On these pages you will find the most comprehensive list of Great Britain's Long Distance Footpaths to be found anywhere on the internet. Interactive maps show the geographic starting point for each walk and in the tables each walk listed has a link which will lead you to more information about the particular Long Distance Footpath. Additionally each individual long distance walk page includes a detailed map showing the route of the path and each page also has route files in .gpx and .kmz format for free download.
Many of the paths listed are well known, particularly to dedicated long distance walkers while a good number of the Long Distance Footpaths are quite possibly only known in their particular locality. I wonder who can claim to have walked the full length of the most? What I would wager is that no one has ever completed them all. Especially as there are over 650 recognised Long Distance Footpaths in the Directory.
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Top 50 by Distance
Title | Region | Miles |
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Great British Walk | Scotland, England | 1,112 |
Wales Coast Path | Wales | 861 |
Celtic Way | South Wales, South West England | 700 |
South West Coast Path | Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset | 630 |
Monarch's Way | Midlands and Southern England | 579 |
Cistercian Way (Wales) | Wales | 600 |
Scottish National Trail | Scotland | 536 |
Five Degrees West Challenge | Argyll and Bute, Highlands | 290 |
Macmillan Way | North To South England | 290 |
Greenwich Meridian Trail | East Sussex to East Yorkshire | 285 |
Cross Britain Way | Lincs, North & East Mids, Wales | 279 |
Cambrian Way | Wales | 274 |
Pennine Journey | Northern England, Borders | 247 |
Pennine Way | Northern England, Borders | 247 |
Midshires Way | Bucks, Leics, Notts, Northants, Derbys, Grt Man | 225 |
Severn Way | Glocs, Powys, Shrops, Worcs | 224 |
Cape Wrath Trail | Highlands | 218 |
Cotswold Round | Bath, Gloucs, Oxon, Warwicks, Worcs | 217 |
Hardy Way | Dorset, Wiltshire | 217 |
London Countryway | Bucks, Essex, Herts, Kent, Surrey | 215 |
Southern Upland Way | Dumfries & Galloway, Borders, South Lanark | 213 miles |
Ravenber Way | Cumbria, Northumberland | 210 |
Trans Pennine Trail | Cheshire, Derbys, Lancs, Yorks | 208 |
Kent Coast Path | Kent | 207 |
Famous Highland Drove Walk | Highlands, Perthshire | 200 |
Bay to Bay Walks | Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire | 193 |
Coast to Coast | Cumbria, North Yorkshire | 191 |
Hobblers Way | Leics, Lincs, Northants, Oxon, S Glos, Wilts | 191 |
Chiltern Way | Bedfordshire, Bucks, Herts, Oxfordshire | 187 |
Pembrokeshire Coast Path | Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire | 186 |
Thames Path | Southern Counties, Greater London | 184 |
Cumbria Coastal Way | Dumfries & Galloway, Cumbria, Lancs | 182 |
Offa's Dyke Path | Welsh Borders | 176 |
Hertfordshire Way | Hertfordshire | 166 |
Great Wessex Way | Wiltshire, Dorset | 165 |
Durham Round | Durham | 164 |
Saxon Shore Way | East Sussex, Kent, Medway | 163 |
Firth o Clyde Rotary Trail | Mid-West Coast of Scotland | 160 |
North Downs Way | Kent, Surrey | 155 |
Herefordshire Trail | Herefordshire | 154 |
Reiver's Way | Northumberland | 140 |
Viking Way | Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland | 147 |
Central Scottish Way | Central Scotland | 146 |
Shakespeare's Way | Bucks, Gr London, Oxon, Warwicks | 146 |
Grand Union Canal Walk | Bucks, Herts, Gtr London, Northants, Warks | 145 |
London Outer Orbital Path | Bucks, Essex, Herts, Gr London, Surrey | 144 |
Harcamlow Way | Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire | 141 |
John o'Groats Trail | Highlands | 141 |
Shropshire Way | Shropshire | 139 |
Wye Valley Walk | Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Mons, Powys | 138 |
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