Country Walking

Country Walking Magazine shows you the best of British walks: the biggest views, the hidden gems, the sea cliffs and the mountain summits. All our features come complete with superb writing, inspiring photography and step-by-step instructions so you can follow every footpath yourself. In every issue, you’ll find: - In-depth stories of amazing walks - A booklet of 25 pull-out walks every issue - with OS maps! - Information about hotels, pubs, cafes, tearooms. - Clear, jargon-free tests of walking kit And... every issue our readers tell their walking stories, help us devise new walks and shape the places we go to. If you love walking, this is the magazine for you.

Welcome

IN THIS ISSUE…

The View • SIGHTS | SOUNDS | WONDERS | IDEAS | COOL STUFF

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

ON THE MAP

We asked… • Where do your socks end up after a hot summer's walk?

Potted history of Slieve Donard

The naked attraction • Freedom at its finest, curious habit, or walking nightmare? Whatever you make of naked hiking, to those who love doing it, there is nothing quite so liberating…

WESTERHAM • Tread where naturalists and national heroes found peace and inspiration on London's doorstep, in the chalk hills and greensand woods of the Kent Downs.

Don't miss…

Friends for life • We're always uplifted by the warmth and support #walk1000miles challengers get from their fellow members on the Facebook group. Here are some stories that show this warmth doesn't evaporate – it lasts, blossoms, and transforms lives for the better…

Join in the gold rush • Add some extra fun to your miles with one of our mini-challenges and you could win a coveted golden badger – as these walkers just have!

5 ways to WIN treasure!

Your View

Where's Kes? • Every month our favourite spaniel Kes goes walkies somewhere in the issue, and we want him back! Can you help find Kes?

Stuart Maconie • Follies are normally the absurd, baffling products of whimsical, eccentric minds. That Britain is teeming with them should surprise no one.

A quiet place • It's the busiest time of year for Britain's beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

ON THE RUN! • Our history is full of great escapes, but perhaps none more thrilling than the desperate flight of Charles II – including an epic chase along the Dorset coast…

Hiding in a Shropshire oak

Plan your trip

Oi! Get back here! • Four more great escapes you can follow on foot across the country.

Circle of life • After 150 miles the wonderful London Outer Orbital Path brings you back where you started – but we can't promise it'll be the same person who arrives.

‘Like walking a hidden world’ • Why you love the London LOOP

THE TWILIGHT ZONE • A crack-of-dawn start is one way to avoid the crowds. But there's another option that doesn't need an alarm clock.

OFF THE BEATEN TRACKS • 2025 marks 200 years since the birth of the modern railway, which gave millions of cityweary walkers a way to escape to the country.

Happy birthday …to freedom • Twenty-five years ago, the government decided to open up three million acres of England and Wales to the public - a decision that has transformed our walking landscape.

What about Scotland and Northern Ireland?

Four big wins • Among the great expanses of land opened up by the CRoW Act there are these notable gems…

Walk the Inghams way • Explore Europe's great outdoors in stunning destinations where you get the most out of it on foot.

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