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Region | Star | # | Walk | Km | Effort | Ht. gain | Description | London |
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West Sussex | 217 | Arundel to Midhurst via Midhurst Way | 31.8 | 8 | 750 | Long walk though a remote and less visited part of the South Downs National Park | CJ EC V | |
East Sussex | 379 | Bishopstone Circular | 21.3 | 8 | 650 | A demanding walk with spectacular views and 6 distinct climbs, from the sea over the Comp and the South Downs to Berwick, returning via an equally undulating route | CJ EC LB V | |
Brecon Beacons | 339 | Black Mountains Ridge | 24.9 | 10 | 1,075 | Spectacular mountain ridge walk - Hay Bluff, Lord Hereford's Knob, & Waun Fach. Tough, with shorter easier options. Car only. | ||
Surrey | ★ | 64 | Box Hill Circular via Mickleham | 16.2 | 8 | 550 | A fairly strenuous walk in a beautiful part of the North Downs. | CJ V |
East Sussex | 108 | Burgess Hill to Hassocks | 26.7 | 8 | 475 | A long almost circular walk via the Sussex Border Path, Sussex Villages, and the South Downs Way ridge from Ditchling Beacon to Wolstonbury Hill | TL CJ EC StP V | |
Peak District | 385 | Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale | 26.0 | 8 | 1,175 | A very scenic White Peak dale: tight gorges, limestone crags, steeping stones, cascades, mills. Elevated pastures back to Buxton. Or on to Monsal Head with its famous vistas | ||
Peak District | 387 | Buxton Circular via Axe Edge Moor and Three Shires Head | 27.1 | 8 | 975 | The vast Axe Edge Moor, the heads of 5 famous Peak District rivers, the popular and scenic Three Shires Head pools and waterfalls, disused quarries and some fine far views | ||
Peak District | 386 | Buxton Circular via the Dragon's Back | 26.1 | 8 | 800 | Remote and quiet Upper Dove Valley, combining extreme natural beauty with the more esoteric beauty of industrial sites. Go over or past the very unique Dragon's Back | ||
Peak District | 389 | Buxton to Macclesfield via the Cat and Fiddle | 24.9 | 8 | 800 | From Spa Town to Silk Town via the wild Goyt Valley, Shining Tor, lonely moorlands down the Clough Brook Valley to Macclesfield Forest and through Tegg's Nose Country Park | ||
Somerset | 392 | Castle Cary Circular via Camelot | 30.3 | 8 | 750 | Along the fringes of the Somerset Levels over some fine viewpoints to three magnificent hills, one maybe the mythical Camelot of King Arthur fame | P | |
Dorset | 328 | Chesil Beach Spit | 16.7 | 10 | 100 | Remote walk along the length of an iconic shingle spit with views inland and out to see. Shingle! Sep-Mar only. Check firing times! | CJ W | |
Brecon Beacons | 333 | Crickhowell Circular via Table Mountain and the three Pens | 20.4 | 8 | 1,125 | Table Mountain and an airy ridge walk in the Black Mountains across three tops with a scenic descent. | ||
Cumbria | 414 | Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell | 33.0 | 10 | 1,050 | Exhilarating route along the North Pennines Ridge, over the highest hills in England outside of the Lake District | ||
West Sussex | 27 | East Grinstead to Wivelsfield or Sheffield Park | 31.9 | 8 | 550 | Long walk through area of bluebell-rich woodland then heathery commons, or shorter walk and return by steam train | CJ EC V | |
East Sussex | 79 | Edenbridge to Westerham | 17.8 | 8 | 450 | A slow climb from Eden Valley to the Greensand Ridge and the High Chart, via Chartwell (NT, Churchill's Home) and Emmetts Garden (NT). | CX LB | |
Worcestershire | 323 | Evesham to Pershore via Dumbleton and Bredon Hills | 34.5 | 8 | 600 | Through the Vale of Evesham and over Cotswold Outliers with grand views of the Cotswolds and Malvern Hills | P | |
Peak District | 350 | Fairholmes Circular | 27.3 | 8 | 1,150 | From a remote bus stop onto one of England’s few great, untamed wildernesses: Bleaklow. Descend either across moors and Derwent River's Head, or Westend Valley. | ||
Brecon Beacons | 285 | Fan Dance | 21.8 | 8 | 1,125 | SAS fitness exercise. Storey Arms over Pen y Fan to Torpantau, and back again, against the clock, with a full pack | ||
Brecon Beacons | 307 | Craig Y Nos to Llwyn Y Celyn | 21.5 | 8 | 1,000 | Remote mountain traverse: limestone scenery, Fan Gyhirych, a glacial escarpment, great views all around. Bus travel. | ||
East Sussex | ★ | 31 | Glynde to Seaford | 23.0 | 8 | 450 | The best walk in the book! A South Downs ridge, picture postcard Alfriston, Cuckmere Haven (beach), and cliffs with views of the Seven Sisters. Long but worth it. | V |
Surrey | 185 | Guildford Circular via Albury Park | 25.0 | 8 | 500 | The North Downs ridge, a haunted pool, unusual churches and traces of an industrial era in the Tillingbourne valley. | CJ W | |
Cumbria | 413 | Hadrian's Wall Path Core Section | 54.0 | 10 | 950 | The most scenic and feature-heavy central section of Hadrian's Wall described as day walks from train stations or bus stops | ||
East Sussex | 403 | Hampden Park to Eastbourne | 26.1 | 8 | 750 | Eastbourne parks, Babylon Down (woods), Jevington, the easterly South Downs, Lullington Heath, Friston Forest, East Dean, Birling Gap, quiet approach to Eastbourne. | CJ EC V | |
Surrey | 377 | Haslemere Outer Orbital Path | 26.8 | 8 | 700 | Orbital route around Haslemere from a rural bus stop, but with plenty of options for connecting routes from the station | CJ W | |
West Sussex | 263 | Haslemere to Midhurst via Henley | 22.6 | 8 | 600 | The Temple of the Winds on Black Down & lunch in idyllic hamlet with fine pub and evocative ruins of a fortified Tudor house on Cowdray Estate against the backdrop of the South Downs | CJ W | |
East Sussex | 169 | Hastings Circular via Fairlight Glen Beach | 13.0 | 10 | 400 | Hilly cliff top path via remote Fairlight Glen naturist beach to Fireheights. Return by the same path, a gentler inland route, or along the seashore | TL CX StP V | |
Peak District | 360 | Hathersage to Bamford | 25.0 | 8 | 1,150 | Upper Derwent Valley walk out to Ladybower: griststone edges, moors with pre-historic features, overlooked by Stanage Edge, valleys and pastures with views | TL E KX StP | |
Cumbria | 415 | High Cup Nick | 23.9 | 8 | 750 | One of the finest natural features in northern England, the spectacular High Cup Nick, on good paths and with easy route finding | ||
Surrey | 287 | Holmwood to Shamley Green | 18.7 | 8 | 425 | The Greensand Way : Leith Hill and Tower, Holmbury Hill, Pitch Hill and the Hurt Wood | CJ V | |
Peak District | 343 | Hope to Hathersage or Bamford | 27.0 | 8 | 900 | Pastures with views, Mam Tor's landslip area, Cave Dale, lunch in Castleton, Hope Cement Works, a large upland moor and a scenic descent to the Derwent River | ||
Peak District | 304 | Kinder Scout Circuit from Edale | 27.0 | 9 | 800 | Strenuous circuit of the Kinder Scout moorland plateau from Edale Station | ||
Peak District | 349 | Ladybower Inn Circular via Alport Castles and Derwent Reservoirs | 26.9 | 8 | 1,225 | A grassy ridge to Britain’s longest inland landslip. Descend to skirt the famous Derwent Reservoirs. Hilly return options across moors or along edges. | ||
Peak District | 348 | Ladybower Inn Circular via Derwent Edge and Strines | 25.8 | 8 | 1,125 | Famous gritstone formations on Derwent Edge high above the Derwent Reservoirs, wooded Bradfield Dale with its reservoirs and folly tower. Back across moorland to Ladybower. | ||
Dorset | ★ | 54 | Lulworth Cove Circular | 22.7 | 8 | 1,050 | Dramatic coastal scenery, Lulworth cove, hidden beaches, Durdle Door cliff arch, and a ghost town. | CJ W |
Peak District | 382 | Macclesfield Circular via Teggs Nose and Kerridge Hill | 24.7 | 8 | 1,125 | Tegg’s Nose Country Park, Macclesfield Forest, the Dean Valley, Lamaload Reservoir, Kerridge Ridge with its picturesque folly, the White Nancy | E | |
Peak District | 381 | Macclesfield Circular via The Dane Valley | 28.9 | 8 | 1,000 | The Dane Valley, pastures and wooded valleys, and ridges with views of the Cheshire Plain, high moors and gritstone ridges | E | |
Peak District | 383 | Macclesfield to Buxton | 25.0 | 8 | 950 | Tegg's Nose Country Park, Macclesfield Forest, lonely moorlands up to Shining Tor, and the wild Upper Goyt Valley to the historic Spa Town | E | |
Peak District | 380 | Macclesfield to Leek | 27.7 | 9 | 1,200 | Reservoirs, Macclesfield Forest, the 'Cheshire Matterhorn', lonely Wildboarclough, the Dane Valley, Lud's Church chasm and the Roaches gritstone escarpment | E | |
Dorset | 402 | Maiden Newton Circular or to Dorchester | 28.3 | 8 | 725 | Chalk streams, pretty valleys, rounded hills and broad ridges in the Dorset Downs. Cerne Abbas village with Britain's largest hill figure. | CJ W | |
Worcestershire | 324 | Malvern Hills from Great Malvern or Colwall | 20.6 | 8 | 1,500 | Route over the iconic Malverns Range, rising out of the Plain, with optional routes covering all but a few of the tops. | P | |
Gloucestershire | 288 | Moreton-in-Marsh Grand Circular via the Escarpement | 42.6 | 10 | 1,075 | The Cotswold Hills and Escarpment with fine views and bucolic villages - Stanway, Stanton and Snowshill, and optionally, Broadway Tower | P | |
Brecon Beacons | 335 | Pandy Inn to Llanvihangel Crucorney | 24.7 | 8 | 975 | Offa's Dyke Path along Hatterrall Hill and Ridge, return through the Vale of Ewyas past Llanthony Priory and the Leaning Church in Cwmyoy | ||
Wiltshire | 255 | Pewsey Circular via Avebury | 36.5 | 9 | 600 | Long walk over Wiltshire downs to Avebury World Heritage Site | P | |
West Sussex | 313 | Rowlands Castle Grand Circular | 37.0 | 10 | 1,625 | Long walk via Kingley Vale SSI, Beacon Hill, and the South Downs ridge | CJ W | |
East Sussex | ★ | 28 | Seaford to Eastbourne | 21.9 | 9 | 325 | The best walk in the Southeast! A dramatic cliff walk passing Cuckemere Haven, the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head as the South Downs meets the sea. Ends with Eastbourne's promenade and pier. | LB V |
Peak District | 267 | Sheffield Circular via Porter and Gleadless | 27.8 | 8 | 825 | Strenuous excursion through the south westerly wooded valleys of Sheffield | ||
Snowdonia | 102 | Snowdon | 11.0 | 9 | 750 | A beginners guide to safely climbing the highest mountain in England and Wales. | ||
Hampshire | 183 | West Meon to Petersfield | 27.5 | 9 | 725 | A railway path, The South Downs Way, Old Winchester Hill, Butser Hill, Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Buriton and The Hangers Way. | CJ W | |
East Sussex | 25 | Southease to Eastbourne | 27.3 | 8 | 650 | 2 Long Ridge walks over open downs, beautiful Alfriston for lunch, and Eastbourne pier and seafront to finish. | V | |
Exmoor | 142 | Porlock to Lynton | 18.5 | 8 | 1,000 | SWCP Day 2 - Spectacular and remote coastal walk. | ||
Exmoor | 143 | Lynton to Combe Martin | 21.8 | 10 | 1,175 | SWCP Day 3 - Spectacular and remote coastal walk with a nice lunch pub | ||
Dorset | 99 | Weymouth to Lulworth Cove | 17.8 | 8 | 600 | Weymouth Bay, then a dramatic cliff walk past small beaches, then higher cliffs past Durdle Door (stack) to Lulworth Cove | CJ W | |
Brecon Beacons | 401 | Storey Arms to Libanus or Circular via Ystradfellte | 30.0 | 10 | 925 | Strenuous route in the Fforest Fawr: 4 peaks, upland moor, limestone plateaus, and a glorious descent into the Usk Valley. Stretches of pathless terrain | ||
Dartmoor | 325 | Ten Tors | 93.0 | 10 | 850 | 2 day challenge event over northern Dartmoor with hills, bogs and river crossings - 35, 45 or 55 miles. | ||
Brecon Beacons | 279 | The Black Mountain from Glyntawe | 21.9 | 8 | 1,575 | A spectacular ridge walk to Fan Brycheiniog, Fan Foel and Waun Lefrith. Return via a glacial valley below the ridge, or remote moorland, shakeholes and a waterfall | ||
Peak District | 388 | Upper Hulme to Macclesfield via Hen Cloud, Roaches, Shutlingsloe | 24.9 | 8 | 1,150 | Hen Cloud and the Roaches, the Hanging Stone, Lud's Church chasm, the Dane Valley, lonely Wildboarclough, the 'Cheshire Matterhorn', Macclesfield Forest, Reservoirs. | ||
Brecon Beacons | 400 | Waterfall Country | 22.4 | 8 | 950 | More rapids, cascades and waterfalls than any other walk, wooded gorges, limestone uplands, caves, mines and far views | ||
Wiltshire | 286 | Westbury to Warminster via Imber Range | 30.3 | 8 | 750 | Westbury White Horse, 5 hills (3 of which Iron Age Camps), pristine chalk downland on Salisbury Plain, an abandoned village on the rarely open Imber Range | P | |
East Sussex | ★ | 25 | Winchelsea to Hastings | 20.3 | 9 | 575 | The hardest walk in the book. A gentle start with the 1066 Path and a great pub for lunch. After lunch, a great coastal cliff walk with 4 steep climbs, Fairlight Glen naturist beach, fish and chips on Hastings seafront, so one for summer. | TL CX StP |
East Sussex | 316 | Winchelsea to Hastings via Three Oaks | 26.4 | 8 | 575 | The 1066 walk route through pleasant hilly territory from Winchelsea to Icklesham and Three Oaks, then south over a ridge to the sea at Fairlight. A strenuous finish into Hastings. | TL CX StP | |
Dorset | 346 | Wool Circular | 30.9 | 9 | 1,025 | Thomas Hardy Country, pretty coombes, the Jurassic Coast (Durdle Door, Stair Hole and Lulworth Cove), Lulworth Park with its fantastic Castle, and Coombe Heath | CJ W |
Last Updated : Jul-24