The National Trails of England and Wales

Map of 16 locations in England and Wales

Each route here carries statutory designation from Natural England or Natural Resources Wales and is waymarked with the acorn symbol. They run in the order each one opened, beginning with the first in 1965, and the set reads as a record of how the designation spread from the northern uplands to the chalk ridges, the Roman frontier and the coast. Length, opening date and endpoints sit in the fields beside each entry. The set follows the list of National Trails on English Wikipedia, transcribed by hand; the lines are OpenStreetMap's and the dates and lengths are the cited pages'.

Places in this collection

  • Coast to Coast Path — The route starts at St Bees in Cumbria and ends at Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast, crossing the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and…
  • Pennine Bridleway — The route runs through the Pennines between Middleton Top and Ravenstonedale. It is the only National Trail purpose built for horse riders,…
  • Cotswold Way — The route runs between the market town of Chipping Campden in the north and the city of Bath in the south, south through Gloucestershire, k…
  • Hadrian's Wall Path — An unbroken signposted footpath coast to coast across northern England, the route runs from Segedunum Roman fort at Wallsend across country…
  • Glyndwr's Way — The route winds through the hills, forests and river valleys of mid-Wales, taking in the Radnorshire Hills, the shores of the Clywedog Rese…
  • Thames Path — The route follows England's best known river from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire, through several rural counties and into the he…
  • Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path — The route combines two contrasting paths through Norfolk. Peddars Way starts at Knettishall Heath and follows the line of a Roman road, pra…
  • Yorkshire Wolds Way — The route runs south to north through East Yorkshire, from the River Humber at Hessle to the seaside resort of Filey, over the chalk hills…
  • North Downs Way — The route cuts across the South East of England from Farnham to Dover, through countryside and villages within reach of London. The stretch…
  • South West Coast Path — England's longest National Trail runs from Minehead in Somerset along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall to Poole Harbour in Dorset. It takes…
  • The Ridgeway — The route starts in the World Heritage Site of Avebury and follows a ridge of chalk hills north-east, across the Marlborough Downs and Nort…
  • South Downs Way — The route runs from the cathedral city of Winchester in the west, the first capital of England, to the white chalk cliffs of the Seven Sist…
  • Offa's Dyke Path — The route links Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow, on the banks of the Severn estuary, with the coastal town of Prestatyn in North Wales on the…
  • Pembrokeshire Coast Path — The first National Trail designated in Wales, the route turns and doubles back along the Welsh coastline between St Dogmaels and Amroth. It…
  • Cleveland Way — The route connects the Yorkshire Coast with the Cleveland Escarpment and the Hambleton Drove Road, in North Yorkshire. Its inland section h…
  • Pennine Way — The route crosses England's northern uplands, running from the Peak District to the Scottish Borders. One of its most used stretches passes…

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