Fetler Yell North Roe Shetland Islands Muckle Roe Brae Voe Mainland

Foula Lerwick

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Fair Isle

Westray Sanday Rousay

Stronsay Mainland Orkney Islands Kirkwall Shapinsay Scarpa Flow Hoy South Ronaldsay

Cape Island of Stroma Wrath Scrabster John O'Groats Castletown Durness Thurso Port of Ness Melvich Borgh Bettyhill Cellar Watten Noss Head Head Tongue Wick Forsinard Gallan Isle of Lewis Head Port nan Giuran Stornoway Latheron Unapool Altnaharra Kinbrace WESTERN ISLES Lochinver Scarp Helmsdale Hushinish Point Airidh a Bhruaich Lairg Taransay Tarbert Shiant Islands Greenstone Point Scalpay Ullapool Bonar Bridge Harris Rudha Reidh Pabbay Dornoch Tarbat Berneray Dundonnell Ness Port nan Long Tain Gairloch Lossiemouth North Uist Invergordon Lochmaddy Alness Cullen Cromarty MacduŠ Fraserburgh Monach Islands BanŠ Uig Rona Elgin Buckie Baleshare Kinlochewe Garve Dingwall Achnasheen Forres Benbecula Ronay Nairn Baile Mhanaich Torridon MORAY Keith Dunvegan TurriŠ Peterhead Portree Inverness Aberlour Geirinis Raasay Lochcarron Huntly DuŠtown Rudha Stromeferry Ellon Hallagro Kyle of Cannich Lochalsh Drumnadrochit Rhynie Oldmeldrum South Uist Isle of Skye Dornie Kyleakin HIGHLAND Grantown-on- Spey Inverurie Lochboisdale Invermoriston Alford Shiel Bridge Aviemore

Canna Airor ABERDEENSHIRE Aberdeen Barra Ardvasar Inverie Invergarry Kingussie Heaval Castlebay Rum Newtonmore Vatersay Mallaig Banchory Laggan Braemar Ballater Sandray Rosinish Eigg Arisaig Glen‘nnan Dalwhinnie Stonehaven Mingulay Spean Bridge Berneray Muck Fort William SCOTLAND ANGUS Onich Coll Ballachulish Glencoe Pitlochry Brechin Montrose Tobermory PERTH AND KINROSS Kirriemuir Forfar Lochaline Portnacroish Aberfeldy Blairgowrie Tiree Dunkeld Coupar Angus Arbroath Ulva Craignure Connel Carnoustie Killin Isle of Mull Moni‘eth Dundee Tayport Iona Oban Dalmally Crianlarich Lochearnhead Newport Fionnphort CrieŠ Perth -on-Tay Bridge of Earn Cupar St Andrews Luing Ardlui STIRLING Auchterarder Auchtermuchty Inveraray Ladybank Callander Falkland Fife Ness Scarba Tarbet FIFE Strachur Kinross Dunblane Elie Colonsay Lochgoilhead Bridge of Allan CLACKMANNAN Glenrothes Buckhaven Stirling Lochgilphead Garelochhead Alloa Kirkcaldy Ardlussa Cowdenbeath Oronsay Dunfermline North Berwick Grangemouth ARGYLL & BUTE Helensburgh Denny Inverkeithing EAST Dunbar Dunoon Gourock Alexandria Kilsyth Falkirk FALKIRK South Queensferry Jura Linlithgow Edinburgh LOTHIAN Greenock Dumbarton Kirkintilloch Cumbernauld Haddington Tighnabruaich INVERCLYDE NORTH Musselburgh Clydebank Bathgate St Abb's Head Port Askaig Tarbert LANARKSHIRE Livingston Dalkeith RENFREWSHIRE Airdrie Kennacraig Rothesay Paisley WEST Bonnyrigg Eyemouth Glasgow Shotts LOTHIAN Largs Johnstone Penicuik Islay Motherwell MIDLOTHIAN Rhinns Point Millport Hamilton East Kilbride EAST Carluke Berwick-upon-Tweed Gigha RENFREWSHIRE NORTH AYRSHIRE Larkhall Lauder Primmill Kilwinning Strathaven Holy Island Port Ellen Killean Ardrossan Lanark Peebles Lesmahagow Coldstream Irvine Kilmarnock Biggar Galashiels Brodick Kelso Arran SOUTH Bamburgh Holy Troon LANARKSHIRE Mauchline Selkirk Malin Head Isle Prestwick Ayr Abington Campbeltown Cumnock BORDERS Jedburgh Tory Island EAST New Cumnock Hawick Alnwick Rathlin Island AYRSHIRE Bloody Horn Head Inishowen Mull of Kintyre Maybole Foreland Carndonagh Head Dalmellington MoŠat NORTHUMBERLAND Amble Moville Portrush Portstewart Ballycastle Girvan SOUTH Buncrana Bushmills AYRSHIRE Coleraine DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Otterburn Ashington Morpeth Newbiggin- Aran Island Limavady Ballymoney Carsphairn by-the-Sea Cushendall Lochmaben Lockerbie Langholm Londonderry Ballantrae Bedlington Blyth Letterkenny LONDONDERRY New Dumfries ANTRIM Ponteland Dungiven Galloway Whitley Bay DONEGAL Cairnryan Longtown Gosforth South Shields Annan NORTHERN Newton Stewart Gretna Hexham Corbridge Newcastle upon Tyne Strabane Ballymena Castle Douglas Jarrow Ballybofey Maghera Stranraer Dalbeattie Brampton Gateshead Rossan Point Larne Sunderland Portpatrick Carlisle Washington Magherafelt Kirkcudbright Consett Stanley Castlederg Randalstown Wigton Killybegs Newtownstewart Whitehead Donegal Moneymore Antrim Carrickfergus Whithorn Alston Durham TYRONE Brandon Peterlee St John's Point Bangor Maryport Omagh Cookstown Drummore Donaghadee Burrow Spennymoor Ballyshannon Crumlin Holywood Head Penrith Hartlepool IRELAND Workington Cockermouth Bishop Auckland Bundoran Belfast Newtownards Appleby-in- Dungannon CarryduŠ Comber Keswick Westmorland Newton Redcar Lisburn AycliŠe Whitehaven CUMBRIA DURHAM Middlesbrough Balderg FERMANAGH Craigavon Lurgan Guisborough Dromore Brough Darlington Whitby Belmullet Easky Egremont Enniskillen Portadown Ballynahinch Killyleagh Stokesley Sligo Armagh Portaferry Ambleside Scotch Corner Robin Hood’s Bay Tandragee Banbridge Richmond Lisnaskea Andreas Windermere DOWN Downpatrick Coniston Monaghan ARMAGH Catterick Keady Ballaugh Ramsey Kendal Sedbergh Northallerton Ballycroy Ballina LEITRIM Castlewellan Leyburn Scalby SLIGO Newtownbutler Rathfriland Hawes Scarborough Clones MONAGHAN ISLE OF MAN MAYO Newry Newcastle Achill Peel Laxey Thirsk Pickering Ballybay Millom Ulverston Filey Island Castleblayney Kirkby Lonsdale NORTH YORKSHIRE Cootehill Warrenpoint Douglas Boyle Crossmaglen Grange-over- Ingleton Swinford Kilkeel Sands Ripon Malton Flamborough Port Erin Barrow-in-Furness Carnforth Easingwold Head Carrick-on-Shannon Cavan Castletown Bridlington Clare Castlebar Ballaghaderreen Carrickmacross Dundalk Walney Morecambe Settle Island Lancaster Westport Bailieborough Isle Heysham Dri“eld ROSCOMMON Knaresborough Inishturk LOUTH Harrogate Ballyhaunis CAVAN LANCASHIRE Skipton York EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Castlerea Ilkley Wetherby Inishbo‘n Claremorris Ardee Fleetwood Pocklington LONGFORD Granard Garstang Keighley Market Inishark Longford Bingley Yeadon Tadcaster Leenane Colne Weighton Ballinrobe Kells Clitheroe Shipley Beverley Roscommon Blackpool Nelson Leeds Selby Drogheda Kirkham Burnley Bradford Garforth WEST YORKSHIRE Hull Clifden Lytham St Anne's Preston Todmorden Hessle Withernsea REPUBLIC Navan Halifax Castleford Tuam WESTMEATH Leyland Rawtenstall Brighouse Batley Goole Maam Cross Balbriggan Wake‘eld Pontefract Southport Hudders‘eld Mullingar Trim Skerries Chorley Spurn Head OF IRELAND MEATH Rochdale Hemsworth Thorne Scunthorpe Kilkieran GALWAY Rush Ormskirk Standish Bolton Bury Cleethorpes Athlone Formby GREATER MANCHESTER Grimsby Swords Barnsley Brigg Wigan Oldham SOUTH Galway Moate Malahide Penistone Doncaster Caistor Athenry Ballinasloe Crosby Salford YORKSHIRE Clara Maynooth DUBLIN MERSEYSIDE MANCHESTER Oranmore Lucan Carmel Head Bootle Stocksbridge Edenderry St Helens Sale Stockport Glossop Celbridge Wallasey Rotherham Bawtry OFFALY Tullamore Clondalkin Dublin Great Liverpool Warrington Gainsborough Inishmore Moelfre Birkenhead Cheadle Market Loughrea Gogarth Orme Prestatyn Altrincham Rasen Louth Dun Laoghaire Colwyn Widnes She“eld Mablethorpe KILDARE Tallaght Holyhead Anglesey Llandudno Whaley Ballyvaughan Kilcormac Bay Wilmslow Worksop Retford Inisheer Banagher Newbridge Naas Beaumaris Rhyl Runcorn Knutsford Bridge Dron‘eld Portarlington Bray Holy Island Llangefni Conwy Abergele Flint Staveley Gort Birr Kildare Frodsham Northwich Buxton Lincoln Mountmellick Monasterevin Bangor Chester‘eld Greystones CONWY Chester Middlewich Bakewell Horncastle Ingoldmells Bethesda FLINTSHIRE DERBYSHIRE Ollerton Winsford Congleton Mans‘eld LINCOLNSHIRE Ennistymon Portlaoise Caernarfon Llanrwst Denbigh Clay Cross Skegness Mountrath Mold CHESHIRE Biddulph Matlock CLARE Llanberis Betws- Ruthin Crewe NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Coningsby Roscrea LAOIS Athy WICKLOW Leek Alfreton y-coed DENBIGHSHIRE Wirksworth Ripley Newark-on-Trent Ennis Wicklow Wrexham Nantwich Kidsgrove Burnham Nenagh Abbeyleix GLOUCESTERSHIRE Stoke-on-Trent Belper Hucknall Blaenau Ffestiniog Ruabon Newcastle- Sleaford Market Sheringham Rathdrum under-Lyme Ashbourne Ilkeston Boston Porthmadog Llangollen WREXHAM Nottingham Hunstanton Cromer Templemore Carlow Whitchurch Kilkee Castlecomer Bala Uttoxeter Stapleford Beeston Grantham Sutterton North Tullow COTSWOPwllheli Criccieth LDSEllesmere/nauntonStone Derby Long Eaton Donington Walsham Happisburgh Kilrush Arklow GWYNEDD Oswestry Market Drayton Limerick 03 Wem STAFFORDSHIRE Burton upon Fakenham Aylsham Abersoch CARLOW Trent Holbeach Thurles Spalding Bardsey StaŠord Loughborough King's Lynn Bagenalstown Island SHROPSHIRE Ballybunion Kilkenny Gorey Dolgellau Ashby-de-la-Zouch Bourne TIPPERARY Barmouth Rugeley Melton Mowbray NORFOLK Rathkeale LIMERICK Distance Time Grade Newport Refreshments Crowland KILKENNY Borris WEXFORD 14 Mallwyd Shrewsbury East Caister-on-Sea Listowel Cannock Lich‘eld Coalville Oakham SwaŠham Cashel Callan Welshpool Telford LEICESTERSHIRE Stamford Dereham Norwich Newcastle West Tipperary Graiguenamanagh 14km/8¾ miles 4 hours Moderate Tamwo2 pubs/1rth café RUTLAND Wisbech Great Thomastown Leicester Abbeyfeale Tywyn Walsall Downham Watton Wymondham Yarmouth Enniscorthy Machynlleth Wolverhampton Oadby Kilmallock Aberdy‘ Montgomery Hinckley Blaby Uppingham Market Charleville Cahir Blackwater Peterborough Attleborough Newtown Bridgnorth Nuneaton Market Lowestoft Tralee Church West Bromwich Oundle Wimblington Clonmel New Ross Stretton Dudley Harborough Bungay Beccles Castleisland Carrick-on-Suir POWYS Birmingham Corby Chatteris Llanidloes Stourbridge Littleport Brandon Thetford Mitchelstown Aberystwyth WEST MIDLANDS Bedworth Rothwell Sawtry Diss Dingle Wexford Llangurig Clun Kidderminster Kettering Ely KERRY Ludlow Solihull COVENTRY CAMBRIDGESHIRE Halesworth Kanturk Waterford Huntingdon Mildenhall Southwold Killorglin DAY 1 WALES Stourport- Bromsgrove NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Eye Knighton Rugby Brampton Mallow WATERFORD Rosslare on-SevernPlan yourLeamington Spa Killarney Fermoy CEREDIGION Rhayader Redditch Wellingborough Rushden Warwick Waterbeach Bury St Edmunds Millstreet Tramore Aberaeron Llandrindod Presteigne Droitwich Daventry Saxmundham Leiston New Quay Leominster routeWARWICKSHIRE Newmarket Cahersiveen Dungarvan Tregaron Wells Northampton St Neots Stowmarket Valentia Island WORCESTERSHIRE SUFFOLK Aldeburgh Kington Bromyard Stratford Cambridge CORK Worcester upon Avon Bedford Stradishall Woodbridge Kenmare Builth Wells HEREFORDSHIRE Pershore Towcester Macroom Youghal Strumble Cardigan Lampeter Shipston- Newport Pagnell Cork Great Malvern Biggleswade Ipswich Midleton Head on-Stour BEDFORDSHIRE Sudbury Newcastle Hay-on-Wye Evesham Milton Keynes Royston Caherdaniel Fishguard Hereford Ledbury Banbury Brackley SaŠron Cobh Cloyne Emlyn Llandovery Felixstowe Mathry Tewkesbury Moreton-in-Marsh Letchworth Baldock Walden Buckingham Leighton Halstead Manningtree Harwich Brecon Hitchin Dunmanway St David's CARMARTHENSHIRE Stow-on-the-Wold Chipping Norton Buzzard Stevenage Bantry Bandon Ramsey PEMBROKESHIRE Ross-on-Wye Colchester Kinsale Carmarthen Llandeilo Bicester Braintree Dursey Island Bear Island Island Newgale Cheltenham Dunstable Luton Stansted ESSEX Crickhowell Abergavenny Gloucester BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HERTFORDSHIRE Clonakilty Haverfordwest St Clears Kidlington Ware Witham Brightlingsea Clacton-on-Sea Narberth Ammanford Monmouth GLOUCESTERSHIRE Witney Aylesbury Tring Skomer Milford Ebbw Brynmawr St Albans Skibbereen Island Merthyr Harlow Haven Tyd‘l Vale Blaenavon Carterton Oxford Wendover Chelmsford Neyland Kidwelly NEATH MERTHYR BLAENAU GWENT MONMOUTHSHIRE Stroud Hemel Hat‘eld Skokholm PORT TALBOT Aberdare TYDFIL Pontypool Lydney Cirencester OXFORDSHIRE Thame Hempstead Maldon Island Pembroke Tenby Llanelli Southminster Glyncorrwg TORFAEN Nailsworth Southern england Amersham RHONDDA Bargoed Abingdon Watford Barnet Clear Island Neath CYNON TAFF Chepstow Faringdon En‘eld Brentwood Swansea CAERPHILLY Cwmbran Rayleigh St Govan's Maesteg Tetbury Cricklade Didcot High Wycombe Chigwell SWANSEA Port Pontypridd Risca Newport Wantage Harrow Head Caldicot Malmesbury Wallingford Marlow GREATER LONDON Basildon Port Eynon Talbot Caerphilly NEWPORT Uxbridge Southend-on-Sea BRIDGEND Henley Maidenhead Canvey Island CARDIFF Avonmouth Swindon LONDON Enjoy beautiful 20 Slough Porthcawl Bridgend Woolwich Tilbury CardiŠ BRISTOL Route BERKSHIRE Windsor Dartford Sheerness Cowbridge rolling countryside Chippenham Reading Richmond Gravesend Margate VALE OF GLAMORGAN Bristol Staines Clevedon CorshamIs it for me?Avebury MainlyHungerford Rochester Barry Marlborough Newbury Bracknell Kingston and woodlandCongr esburyon this Bath Melksham Sutton Chatham Ramsgate Croydon Sittingbourne Weston-super-Mare clear paths;Devizes can be Woking Epsom read the feature Cotswold yomp. 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Cheddar 18 on page 76 OCT ‘10 Basingstoke Aldershot Reigate Sevenoaks KENT Canterbury Deal Lynton Burnham-on-Sea Westbury Dorking Oxted Ilfracombe Lynmouth Frome Andover Whitchurch Guildford Redhill Tonbridge Lundy Minehead Wells coupleWarminster of short climbs. Farnham SURREY East Ashford Dover Watchet Pilton HAMPSHIRE Godalming 2 Glastonbury Suitable for Amesburyall Alton Grinstead Braunton Crawley Cranbrook Folkestone espite the gruesome 1.5km/1 mileBridgwater Street New Alresford Tunbridge Wells Barnstaple Haslemere Tenterden StilesMere 6 Wilton Liphook Horsham Hythe Wincanton Winchester Crowborough name, Upper and Lower Bideford Turn R on road then immediatelySOMERSET Salisbury New Romney 16 Haywards Heath D Hartland South Molton Taunton Billingshurst Shaftesbury Peters‘eld Wellington Romsey Heath‘eld Rye Slaughter are two of the Great TorringtonR into field to pick up path Eastleigh Midhurst Pulborough Uck‘eld Ilminster Yeovil SherborneStart/parking EAST SUSSEX Battle Dungeness Southampton WEST SUSSEX Hurstpierpoint Tiverton prettiest villages in the beside hedge (parallel to road).Crewkerne Lyndhurst Havant Arundel Chard ParkBlandford on Forum roadside in Fareham Chichester Lewes Hailsham Hastings Bude Ringwood Hythe Worthing Hove Bexhill Holsworthy Brockenhurst Gosport Brighton Newhaven Cotswolds, where honey- FollowCrediton path asHoniton it crossesAxminster Wimbornevillage. Minster Start at Black Bognor Littlehampton Lymington Regis14 Eastbourne Okehampton Bridport DORSET New Milton Portsmouth Seaford Exeter Seaton Dorchester Horse Inn, Naunton, grid Cowes stoned cottagesBoscastle sit beside driveway then curves round to Poole Newport Ryde Selsey Lyme Bournemouth Tintagel DEVON Sidmouth Regis Wareham ISLE Launceston reference SP119234Freshwater OF tranquil rivers. This walk joins R to corner of field. Turn L to WIGHT Exmouth Weymouth Swanage Shanklin Dawlish Nearest town Ventnor Padstow them with Naunton,Wadebridge wendingTavistock cross roadT eignmouthand take bridleway Fortuneswell

Ashburton Newton Abbot Bourton-on-the-Water 12 Bodmin Buckfastleigh Portland Bill through beautiful rollingLiskeard opposite,Torquay ‘Wardens Way’. Walk Refreshments Black Newquay CORNWALL Saltash Totnes Paignton countryside and woodland. Plymouth past barn, then curve round to St Austell Looe Torpoint Brixham Horse Inn, Naunton; Plympton Dartmouth St Agnes Fowey R on track, through gate and Old Mill Tearoom and By JennyTruro Walters.

Kingsbridge 10 Redruth St Ives Salcombe Washbourne Court, Camborne downhill across field to wall. St Mawes St Just 1Falmouth Lower Slaughter Penzance Start Go through gate, across next Sennen Helston Public toilets None Land's End With back to pub turn R (west) field, through L-hand of two Public transport Lizard 8 Scilly Isles on road for a short distance gates and follow path downhill, Limited bus service then turn R at junction, on road wall R, curving round to R and – www.traveline.org.uk heading uphill. After last past houses to B4068. building on R, turn R on Maps 6 Ordnance Survey bridleway marked ‘Wardens 3 4km/2½ miles Explorer OL45; Way’ and take track uphill and Turn L on road for 400m then Landranger 163 through woodland. Continue on turn R, ‘Wardens Way’. Walk on 4 track across field and through bridleway through woods with far R-hand corner into field. stream L and past Cress Cottage.

Keep with path across fields Continue along L-hand edge of 2 and into woods, bearing R field, through gate and follow downhill through trees and path downhill to rejoin river.

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curves R up past church, turn R hedge and through woodland, bridleway on R, ‘Windrush Way’. on road and walk to triangular curving R at bottom to houses. Walk diagonally downhill to join junction. Turn L, go round corner, Turn L on lane, cross stream, walk broad path heading west along then turn R on Wardens’ Way and uphill to turning to Aston Farm. valley and follow it through gate across river. Bear R uphill to gate, and over stile to another gate. then straight on across field to a 5 9km/5½ miles Turn R over stream, then head path junction. Take R-hand fork Turn R and walk through farm diagonally uphill to stile and across field to river and path into (‘Windrush Way’) and take path follow path across golf course to Lower Slaughter and road. ahead across field to woods. B4068. Cross road and take path Follow clear path through woods, opposite following fence on R 4 6.8km/4¼ miles ignoring all turns, to edge of downhill. Keep R at fork, down to Turn R past Mill Museum then trees. Go through gate and take gate and track to houses. Bend L follow pavement round to L. path uphill beside R-hand hedge up to road, turn R, and walk back Cross first bridge on R over river, to gate. Turn L on path through to start. turn L then quickly R and walk up scrub, heading diagonally lane out of village to T-junction. downhill towards river. Follow Cross road and take path broad grassy path over a series Route created using opposite, ‘Gloucestershire Way’, of stiles, keeping river R, to road. Memory-Map V5 Central England – OS 1:50,000 and follow to cross road, then Contact 0844 811 0950 across field to gate in corner. Turn 6 11.7km/7¼ miles www.memory-map.co.uk L and take path downhill beside Turn L uphill and take first © Country Walking October 2010