More about Places to Walk

You shouldn’t have to travel far to walk – there’s almost certainly lots to discover from your own doorstep. New walkers are often surprised to discover places they never knew existed just round the corner from their home, even if they’ve lived there for decades.

Find out more about planning walking routes around your local area.

If you don’t want to plan your own route, it’s easy to find information about routes planned by other people. The first place to try if you’re in one of the areas below is the walking routes section of our website – you can view the routes online or download them as printable route cards.

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There are many websites with free suggestions for walking routes in the rest of Britain Some of the most useful we’ve found are:

Other good sources of local information about places to walk are:

The local council. If you live in a place that has both a county and a district council, the county council is the first place to try but the district council may have information too, particularly about parks. See a list of councils. You might find walking information under Transport, or Parks and Countryside, or Sports and Leisure, or Tourist/Visitor Information.
Your local library. This is a good place to look for printed walking route leaflets.
A visitor/tourist information centre. These aren’t just for tourists! You can find your nearest one on the Visit Britain website.

Alternatively you could join a led walk, where the leader has already planned out the walk for you. Read more about walking in a group.

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