

Inverness to John o'Groats, 147 miles

A walk on the wild side, steeped in history, adventure and wildlife, and visiting barely-visited beaches, dramatic cliffs and secluded fishing villages.

PENNINE JOURNEY

Settle to Settle, 247 miles

Endlessly engaging North Pennines circular following the 1938 'campaign' of Lakeland fell wanderer Alfred Wainwright.

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PENNINE WAY

Edale to Kirk Yetholm, 268 miles

Tom Stephenson's long green trail; England's finest National Trail.

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WEST HIGHLAND WAY

Milngavie to Fort William, 96 miles

Joining the crowds on the UK's busiest trail, featuring loch-side trails, ancient woodland and upland passes backed by some of Scotland's most impressive mountains.