Long-distance footpaths in the UK

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The following long-distance footpaths can be found in the United Kingdom:

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3 Other UK long-distance paths

3.1 England
3.2 Wales
3.3 Scotland
3.4 Northern Ireland

4 See also
5 External links

National Trails are distinguished by being maintained by the National Trails organization [link]. As of April 2005, there were fifteen such trails, mostly in England.

Cleveland Way round the edge of the North York Moors National Park in England
Cotswold Way in England
Glyndŵr's Way in Wales
Hadrian's Wall Path in England
North Downs Way in England
Offa's Dyke Path in Wales and England
Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path in England (treated as one by National Trails)
Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales
Pennine Bridleway in England
Pennine Way in England and Scotland
The Ridgeway in England
South Downs Way in England
South West Coast Path (South West Way) in England - the UK's longest
Thames Path in England
Yorkshire Wolds Way in England

Long Distance Routes are proposed and financially supported by Scottish Natural Heritage, but administered and maintained by the local authority areas through which they pass.

Great Glen Way
Southern Upland Way
Speyside Way
West Highland Way

Other UK long-distance paths

Those included here meet the definition of a long-distance path as being around 50 kilometers or more, particularly that they will take more than one days walking to complete. Some shorter paths linking significant places (e.g. Clarendon Way) or linking between major walks (e.g. Maelor Way) are also included.

England

1066 Country Walk, East Sussex - 50 kilometers Pevensey Castle to Rye
Abbeys Amble, North Yorkshire
Abbot's Way (or Jobber's Path or sometimes Jobber's Cawse), an ancient path across Dartmoor
Abbott's Hike, Cumbria
Ainsty Bounds Walk, North Yorkshire, circular from Tadcaster, 71 kilometers
Angles Way, 123 kilometers from Great Yarmouth to Knettishall Heath, with much of the path following the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Additionally there is a link path from Knettishall Heath to Thetford.
Avon Valley Path, 54.5 kilometers Christchurch to Salisbury (Hampshire and Wiltshire)
Avon Valley Walk, Stratford-upon-Avon to Marlcliff (Warwickshire}
Basingstoke Canal
Beacon Way, 40 kilometers from West Bromwich to Gentleshaw (West Midlands/ Staffordshire [link])
Bishop Bennet Way, 55 kilometers Beeston to Wirswall (Cheshire, Staffordshire)
Bournemouth Coast Path, 59.5 kilometers from Sandbanks to Milford-on-Sea (Dorset and Hampshire)
Bronte Way, 69 kilometers from Birstall, West Yorkshire to Padiham, Lancashire
Burnley Way, a 64 kilometer circular trail around Burnley in Lancashire
Calderdale Way, West Yorkshire, circular from Greetland 80km
Capital Ring, 115 kilometers, circular through inner London crossing the Thames at Richmond and Woolwich
Celtic Way - runs from the west of Wales to Stonehenge and then heads south-west to Cornwall, a total of 1162 kilometers
Centenary Way, Warwickshire - covers 158 kilometers from Kingsbury to Upper Quinton.
Channel to Channel Path, Seaton to Watchet, 80 km
Chiltern Way, 200 kilometer circular walk from Hemel Hempstead (275 kilometers with extensions).
Cistercian Way, Grange-over-Sands to Roa Island (Cumbria) - 53km
Clarendon Way, 38.5 kilometers from Salisbury to Winchester
Coast to Coast, Devon, Wembury to Lynmouth 186km
Coast to Coast Walk, 309 kilometers from St. Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire
Coleridge Way, Nether Stowey to Porlock 58km (Somerset)
Cross Cotswold Pathway - see Macmillan Ways below
Coventry Way - circumnavigates Coventry from a start point in Meriden - 64 kilometers
Cumbria Coastal Way 241 kilometers from Silverdale in Lancashire to Gretna Green in southern Scotland.
Cumbria Way, 112 kilometers from Ulverston to Carlisle
Dales Way, runs 126 kilometers from Bowness-on-Windermere to Ilkley with extensions to Leeds, Shipley and Harrogate
D'Arcy Dalton Way, Wormleighton - Waylands Smithy 106km (Warwickshire, Oxfordshire)
Dartmoor Way, 139.5 kilometers around Dartmoor
Derwent Valley Heritage Way, 88 kilometers from Bamford to Shardlow via the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Devonshire Heartland Way - 69 kilometers from the Exe Valley to Okehampton
Downs Link - 59 kilometers from the North Downs Way at St. Martha's Hill near Guildford to the South Downs Way at Steyning, and on to Shoreham-by-Sea
East Devon Way, 61 kilometers Exmouth to Lyme Regis
Ebor Way, 112 kilometers from Ilkley to Helmsley (connecting the Dales Way to the Cleveland Way)
Essex Way, Epping to Harwich, 130 kilometers
Exe Valley Way, Devon - runs 72.5 kilometers from the River Exe extuary to Exmoor
Fen Rivers Way, runs 98.5 kilometers Cambridge to King's Lynn
Gloucestershire Way, 161 kilometers Chepstow to Tewkesbury
The Greater Ridgeway. This is the name used for the combined route of 583 kilometers crossing from Lyme Regis, Dorset on the English Channel to Hunstanton on The Wash, following the Wessex Ridgeway, The Ridgeway National Trail, the Icknield Way and the Peddars Way National Trail.
Greensand Way, 169 kilometers from Haslemere, Surrey to Hamstreet, Kent
Gritstone Trail, 56 kilometers from Disley to Kidsgrove (mainly Cheshire)
Hampshire Millennium Pilgrims Trail, 48 kilometers from Winchester to Portsmouth
Hardy Way, Dorset and Wiltshire, 342 kilometers Higher Brockhampton - Stinsford
Heart of England Way, Midlands - 161 kilometersMilford, Staffordshire to Bourton-on-the-Water
Herefordshire Trail, 246.5 kilometer circular route from Ledbury via Ross-on-Wye, Kington, Leominster and Bromyard, waymarks are planned but not yet in place
Hereward Way, 166 kilometers from Oakham to East Harling (Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk). The Stamford to Peterborough section is not fully waymarked, but walkers travelling between those two places can follow the waymarked Torpel Way.
High Weald Landscape Trail, running 145 kilometers from Horsham to Rye (West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent)
Hyndburn Clog, a 53 kilometer circular around Hyndburn in Lancashire, with a main start point at Stanhill
Icknield Way, 206 kilometers Bledlow to Knettishall Heath (Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk)
Isaac's Tea Trail, circular route of 58 kilometers from Ninebanks via Allendale, Nenthead and Alston in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Irwell Sculpture Trail, 48 kilometers from Salford Quays to Bacup, Rossendale following the River Irwell (Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Isle of Wight Coastal Path, circular from Ryde 105km
Itchen Way, 43.5 kilometers from Hinton Ampner to Woolston (Hampshire)
Jubilee Trail, Forde Abbey - Bokerley Dyke, 145 kilometers (Dorset)
Jurassic Way, 142 kilometers Banbury, Oxfordshire to Stamford, Lincolnshire
King's Way, 72 kilometers from Winchester to Portchester
Lancashire Coastal Way, 220 kilometers from Silverdale to Freckleton
Land's End Trail
Lea Valley Walk, 80 kilometers from Leagrave in Bedfordshire to the East India Dock in London.
Leland Trail, 45 kilometers Stourhead to Ham Hill, (in Somerset}
Liberty Trail, 45 kilometers Ham Hill to Lyme Regis (Somerset, Dorset)
Limestone Way, 80 kilometers from Castleton to Rocester (Derbyshire)
London Outer Orbital Path, 241 kilometers Erith to Rainham
Lyke Wake Walk across the North York Moors
The Macmillan Ways: Macmillan Way - Abbotsbury in Dorset to Boston, Lincolnshire 464km; Macmillan Way West from Castle Cary in Somerset to Barnstaple in Devon, 163 kilometers (Boston to Barnstaple is 557 kilometers); the Macmillan Abbotsbury Langport Link creates a 38.5 kilometer short-cut for walkers from Abbotsbury to Barnstaple, a total of 202 kilometers; the Macmillan Cross Cotswold Pathway from Banbury to Bath, 138 kilometers, mostly on the main Macmillan Way; and the Cotswold Link, 33.5 kilometers from Banbury to Chipping Campden where it links to the Cotswold Way National Trail.
The Maelor Way, is a key link path, running 38 kilometers from the Shropshire Way, Sandstone Trail, Llangollen Canal, South Cheshire Way, and the Marches Way all at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch to the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at Bronygarth.
Marriott's Way, Norfolk
Mendip Way, Uphill (near Weston-super-Mare) - Frome 80km
The Mercian Way is part of National Cycle Route 45, but is also well used by walkers.
Midshires Way, Princes Risborough - Stockport, 363 kilometers
Monarch's Way, Worcester - Shoreham-by-Sea 984km
Mortimer Trail, 48 kilometers from Ludlow in Shropshire to Kington, Herefordshire
Nar Valley Way, Norfolk - 54 kilometers King's Lynn to Gressenhall
Nene Way, Badby, Northamptonshire to Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire 177km
Nidderdale Way, a circular route of 85 kilometers, centred on Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire
North Worcestershire Path, 43 kilometers from Kinver to Major's Green
Ouse Valley Way, 240 kilometers from Syresham, Northamptonshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk via Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire
Oxford Canal Walk, 132 kilometers from Oxford to Coventry
Oxfordshire Way, Bourton-on-the-Water - Henley 104 kilometers
Pappoos 1, from London to Cambridge and The Wash
Pendle Way, a 45 mile circular incorporating Pendle Hill
Pilgrims' Trail, 45 kilometers from Winchester to Portsmouth
Pilgrims' Way, 192 kilometers from Winchester to Canterbury, an ancient trail of which perhaps two thirds is still identifiable, much of it now incorporated into the North Downs Way National Trail
Quantock Greenway, a figure of 8 centred on Triscombe, northern loop is 31 km, southern loop 29 km
Reiver's Way, 242 kilometers from Corbridge to Alnmouth (Northumberland)
Ribble Way, follows the River Ribble for 114 kilometers from Longton to Ribblehead
River Parrett Trail, 75 kilometers along the river in Somerset and Dorset
Robin Hood Way runs 169 kilometers from Nottingham to Edwinstone
Rossendale Way, a 47 mile circular around the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire
Sabrina Way, 324 kilometers, Hartington to Great Barrington (Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire)
Saints Way, Padstow - Fowey 42km (Cornwall)
Samaritans Way South West, runs 160 kilometers from Bristol to Lynton, but only the section from Bristol to Goathurst is waymarked
Sandlings Walk, 96 kilometers from Ipswich to Southwold (Suffolk)
Sandstone Trail, 51 kilometers from Frodsham in Cheshire to Whitchurch, Shropshire
Sarum Way, Wiltshire, 51.5 kilometers circular, only part of it is waymarked
Saxon Shore Way, 261 kilometers from Gravesend, Kent to Hastings, East Sussex
Severn Way, Plynlimon - Bristol 360km
Shakespeare's Way, 235 kilometers from Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon to the Globe Theatre on London's South Bank. The route opened on 19-April-2006.
Shropshire Way, 224 kilometers from Shrewbury via the Ironbridge World Heritage Site to Wem with a further 19 kilometer northern spur to Grindley Brook
Six Shires Circuit
Solent Way, 112 kilometers from Christchurch, Dorset to Emsworth on the Hampshire/West Sussex border
South Cheshire Way, 51 kilometers from Grindley Brook to Mow Cop
Staffordshire Way, runs between Mow Cop and Kinver Edge
Stour Valley Path, East Anglia, Newmarket to Manningtree 96km
Stour Valley Walk, 82 kilometers Lenham to Pegwell Bay (Kent)
Stour Valley Way, 103 kilometers from Stourton to Christchurch Priory (Dorset)
St. Cuthbert's Way, 100 kilometers from Melrose to Lindisfarne (Scottish borders, Northumberland)
St. Swithuns Way, 55 kilometers Winchester to Farnham
Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path, Manningtree - Lowestoft 106km
Sussex Border Path, 256 kilometers from Thorney Island to Rye
Sussex Ouse Valley Way, 67.5 kilomteres Lower Beeding to Seaford
Swans Way, Salcey Forest - Bledlow 104km through Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes (borough))
Tarka Trail, Devon - 2 separate circles from Barnstaple totalling 288km
Tas Valley Way, from Norwich to Attleborough (Norfolk)
Teesdale Way, 161 kilometers from Dufton to Warrenby
Test Way, Walbury Hill - Eling 70.5km through Hampshire and West Berkshire
Three Castles Path, Windsor to Winchester, Hampshire, 96 kilometers (unwaymarked)
Three Forests Way, 96 kilometers through Epping, Hainault and Hatfield forests on the borders of Essex and Greater London.
Three Shires Way, East Anglia, Grafham Water to Salcey Forest 59.5 kilometers
Trans Pennine Trail, 333 kilometers from Southport, Lancashire to Hornsea, East Yorkshire
Two Moors Way, Devon - Ivybridge to Lynmouth 166km
Vanguard Way, 107 kilometers Croydon to Newhaven
Viking Way, 235 kilometers Barton-upon-Humber to Oakham (Lincolnshire, Rutland)
Way for the Millennium, Newport, Shropshire to Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire - 65 kilometers
Wayfarers Walk, 110 kilometers from Walbury Hill to Emsworth (Berkshire, Hampshire)
Wealdway, Gravesend to Eastbourne 129km (Kent, East Sussex)
Weardale Way, runs 117 kilometers from Sunderland to Wearhead
Weavers Way, 90 kilometers Cromer - Great Yarmouth (Norfolk}
Wessex Ridgeway, runs 219 kilometers from Marlborough to Lyme Regis.
West Deane Way in the Vale of Taunton Deane, circular 72.5 kilometers
West Devon Way - Okehampton to Plymouth, 58 km
Wey South Path - 51.5 kilometers from Guildford, Surrey to Houghton Bridge, West Sussex, mainly alongside the Wey and Arun Canal
Wild Edric's Way, 79 kilometers from Church Stretton to Ludlow - it shares much of its route with the Shropshire Way
Witton Weavers Way, a 51.5 kilometer circular around the West Pennine Moors, Blackburn and Darwen
Worcestershire Way, 49.5 kilometers from Bewdley to Malvern
Wychavon Way, Droitwich Spa to Winchcombe 67kilometers (Worcestershire, Gloucestershire)
Wychwood Way, Oxfordshire, a circular route of 59.5 kilometers in the Royal Forest of Wychwood
Wysis Way, (mainly in Gloucestershire, 88 kilometers from the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at Monmouth to the Thames Path National Trail at Kemble

Wales

Anglesey Coastal Path, a circular route of 200 kilometers around the island.
Cambrian Way, an unwaymarked 440 kilometer route from Cardiff to Conwy
Ceredigion Coast Path - currently still being developped, so not all waymarked - 101 kilometers from Ynyslas to Cardigan
Cistercian Way - circumnavigates Wales via its Cistercian Abbeys.
Clwydian Way, 243 kilometers, circular from Prestatyn via Llangollen, Corwen and Denbigh
Dyfi Valley Way, 172 kilometers from Aberdyfi to Ynyslas
Landsker Borderlands Trail, a 96 kilometer circular route in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, centred on Whitland.
Llyn Coastal Path (also known as the Lleyn Coastal Path or The Pilgrim Trail), 150 kilometers between Caernarfon and Criccieth in Gwynedd.
The Maelor Way, is a key link path, running 38 kilometers from the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at Bronygarth to the Shropshire Way, Sandstone Trail, Llangollen Canal, South Cheshire Way, and the Marches Way all at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch.
North Wales Path
Taff Trail, 109 kilometers from Brecon to Cardiff
Usk Valley Walk, 77 kilometers from Caerleon to Brecon
Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail, a circular walk of 111 kilometers in the Vale of Glamorgan
Wye Valley Walk, Chepstow - Plynlimon 218km

Scotland

Cape Wrath Trail, runs around 300 kilometers from Fort William to Cape Wrath; as the route is unwaymarked, different guides to it suggest slightly different routes. See [here].
The Cateran Trail, a circular 101 kilometer walk centred on Blairgowrie
Central Scottish Way, 251 kilometers from Milngavie to Byrness (just over the border in Northumberland, England)
Cowal Way, runs 75 kilometers on the Cowal Peninsula from Portavadie to Ardgartan
Fife Coastal Path, North Queensferry near St. Andrews to Newport-on-Tay, 107 kilometers
St. Cuthbert's Way, 100 kilometers from Melrose to Lindisfarne in England
West Island Way, 48 kilometers from Kilchattan Bay to Port Bannatyne on the Isle of Bute

Northern Ireland

Ulster Way

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