Discover our shared National Trail network

The second National Trail to open, the Cleveland Way links Hemsley and Filey in North Yorkshire, skirting the edge of the North York Moors National Park for 110 miles.

Tracing the line of the Cotswolds escarpment for 102 miles between Bath and Chipping Campden, the Cotswold Way offers views towards the River Severn and Malvern Hills, especially on crisp autumn days.

Named after the 15th century Welsh Prince, Glyndŵr's Way is 135 miles and links Offa's Dyke Path at Knighton with Welshpool, via Machynlleth, where Glyndŵr held his parliament in 1404.

The Great Glen Way cover 78 miles between Fort William and Inverness, and is the only National Trail to have an associated canoe trail.

Shadowing Hadrian's Wall, the defensive wall built by the Romans on the then northern boarder of their empire, Hadrian's Wall Path is recognised as part of the World Heritage Site, and runs for 84 miles between Wallsend and Bowness-on-Solway.

The newest National Trail is the King Charles III England Coast Path, renamed in 2023 to celebrate the King’s coronation

Following the ridge of the North Downs and in the footsteps of hundreds of years of pilgrimage, the North Downs way offers 153 miles of routes between Farnham, Canterbury and Dover.

Offa's Dyke Path wends through the Marches for 177 miles, the border region between England and Wales, and takes its name from the Dyke which King Offa had built in the 8th century.

Combining two National Trails, the Norfolk Coast Path and Peddars Way take in a Roman Road, tidal marshes and sandy beaches for 130 miles between Knettishall and Hunstanton.

The first National Trail in Wales, the Pembrokeshire Coast Path links visitors to the coast with maritime, industrial and natural heritage for 186 miles, between St Dogmaels and Amroth.

The only National Trail specially designed for horse riders, the Pennine Bridleway is a linear path of 205 miles, which also includes two loops; the Mary Towley Loop and the Settle Loop.

The first National Trail, opened in 1965, the Pennine Way stretches for 268 miles between Edale in the Peak District, over the Scottish Boarder to Kirk Yetholm.

The only National Trail that is entirely within a National Park, and almost entirely offroad, the South Downs Way runs between Winchester and Beachy Head for 100 miles.

Winding along the coast for 630 miles, between Minehead in Somerset and Poole Harbour in Dorset, the South West Coast Path is currently the longest of the National Trails.

The longest of the Scottish National Trails, and considered by many to be to be the most remote, the Southern Uplands Way is a 214 mile route linking Portpatrick and Cockburnspath.

Primarily following the River Spey on it's route between Buckie and Newtonmore for 85 miles, the Speyside Way is long associated with whisky as it passes many distilleries that produce Speyside single malts.

Connecting the Woolwich Foot tunnel to the source of the Thames near Kemble, the Thames Path follows the river along 185.2 miles, passing through historic villages, towns and cities.

Forming part of an ancient trading route, the Ridgeway follows the chalk hills for 87 miles, between the Avebury stone circle and the Ivinghoe Beacon.

Scotland's first designated long distance route, opened in 1980, the West Highland Way runs between Milngavie and Fort William.

The shortest National Trail, the Yorkshire Wolds Way passes through 79 miles of chalklands before connecting at Filey with the Cleveland Way.