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INTRODUCTION

A brief guide to walking and other outside activities in the UK.

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WALKING

Joining a walking club can be a good way to see the British countryside and to meet local people. Long-distance walking in the countryside is known as rambling. For further information, contact the Ramblers Association (http://www.ramblers.org.uk) or the Long Distance Walkers Association (http://www.ldwa.org.uk), or see: http://www.walklink.com.

One company which organises self-guided walking holidays in the UK is Contours: http://www.contours.co.uk. Accommodation is organised for you along the route, your luggage is transferred to your next stop, and you are provided with maps.

Follow the Countryside Code. For details, see: http://www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk.

If you are in London you may be interested in joining the Saturday Walkers' Club. People meet up on Saturdays or Sundays during the year to follow one of the walks listed within the "Time Out" book of country walks (see below). For details of this week's walk and how to join it, see: http://www.walkingclub.org.uk.


Walking to Grantchester
from Cambridge
(c) Wales Tourist Board. All rights reserved
Hiking in the Brecon Beacons, Wales

Dog walking is a popular activity
in the UK

"Time Out" Book of Country Walks: 52 Walks Within Easy Reach of London
Editor: Nicholas Albery
Publisher: Time Out Group Ltd
Date: September 2005
"Time Out": Country Walks Near London (Volume 2)
Editor: Nicholas Albery
Publisher: Time Out Group Ltd
Date: July 2006
Lonely Planet Walking in Britain
Author: David Else
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Date: August 2001
The Rough Guide to Walks in London and South East England
Authors: Judith Bamber, Helena Smith
Publisher: Rough Guides
Date: August 2003
Country Walking
Monthly magazine
Subject: Walking in the UK		    

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LINKS

Sport in the UK: Life/Sport

Peak District: Travel/Tours/England/PeakDistrict
Cumbria / the Lake District: Travel/Tours/England/Windermere and Travel/Tours/England/Keswick and Travel/Tours/England/Carlisle
Isle of Wight: Travel/Tours/England/IsleOfWight
Gower Peninsula: Travel/Tours/Wales/Swansea
Brecon Beacons/Snowdonia/Pembrokeshire: Travel/Tours/Wales/All
Scotland: Travel/Tours/Scotland
Antrim (Northern Ireland): Travel/Tours/NorthernIreland/Antrim

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