'Daypack Hikes' - Guided Paths and Trails

Pennine Way

The Pennine Way, which follows the backbone of England from the Derbyshire Peak District to the Scottish border is one of Britain's most challenging National Trails. The 268 mile route, which passes through three National Parks, a European Geo-park, and a World Heritage Site, provides upland walking of the highest order. Footpath Holidays offers the route as three separate holidays, which allow guests the choice of completing the route over several years in manageable one week stages, or stringing all three together into an epic journey. More

Coast to Coast

The route which crosses the north of England from Coast to Coast was made famous by the late Alfred Wainwright whose guidebooks have introduced so many to the joys of walking in this area. It takes in three National Parks; the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors and divides naturally into three sections. Footpath Holidays offers three tours, each of which offer fine walking in their own right, and when strung together enable our guests to tackle a challenging 190 mile route in its entirety. More

South West Coast Path

The South Coast Path is currently England's longest National Trail and stretches for 630 miles (1,014kms) from Minehead on the Somerset to Poole on the Dorset coast. Over the next few years we will be offering a guided walk along the whole of the South West Coast Path. In 2019 we will be offering two stretches; Minehead to Instow from a base in Lynton and Instow to Crackington Haven from a base in Bude. Taken together the two holidays will provide 133 miles (216kms) of fantastic coastal walking, but either section is a great walk in its own right. More

A Pennine Journey

7 days walking, based in Sedbergh

In 1938, with the shadow of war looming, Alfred Wainwright took some holiday and set off for a circular walk which would take him north from Settle, along the eastern flank of The Pennines and through the Yorkshire Dales, along one of the finest stretches of Hadrian’s Wall, and then back down the western flank of the Pennines to his original start point. A Pennine Journey is broadly based upon his challenging route.

In 2017 we began the process of offering successive sections of the Pennine Journey, giving guests the opportunity to complete this challenging route in manageable stages over three weeks. In 2019 we shall be continuing where we left off in 2018, with the stretch from Garrigill to Settle. More

Lady Anne's Way

7 days walking, based in Hawes

Lady Anne’s Way is a 100 mile (160kms)  based around the journeys across the north of England made by Lady Anne Clifford in the 17th century, in the course of overseeing the restoration of her castles and churches on her estates in Westmorland, the Upper Eden Valley and North Yorkshire More

 

Yorkshire Wolds Way

6 days walking, based in Beverley

The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail runs for 79 miles (129kms) through the chalk hills of the Yorkshire Wolds. The Yorkshire Wolds are the northern extremity of the same band of chalk which forms the white cliffs of Dover and also surfaces in Dorset, Wiltshire, on the Chilterns and on the Berkshire Downs. This makes them something of anomaly - a classic southern English landscape set amongst the wild country of the north. More

 

Anglesey Coast Path

The Anglesey Coast Path is a 126 miles  (201km) route around the spectacular coastline of Wales’ largest offshore island. Virtually all of Anglesey’s coastline falls within the Ynys Mon (Anglesey) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the variety of scenery, flora and fauna is superb. More 

North Wales Pilgrims Path

7 days walking, based in Caernarfon

The North Wales Pilgrim's Way is a 150 miles (240km) route linking Basingwerk Abbey near Holywell to Bardsey Island. It follows in the footsteps of pilgrims who, for centuries, have walked through some of the most remote landscape of North Wales and the length of the Lleyn Peninsula to Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) - the 'Island of 20,000 Saints'.

In 2019 we will offer the western half of the route from Abergwyngregynto Bardsey Island. More

Wysis Way

5 days walking, based in Painswick

The Wysis Way is a 55 mile route which starts in the historic town Monmouth on the Welsh border and finishes at Kemble near Cirencester, thus providing a link between the River Wye and the infant river Thames, or Isis. The route passes through three very distinctive and diverse landscapes; the Forest of Dean, the Vale of Severn and the Cotswolds. More

 

Cotswold Way

9 days walking, based in Painswick

The 100 mile Cotswold Way is one of England's best loved National Trails. We walk the route from north to south through a varied landscape of steep escarpments with far-reaching views, grassy plateaux, undulating pasture and wooded valleys. We will start in Chipping Campden, the 'Jewel of the Cotswolds' and finish in the beautiful World Heritage city of Bath. More

Mendip Way

5 days walking, based in Wells

The Mendip Way is a 50 mile (80kms) route through rural Somerset which traverses the full range of the Mendip Hills, from Uphill on the Somerset coast to the ancient market town of Frome. Highlights include Cheddar Gorge and the city of Wells. More