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Hiking trails in United Kingdom

United Kingdom has 4.7k hiking routes in our directory. Together they cover 70k kilometres of walking, with an average route length of 14.9 km and 327 m (1,073 ft) of climbing.

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70k
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The spread is genuinely broad: 2810 routes rated easy, 1034 moderate and 895 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is mountain, forest, coastal. Around 36 percent are circular routes, so parking once is usually an option.

The most reliable season overall is april to october. If you are only here for a weekend, European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Norfolk Coast Path, Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay) are the routes people return to.

Most popular hikes in United Kingdom

Expert

Norfolk Coast Path

England · United Kingdom

Distance
191 km
/ 119 mi
Elevation gain
4,196 m
Typical duration
51 hr
  • Coastal
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Berwickshire Coastal Path

England · United Kingdom

Distance
47.8 km
/ 29.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,052 m
Typical duration
12 hr
  • Coastal
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Ulster Way

Northern Ireland · United Kingdom

Distance
215 km
/ 134 mi
Elevation gain
4,737 m
Typical duration
57 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path

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Recently added in United Kingdom

Easy

Pyg Track

Wales · United Kingdom

Distance
4.8 km
/ 3.0 mi
Elevation gain
105 m
Typical duration
1 hr 9 min
Easy

Quarryman's Path

Wales · United Kingdom

Distance
6.1 km
/ 3.8 mi
Elevation gain
134 m
Typical duration
1 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Expert

South Wales Traverse

Wales · United Kingdom

Distance
36.3 km
/ 22.6 mi
Elevation gain
799 m
Typical duration
9 hr 24 min
  • Long-distance path
Easy

Pony Path

Wales · United Kingdom

Distance
4.4 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
97 m
Typical duration
1 hr 4 min
Easy

Summit Trail

Wales · United Kingdom

Distance
1.8 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
39 m
Typical duration
26 min
  • Mountain
  • Summit push

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