Walks of Northern England
| Walk | Miles | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spurn Head | 1.4 | Along sandy beaches rounding the head of a narrow spit of land. |
| Sunderland Point | 1.7 | Wading birds and an old harbour at the mouth of the River Lune. |
| Warkworth, River Coquet and Mill Walk Wood | 2.2 | A riverside walk to a medieval stronghold and a hidden hermitage. |
| Duddon Bridge and Furnace Wood | 2.5 | A woodland and open country walk in south-west lakeland. |
| Saltburn by the Sea | 3.0 | Along the Cleveland Coast, a walk on the clifftop above Saltburn by the Sea. |
| Tynemouth and North Shields | 3.0 | Along the mouth of the River Tyne from a ruined abbey to a fishing quay. |
| Chipping and the Fells of Bowland | 3.1 | Walking along picturesque quiet country lanes in the heart of Lancashire. |
| Rivington Gardens and Rivington Pike | 3.3 | Through the Lever Estate to the summit of Rivington Pike. |
| Holy Island | 3.4 | An exploration of Lindisfarne, complete with fishing village, castle and priory ruins. |
| Blanchland, Pennypie, Baybridge and River Derwent | 3.4 | Explore an elegant Northumberland village set in wild moorland. |
| Elsdon and the Mote Hills | 3.4 | Around a village on the Scottish borders with a violent past. |
| Richmond Castle and Easby Abbey | 3.4 | A medieval town, a forbidding castle and a ruined abbey. |
| Skipton and Stirton | 3.4 | An historic market town and wool centre with an imposing castle. |
| Slaidburn, Easington and the Forest of Bowland | 3.5 | Strolling in a forest of royal hunts and a million oaks. |
| Grassington, Linton Falls and Linton | 3.5 | Through the dramatic limestone landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. |
| Harrogate Royal Pump Room, Valley Gardens and Birk Crag | 3.5 | Around the buildings and public gardens of a northern spa town. |
| Blackstone Edge | 3.6 | Exploring the wild moorland on the edge of industrial Manchester. |
| Alston, Bleagate and South Tyne Trail | 3.6 | Ramble by woods and streams through the South Tyne Valley. |
| Berwick upon Tweed | 3.6 | Beside a river estuary and through a fortified Elizabethan town. |
| Askham and Lowther Castle | 3.7 | A pleasant ramble around Cumbria's largest private country park. |
| Elterwater, Loughrigg Tarn, Skelwith Bridge and Elter Water | 3.7 | A short Lakeland walk that visits two very different lakes. |
| Port Mulgrave and Runswick Bay | 3.7 | A cliff top walk along a heritage coast to a beautiful village. |
| Morpeth | 3.7 | A town that bears witness to centuries of border raids. |
| Stainforth, Stackhouse and Stainforth Force | 3.8 | Through the Ribble valley to Stainforth Bridge. |
| Bainbridge, Askrigg and Worton | 3.9 | A gentle walk around the stone walls and lofty fells of Wensleydale. |
| Harbottle, Drake Stone, Harbottle Lake and Low Alwinton | 4.0 | Woodlands, moors and a river valley on the edge of a National Park. |
| Halifax, Piece Hall, Beacon Hill and Shibden Hall | 4.1 | Highlights of Hailifax and Magna Via, following an ancient roadway to a timbered hall. |
| Bamburgh Castle, Budle Point and Newtown Hill | 4.3 | From a picturesque castle, a coastal and country walk along Northumberland's Heritage Coast. |
| Flatts Lane Country Park, Eston Moor and Eston Nab | 4.4 | The hollow hill, above Eston Moor's old iron mine, woodland and wildlife thrive. |
| Heptonstall, Hebden Dale, Gibson Mill and Midgehole | 4.4 | Along old Pennine trade routes and through a fabulous wooded valley. |
| Cow Green Reservoir and Cauldron Snout | 4.4 | Through a nature reserve to one of Durham's finest waterfalls. |
| Ravenglass and Muncaster Mill | 4.5 | To a steam railway, a castle known as Shakespeare's Fool and a working watermill. |
| Low Bradfield and High Bradfield | 4.5 | These peaceful villages were once witness to a devastating local tragedy. |
| Craster, Embleton Bay and Dunstanburgh Castle | 4.5 | From a fishing village to a ruined castle on the Northumberland coast. |
| City of Durham and the River Wear | 4.5 | A northern cathedral city walk on the banks of the River Wear. |
| Rydal and Dove Cottage | 4.5 | Along an old coffin road between two of Wordsworth's homes. |
| Barnard Castle, River Tees and Egglestone Abbey | 4.6 | A riverside route from a historic market town to a spectacular abbey ruins. |
| Hart and High Throston | 4.7 | A figure of eight walk centered on a church of Saxon origins. |
| Barley, Pendle Hill and Lower Black Moss Reservoir | 4.7 | A walk up Pendle Hill and over Lancashire's moorlands. |
| Helmshore, Musbury Heights and Musbury Tor | 4.7 | A moorland walk in a former textile area above the Rossendale valley. |
| Hooton Pagnell and Brodsworth | 4.8 | Very different country houses, each in a picturesque village. |
| Bollington, White Nancy, Kerridge Hill and Macclesfield Canal | 5.1 | A bracing walk to a vantage point over the Cheshire Plain. |
| Goathland, Beck Hole and Darnholm | 5.1 | Heritage railways and waterfalls in superb moorland countryside. |
| Holmfirth, Wooldale, Hole Bottom, Jackson Bridge and New Gate | 5.2 | Last of the summer wine country, a walk through a deep Pennine valley. |
| Little Salkeld, Lacy's Caves, Glassonby, Long Meg and her Daughters | 5.2 | The Vale of Eden, unspoilt countryside in north-east Cumbria. |
| Ilkley and Ilkley Moor | 5.3 | A walk across open moor with breaktaking views on the edge of a famous Yorkshire town. |
| Osmotherley and Cod Beck | 5.3 | A country walk round a nonconformist village and to a picturesque reservoir. |
| Hurworth-on-Tees and Croft-on-Tees | 5.3 | Exploring the countryside in which Lewis Carroll grew up. |
| Anglezarke, Yarrow, Rivington and High Bullough | 5.4 | Exploring naturalised Victorian reservoirs on the edge of moorland. |
| Hartside, Medieval Village and Linhope Spout | 5.6 | Prehistoric, Roman and medieval remains in wild fell country. |
| Hesket Newmarket, Caldbeck and Whelpo | 5.7 | A riverside walk with a remarkable gorge below the northern fells of Cumbria. |
| Milnthorpe, Hazelslack and Beetham | 5.7 | Through villages, parkland and woodland to an historic church. |
| Rosthwaite, Watendlath and Stonethwaite | 5.7 | A walk in a gem of a Lake District valley with breathtaking views. |
| Lancaster, River Lune and Glasson Dock | 5.8 | A walk along an old railway line beside an estuary. |
| Housesteads Fort and Hadrian's Wall | 5.8 | Exploring rugged Northumberland around Housesteads Fort and Hadrian's Wall. |
| Melbourne, Thornton and Pocklington Canal | 5.9 | A wildlife walk through a varied lowland landscape. |
| Sutton Bank and the White Horse of Kilburn | 6.0 | Walking around the rugged Sutton Bank escarpment. |
| Hornby, Wray, River Wenning and River Lune | 6.1 | A walk with two castles and a quiet village where industry once thrived. |
| Rivelin Valley | 6.2 | Through the valley where Sheffield's cutlery industry began. |
| Wirral Country Park, Caldy and Thurstaston | 6.3 | A gentle walk to superb views of the Dee Estuary and surrounding countryside. |
| Levens Bridge, River Kent and Sedgwick | 6.5 | From Levens Hall along the route of the old Lancaster and Kendal canal. |
| Burton upon Stather, Julian's Bower and Alkborough | 6.5 | Along an inland cliff top beside the River Trent to an ancient village. |
| Hornsea and Hornsea Mere | 6.7 | Discover a wildfowl lake and a Georgian seaside town. |
| Welburn, Castle Howard and Coneysthorpe | 7.0 | Along the edge of a great estate to see follies and historic buildings. |
| Kirknewton, Hethpool Linn and Yeavering Bell | 7.1 | Upland country, a waterfall and a hill fort in the Cheviot Hills. |
| Uppermill, Saddleworth, Diggle, Castleshaw, Delph and Dobcross | 7.2 | A walk exploring gritstone villages on the edge of Saddleworth Moor. |
| Hawes, Sedbusk, Pike Hill and Hardraw | 7.2 | A walk on the moors near a market town in the Yorkshire Dales. |
| Whitby, Abbey, Saltwick Bay and Cliffs | 7.4 | This cliff top walk begins from a town rich in history. |
| Ashworth Moor, Naden Brook, Cheesden Brook and Deeply Vale | 7.5 | An exploration of the remains of small scale industry in spectacular wooded gorges. |
| Huggate, Frendal Dale and Pasture Dale | 7.5 | A village, farms and wildlife in Britain's most northerly chalk country. |
| Malham, Gordale Scar, Malham Tarn and Malham Cove | 7.5 | Through a limestone landscape to a dramatic dry waterfall. |
| Cartmel, Holker Hall, Cark and Hampsfell | 7.7 | A south Cumbria walk around a promontory featuring historic buildings and Morecambe Bay. |
| Hutton-le-Hole, Spaunton, Lastingham and Appleton-le-Moors | 7.7 | Picture postcard villages on the edge of the North York Moors. |
| Bingley, Five Rise Locks, Saltaire and Shipley Glen | 7.8 | Walking by Britain's longest artificial waterway to a popular wooded ravine. |
| Captain Cook's Monument, Great Ayton and Roseberry Topping | 7.8 | Through the countryside where Captain Cook spent his childhood. |
| Hessle, Humber Bridge, Far Ings Nature Reserve and Barton Waterside | 7.9 | From a country park to a nature reserve across the Humber Bridge. |
| Formby, Sefton Coastal Footpath and Formby Point | 7.9 | Seek out rare species where land and sea battle for supremacy. |
| Wentworth, Wentworth Woodhouse, Nether Haigh, Hoober and Elsecar | 8.0 | From the home of earls to the iron works that provided their wealth. |
| Haworth, Bronte Waterfalls, Stanbury and Oakworth | 8.5 | A beautiful walk around the country that inspired Wuthering Heights. |
| Scalby, Yorkshire Coast Path and Cloughton | 8.9 | Explore a spectacular coast and the remains of a famous railway. |
| Kilnsea and Spurn Head | 9.0 | There and back on the full length of a narrow spit of land on the edge of Yorkshire. |
| The Simonside Hills Walk | 9.0 | A dramatic hike through the remote Simonside Hills in Northumberland. |
| Marple, Strines, Brook Bottom, Marple Bridge and Compstall | 9.3 | A waterside and countryside ramble around the empire of a Georgian industrialist. |
| Flamborough and Flamborough Head | 10.0 | A walk around a historic headland and smuggler's haunts. |
| Ulverston, Ulverston Sands, Bardsea and Birkrigg Common | 10.0 | The fascinating history, natural landscape and wildlife of a corner of Furness. |
| Mallerstang: Aisgill, Outhgill and Pendragon Castle | 10.2 | Trains, Waterfalls and solitude in a valley among the fells. |
| Bishop Auckland, Binchester, Vinovia Roman Fort and Escomb | 10.6 | From a 12th century palace to a Roman Fort and out of the way Saxon church. |
| Silverdale, Warton Crag and RSPB Leighton Moss | 11.1 | Through rugged coastal countyside to an historic county seat. |
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