The UK has an excellent range of long distance trails, ranging in length from about 70 miles, to over 600 miles.
One of the more widely known long distance walks, the Coast to Coast walk is a popular charity raising walk. Over 306km (190 miles), the Coast to Coast takes in the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
North East England, Yorkshire: Helmsley - Filey Brig 177km / 110 miles
Following the coastline past Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby, the Cleveland Way then continues around the border of the North York Moors National Park and ends at Helmsley in North Yorkshire.
South West England, West Midlands: Chipping Camden - Bath 163km / 101 miles
Following the Cotswold hills, the Cotswold Way begins in Bath, and finishes in Chipping Camden, in Gloucestershire.
Carving a route through mid-Wales, Glyndwr's Way winds from Welshpool, heading west to Machynlleth, and south-east again to Knighton.
Following the route of the wall, Hadrian's Wall Path begins near Newcastle, and continues to Bowness, on the Solway Firth.
The Downs run from Andover in the west, to South Foreland in the east, with the North Downs Way running from Farnham to Dover.
Wales / South West England / West Midlands: Chepstow - Prestatyn 283m / 177 miles
Following the Welsh border with England, Offa's Dyke Path passes through the Brecon Beacons National Park.
East England: Knettishall - Cromer 149km / 93 miles
Peddars Way and the Norfolk Coastal Path include flat lowland walking from Thetford in Norfolk to Cromer on the Norfolk Coast.
Wales: Amroth - Cardigan 299km / 186 miles
The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path includes superb clifftop scenery, passing through the Pembrokeshire National Park from Amroth in Carmarthen Bay, to St. Dogmaels, Cardigan.
East Midlands / Yorkshire / Cumbria / North East England: Carsington Reservoir or Middleton Top - Byrness 560km / 350 miles
With no stiles or gradients, the Pennine Bridleway runs roughly parallel to the Pennine Way, and is available for horse riders and cyclists, as well as walkers.
East Midlands / North West England / Yorkshire / Cumbria / North East England / Scotland: Edale - Kirk Yetholm 429km / 268 miles
Following the Pennine mountain chain, the Pennine Way begins at Edale in Derbyshire, and finishes at Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish Border, taking in, among others, Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales.
South / South West / East England: Avebury - Ivinghoe 137km / 85 miles
Following the Berkshire Downs, the Ridgeway runs from Avebury in Wiltshire, to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire.
South England: Eastbourne - Winchester 161km / 101 miles
The South Downs Way runs from Winchester in Hampshire, to Eastbourne in East Sussex.
South West England: Minehead - Poole 1014km / 630 miles
Following the coastline of Somerset, North Devon, Cornwall, South Devon and Dorset, the South West Coast Path takes in 630 miles of spectactular coastal scenery.
Scotland: Portpatrick - Cockburnspath 341km / 212 miles
Running from coast to coast, the Southern Upland Way stretches from Portpatrick on the south west coast, to Cockburnspath on the North Sea coast.
Beginning at Spey Bay, the Speyside Way follows the valley southwards, to Craigellachie, before following the strathspey railway line to Ballindalloch, and on to Glenlivet and Tomintoul.
The Thames Path follows the route of the Thames, from Kemble, in the Cotswold Hills, to the Nore.
Through some incredible scenery, the West Highland Way follows the shore of Loch Lomond, providing a walk that is fairly strenuous in parts.
Beginning at Hessle Haven, the Yorkshire Wolds Way winds from the Humber, to Filey Brigg.
