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Every walking route in the UK, in one directory.

The UK has thousands of named walking routes, looked after by national bodies, councils, charities and volunteers, and written up in a dozen different places. We bring them together: one directory, one numbering system, and for every route its facts, its history and a map.

So far the directory holds 4,189 routes, including the 47 national trails, across all 12 regions of the UK. We’re checking every one by hand.

Browse by region

Browse by length

The whole directory on one map

Each dot is where a route starts. Yellow dots have a page so far.

UK 007

South West Coast Path

The South West Coast Path opened in stages over five years: the Cornish coast in 1973, South Devon and Dorset in 1974, the Exmoor coast in 1975, and Somerset and North Devon in 1978, the year it was designated a National Trail.

Facts, history, map and all 52 sections

The national trails, in the order they opened

The backbone of the numbering. See how the numbering works.

  1. UK 001Pennine Way268 miles. National Trail, opened 1965. England, Scotland.
  2. UK 002Cleveland Way109 miles. National Trail, opened 1969. England.
  3. UK 003Pembrokeshire Coast Path186 miles. National Trail, opened 1970. Wales.
  4. UK 004Offa's Dyke Path177 miles. National Trail, opened 1971. Wales, England.
  5. UK 005South Downs Way100 miles. National Trail, opened 1972. England.
  6. UK 006The Ridgeway87 miles. National Trail, opened 1973. England.
  7. UK 007South West Coast Path630 miles. National Trail, opened 1978. England.
  8. UK 008North Downs Way153 miles. National Trail, opened 1978. England.
  9. UK 009Ulster Way636 miles. National route, opened 1979. Northern Ireland.
  10. UK 010West Highland Way96 miles. Great Trail, opened 1980. Scotland.

All 47 national trails

Carry on

From your logbook (a sample until sign-in exists).

Built on the work of others

Every route here exists because someone created it, waymarks it, maps it or writes it up. We don’t replace their work: we bring it together, credit it, and link back to it.