Long Distance Hiking Trail (United Kingdom)

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There are numerous long distance walking routes in the United Kingdom that open up some of the most beautiful landscapes in England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland . A distinction is made between UK National Trails , which are maintained by their own organization, and trails which are maintained by other groups and organizations.

Long distance hiking trails in England and Wales

National trails

The National Trails are managed by Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales . They are official bodies of the governments of England and Wales responsible for the promotion and maintenance of long-distance hiking trails and bridle paths.

List of National Trails

• Cleveland Way , 177 km (110 mi ) in England
• Cotswold Way , 163 km (102 mi) in England

Acorn symbol for routing the National Trails

• Glyndŵr's Way , 135 mi (217 km) in Wales
• Hadrian's Wall Path , 135 km (84 mi) in England
• North Downs Way , 153 mi (246 km) in England
• Offa's Dyke Path , 285 km (177 mi) in Wales and England
• Peddars Way and the Norfolk Coast Path , 150 km (91 mi) in England - are treated together as a single path
• Pembrokeshire Coast Path , 298 km (186 mi) in Wales
• Pennine Bridleway , 192 km (120 mi) in England - bridleway ¹
• Pennine Way , 429 km (268 mi) in England and Scotland
• The Ridgeway , 139 km (87 mi) in England - usually as a bridleway , restricted byway and byway reported ¹
• South Downs Way , 160 km (100 mi) in England - bridleway ¹
• South West Coast Path , 1,014 km (630 mi) in England - the UK's longest National Trail
• Thames Path , 294 km (184 mi) in England
• Yorkshire Wolds Way , 79 mi (127 km) in England

Together, all National Trails are over 4,000 kilometers long.

All National Trails are connected to the glans (engl. Symbol acorn ) in for route guidance.

¹see: Public Right of Way in the UK

Other long-distance hiking trails in England and Wales

• Cambrian Way , 440 km (273 mi) - Cardiff to Conwy
• Celtic Way , 1162 km (723 mi) - from Wales via Stonehenge to Cornwall , England's longest long-distance hiking trail
• Cistercian Way circular walk, which all Welsh - 1050 km (650 mi) Cistercian monasteries affected
• Coast to Coast Walk , 309 km (192 mi) - St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay , unmarked
• Greater Ridgeway , 583 km (362 mi) - Combination of multiple trails, from Lyme Regis to Hunstanton
• Hardy Way , 213 mi (342 km) - Hardy's Cottage to Stinsford , circular walk with a mile break
• Icknield Way
• Land's End Trail , 480 km (298 mi) - Avebury to Land's End
• Macmillan Way , 464 km (288 mi) - Abbotsbury to Boston
• Marches Way , 200 mi (320 km) - from Chester to Cardiff through the Welsh Marches
• Midshires Way , 363 km (226 mi) - Princes Risborough to Stockport
• Monarch's Way , 984 km (611 mi) - Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea
• Sabrina Way , 324 km (201 mi) - Hartington to Great Barrington
• Severn Way , 360 km (224 mi) - from Plynlimon to Bristol
• Six Shires Circuit , 331 km (206 mi) - crosses Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Lincolnshire , Buckinghamshire , Northamptonshire and Rutland
• Trans Pennine Trail , 333 km (207 mi) - Southport to Hornsea
• Wales Coast Path , 1,400 km (870 mi) - from the mouth of the River Dee to Chepstow along the coast of Wales connecting to Offa's Dyke Path

Long distance hiking trails in Scotland

Scotland's Great Trails

The Scotland's Great Trails (formerly Long Distance Routes ) are financially supported by Scottish Natural Heritage and expanded and maintained by the neighboring communities.

List of Scotland's Great Trails

• Northern trails
  • Dava Way , 39 km (24 mi)
  • Formartine and Buchan Way , 85 km (53 mi)
  • Great Glen Canoe Trail , 97 km (60 mi)
  • Great Glen Way , 117 km (73 mi)
  • Moray Coast Trail , 80 km (50 mi)
  • Speyside Way , 135 km (84 mi)
• Central trails
  • Arran Coastal Way , 107 km (67 mi)
  • Cateran Trail , 103 km (64 mi)
  • Clyde Walkway , 64 km (40 mi)
  • Cowal Way , 92 km (57 mi)
  • Fife Coastal Path , 188 km (117 mi)
  • Forth-Clyde / Union Canal Towpath , 106 km (66 mi)
  • Great Trossachs Path , 45 km (28 mi)
  • John Muir Way , 72 km (45 mi)
  • Kintyre Way , 140 km (87 mi)
  • Rob Roy Way , 124 km (77 mi) or 151 km (94 mi)
  • Three Lochs Way , 50 km (31 mi)
  • West Highland Way , 152 km (95 mi)
  • West Island Way , 48 km (30 mi)
• Southern trails
  • Annandale Way , 89 km (55 mi)
  • Ayrshire Coastal Path , 160 km (100 mi)
  • Berwickshire Coastal Path , 45 km (28 mi)
  • Borders Abbeys Way , 109 km (68 mi)
  • Cross Borders Drove Road , 84 km (52 ​​mi)
  • Mull of Galloway Trail , 58 (36 mi)
  • River Ayr Way , 71 km (44 mi)
  • Romans and Reivers Route , 84 km (52 ​​mi)
  • Southern Upland Way , 340 km (212 mi)
  • St Cuthbert's Way , 100 km (62 mi)

Other long distance hiking trails in Scotland

• Cape Wrath Trail , approximately 300 km (186 mi) - from Fort William to Cape Wrath , unmarked
• East Highland Way , 132 km (82 mi)

See also: everyone's right

Long distance hiking trails in Northern Ireland

• Ulster Way , 960 km (600 mi) - runs mostly in Northern Ireland, partly in Ireland

European long-distance hiking trails

Several European long distance hiking trails run through the UK. They all use sections of the UK long distance walking routes.

• E2 from Stranraer to Dover , with an alternative route to Harwich
• E8 from Liverpool to Hull
• E9 from Plymouth to Dover
• The North Sea Trail covers seven countries with North Sea coasts .

Web links

• National Trails - www.nationaltrail.co.uk
• Scotland's Great Trails - Scottish Natural Heritage
• ldwa.org.uk Organization of long-distance hikers
• ramblers.org.uk Ramblers' Association hiking organization
• Walking Pages