Walks

Routes worth building a few days around, with the distance, the climb and the parking stated up front. Every one is somewhere you can book a bed within a short drive.

An easy National Trust waterfall walk on Ullswater's shore, the spot said to have inspired Wordsworth's daffodils.

7.2 km
Easy

Buttermere Lake Circuit

A level, four and a half mile path around Buttermere's shore, through a short rock tunnel, with no climbing.

7 km
Easy

Catbells from Hawse End

A short, popular ridge walk above Derwentwater, reached from Keswick by launch or lakeshore path, with light scrambling near the top.

5.6 km
Moderate

Harter Fell from Hardknott Pass

A short but steep climb from the top of Hardknott Pass to a rock-towered summit above Eskdale and the Duddon Valley.

4.7 km
267 m up
Moderate

Haystacks from Buttermere

A rocky circuit over Scarth Gap to the fell Alfred Wainwright named his favourite, and where his ashes were scattered.

13.7 km
671 m up
Hard

Helvellyn via Striding Edge

A narrow, exposed ridge scramble to England's third-highest summit, the best-known serious ridge walk in the Lakes.

14.1 km
900 m up
4.3 hr
Severe

Loughrigg Fell from White Moss

A short, well-used climb to a broad summit scattered with tarns, starting on the road between Ambleside and Grasmere.

210 m up
Easy

Old Man of Coniston

A steep, direct climb from Coniston village through old copper workings to one of the best-known summits in the southern Lakes.

10.6 km
718 m up
Hard

Stanley Ghyll Force from Eskdale

A short, rough walk up a wooded ravine near Boot to one of Lakeland's least-visited waterfalls.

3.2 km
Moderate

Wansfell Pike from Ambleside

A steep climb straight from Ambleside to a summit with one of the best valley views in the central Lakes, often circled via Troutbeck.

10.8 km
491 m up
3.5 hr
Moderate

Eryri (Snowdonia)

Aberglaslyn Pass

A short, level riverside walk through a wooded gorge on the Afon Glaslyn, one of the easiest scenic outings near Beddgelert.

2 km
Easy

Cadair Idris by the Minffordd Path

The most dramatic of Cadair Idris's paths, climbing past the corrie lake Llyn Cau to the summit, Penygadair, at 893 metres.

9 km
788 m up
6 hr
Hard

Conwy Mountain (Mynydd y Dref)

An Iron Age hillfort tops this small summit above Conwy, with views to Anglesey, the estuary and the Carneddau foothills.

8 km
279 m up
3 hr
Moderate

Llyn Elsi

A reservoir lake in Gwydir Forest above Betws-y-Coed, reached by a steep climb from the village through mixed woodland.

6.4 km
300 m up
2.5 hr
Moderate

Mawddach Trail

A flat, fifteen-kilometre trail along a disused railway line beside the Mawddach estuary, linking Barmouth to Dolgellau.

15 km
0 m up
Easy

Moel Hebog

A steady mountain ascent directly above Beddgelert, quieter than Snowdon, with views over Cardigan Bay and the Nantlle Ridge.

8.9 km
758 m up
5 hr
Moderate

Panorama Walk

A Victorian-era viewpoint walk above Barmouth through woodland to a view over the Mawddach estuary and Cadair Idris.

6.5 km
3 hr
Moderate

The Snowdon Horseshoe (Crib Goch)

A Grade 1 scramble over Crib Goch's knife-edge ridge and three more summits, one of Wales's classic and most exposed mountain days.

11.4 km
963 m up
6 hr
Severe

Torrent Walk

A short circular walk beside cascades on the Afon Clywedog near Dolgellau, through native woodland with old industrial remains.

4 km
1 hr
Moderate

Yr Wyddfa by the Llanberis Path

The longest and least technical of Snowdon's six paths, following the mountain railway from Llanberis to the summit.

14.5 km
975 m up
7 hr
Hard

The Peak District

Cave Dale

A short, steep circular walk from Castleton up a dry limestone gorge, past Peveril Castle.

6 km
256 m up
2.5 hr
Moderate

Kinder Scout via Grindsbrook Clough

A hard circular walk from Edale onto the Kinder Scout plateau, ascending Grindsbrook Clough and returning via Jacob's Ladder.

12.7 km
526 m up
5.5 hr
Hard

Lathkill Dale from Over Haddon

An easy circular walk from Over Haddon into Lathkill Dale, a National Nature Reserve on the River Lathkill.

5 km
130 m up
2 hr
Easy

Mam Tor and the Great Ridge

A circular walk onto Mam Tor's summit and along the start of the Great Ridge, including the abandoned Broken Road.

4.2 km
239 m up
2 hr
Moderate

The Monsal Trail from Bakewell

An easy, flat there-and-back walk along the former Midland Railway line from Bakewell's old station to Hassop.

12.9 km
3 hr
Easy

Stanage Edge

A circular walk along the top of Stanage Edge, the three-mile gritstone escarpment above Hathersage, taking in the High Neb trig point.

7.7 km
217 m up
2.5 hr
Moderate

The Tissington Trail from Hartington

A flat, easy walk or ride along a former railway line from Hartington's old station, part of a 13-mile trail between Ashbourne and Parsley Hay.

Easy

Wolfscote Dale from Hartington

A circular walk from Hartington down the River Dove through Beresford Dale and Wolfscote Dale.

8.7 km
2.5 hr
Moderate

Scotland

Ben A'an

A short, steep hill above Loch Achray, known locally as the Trossachs' mountain in miniature, with a summit view out of proportion to its height.

3.6 km
357 m up
2 hr
Moderate

Ben Nevis by the Mountain Track

The standard walking route up Britain's highest mountain, a long, steady climb on a stony path with no scrambling but a serious amount of ascent.

15.7 km
1350 m up
8 hr
Hard

Ben Wyvis from Garbat

A 14km Munro round from the A835 with 935m of ascent, a built stone path to An Cabar and a mossy plateau NatureScot asks walkers to cross in single file.

14 km
935 m up
5 hr
Hard

Bracklinn Falls

A short, easy woodland walk from Callander to a series of falls on the Keltie Water, crossed by a footbridge above a rocky gorge.

3 km
1.5 hr
Easy

The Devil's Staircase

The West Highland Way's steepest, highest section, a zigzag climb from Altnafeadh to the highest point on the whole long-distance route.

14.5 km
305 m up
Moderate

Dog Falls and Coire Loch, Glen Affric

A 6km waymarked circuit through Glen Affric's ancient Caledonian pinewood, from the River Affric gorge at Dog Falls to a dragonfly loch, near Cannich.

6 km
254 m up
2 hr
Moderate

Fyrish Monument from the Boath road

A 6km woodland climb to Sir Hector Munro's replica of the gates of Negapatam, built in 1782 with the whole Cromarty Firth laid out below it.

6 km
292 m up
2.5 hr
Moderate

Glencoe Lochan

A flat, waymarked forest loop around an artificial lochan above Glencoe village, with views of the Pap of Glencoe.

1.6 km
0.75 hr
Easy

Loch an Eilein Circuit

A flat, five-kilometre forest path around a loch with a ruined island castle, one of the easiest and most popular short walks in the Cairngorms.

5 km
1.5 hr
Easy

Meall Fuar-mhonaidh above Loch Ness

The 699m hill above Drumnadrochit with the best view of Loch Ness there is, 9km and 535m of ascent from the Bunloit road on a clear but boggy path.

9 km
535 m up
4 hr
Moderate

The Old Man of Storr

A steep, well-built path up to Skye's best-known rock pinnacle, part of the Trotternish landslip below the summit of the Storr.

5 km
340 m up
2 hr
Moderate

Rogie Falls

Forestry and Land Scotland's two short trails to a suspension bridge over the Black Water, with salmon leaping the falls in autumn, two miles from Contin.

2.1 km
1 hr
Moderate

Sandwood Bay from Blairmore

A 13km moorland track from Blairmore to the John Muir Trust's mile-long beach below the sea stack Am Buachaille, 8km short of Cape Wrath, with no road.

13 km
150 m up
4.5 hr
Moderate

Stac Pollaidh

A short, steep sandstone hill with a serrated ridge of pinnacles, one of the most distinctive small mountains in the North-West Highlands.

4.7 km
564 m up
2.5 hr
Hard

Steall Falls and the Nevis Gorge

A short, dramatic walk through the narrow Nevis Gorge to a 120-metre waterfall, with an optional wire bridge crossing at the far end.

3.5 km
220 m up
1.75 hr
Moderate