UK Route Guides – Get Inspired & Get Outside

Discover great outdoor activity ideas and detailed uk route guides from OS Maps to follow. Inspiration for finding new UK hiking routes, running trails, cycling routes and even your next paddle adventure.

Brecon Special Forces route map
  • Walking

A 34km Special Forces trek in the Brecon Beacons

Wales
31 km / 19 miles

A serious challenge, trig 642 is, despite its modest height, quite possibly one of the most demanding trig pillars to bag, if you stay true to the way it would be reached if you were on Special Forces ‘Selection’.

Ulverston walking adventure route map
  • Walking

A coastal loop of Ulverston with stunning views

North West
13 km / 8 miles

This walk has a little of everything, from country lanes, beautiful views across Morecambe Bay, and a gradual climb to Brigg Common for a 360 degree view of the sea and the Lake District.

A High Raise round from Grasmere route on map
  • Walking

A High Raise round from Grasmere

North West
16 km / 10 miles

A walk from Grasmere up to the High Raise summit and trig pillar, the highest point in the Central Fells with commanding views of the whole Lake District.

Loch Nevis to Loch Hourn walking route map
  • Walking

A pint too far? Unforgetable walk from Loch Nevis to Loch Hourn

Scotland
16 km / 10 miles

How far would you walk for a pint? Follow Phoebe Smith on this unforgetable walk from Loch Nevis to Loch Hourn

Exmoor coastal route map
  • Walking

Coastal views and cascading rivers on Exmoor

South West
15 km / 9 miles

This circular coastal walk includes wild, expansive moorland steep-sided wooded valleys and a rugged coastline with high cliffs, hidden coves and secluded beaches.

Dodging floods on a Derwent Water circular walk
  • Walking

Dodging floods on a Derwent Water circular walk

North West
24.0 km / 15 miles

Derwent Water is one of the most picturesque areas of the Lake District, but at the time I went I had to carefully plan a route to avoid recent flood damage.

  • Walking

Eternal peace and quiet with a walk to Three Barrows

South West
12 km / 7 miles

This Dartmoor National Park route is full of interest and when you reach Three Barrows, you’ll find a peaceful spot; it is easy to see why Bronze Age man chose to spend eternity there!

bryn euryn route map
  • Walking

Exploring the Iron Age hill fort at Bryn Euryn

Wales
1.5 km / 1 miles

A circular walk to Bryn Euryn where you’ll climb through woodland and discover the impressions in the grass of an Iron Age hill fort and bag a trig pillar.

Pen-Y-Ghent walking route Pen-Y-Ghent walking route
  • Walking

Pen-y-ghent – a mountain of a hill that will give the family ‘summit’ to remember

Yorks & Humber
9.45 km / 6 miles

Pen-y-ghent is the perfect hill with which to give young children a taste of an outdoor challenge. The circular walk to the summit from Horton-in-Ribblesdale is under six miles – perfect for little legs or when the days are short and time is squeezed.

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