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We pride ourselves in creating sustainable adventure holidays where you meet local people and celebrate new cultures. At the moment, we only have one bespoke family adventure in England, and that’s in the Lake District. It’s also worth checking out our easy/moderate level walking holidays to see if they appeal to all family members. If you have older teens, for example, who have walking experience, you may want to explore more moderate level hiking holidays. Our adventure specialists are here to cater for your needs, and we can often adapt a day’s itinerary if you think it’s going to be too hard or too easy.

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From tackling the once-in-a-lifetime Coast to Coast hike across England to coasting on quiet country lanes in the Cotswolds, we offer experiences for every level of adventurer. If you’re a tree lover or maybe already a tree hugger then this package is for you. An opportunity to get close up and personal to the various tree species in the wood, including Oak, Cherry, Hazel, Small Leaved Lime, Hornbeam and Spindle, the ancient woodland indicator tree. Lake shores, cliff traverses, breaks worth catching the tide for. A directory and journal of outdoor adventure across the United Kingdom — route notes, regional rollups, first-person trip reports from the people who actually went. Compare north vs south coast sessions, what’s included, who each is for, and book beginner-friendly guided routes on adventuro.

Walk the whole thing gently in 16 days, or break it up into a west and east segment, staying in charming hotels and inns along the way, while having your luggage transferred for you. The Coast to Coast Path was awarded National Trail status in March 2026. The English love their snack food, and every supermarket has a good collection of sandwiches, wraps and salads nowadays. Having said that, England is not cheap compared with some of its European neighbours. A main course at an inexpensive restaurant outside the main cities costs between £12 and £20.

• Many of our senior guides have 20+ years of experience working in the outdoors.
• However, it’s strange how many people who would never normally buy bottled water at home, feel a need to buy it when travelling.
• From here the route soon descends into the old Victorian seaside resort town of Eastbourne, where you can have a well-deserved cooling swim, and our holiday includes a night here at the end so you can take it all in.
• Our team handpick the best accommodation and know just where to go for a great coffee or amazing seafood.
• Winter is still hovering, new year’s resolutions are waning and some of us are still keeping the windows out onto the world tightly closed.

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Natural highlights along the way include the Eildon Hills and the Cheviot Hills, the landscapes around the River Tweed and the famous tidal crossing to Lindisfarne. Accessible by rail, and staying in small, locally-owned guesthouses and inns, this tour is also suitable for solo travellers. And the finishing point on England’s Northumbrian coast is one of the finest spots in England. Traditionally walked west to east, the Coast to Coast Path leads you between the sandy stretches of St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast and Robin Hoods Bay at the foot of the North York Moors National Park. This is just one of three national parks that the colossal 293km Coast to Coast Path covers, the others being the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. So although this is in no way a walk in just one park, you don’t need to be Bear Grylls to take on the challenge.

Although this is not a visa, it has created one more hoop to jump through for many travellers. For nationals of Canada, USA and Australia, for example, who used to travel to the UK without a visa for short trips, they have to get an ETA now. More dramatically for many EU, European Economic Area (EEA) and Schengen country nationals, they also now have to get an ETA, whereas they could travel freely to and from the UK before. Unlike the Coast to Coast Path, people usually walk Hadrian’s Wall Path from east to west, starting in Newcastle on the North Sea and completing their Roman ramble of 135km at Solway Firth on the Irish Sea. Also a UNESCO site, walking Hadrian’s Wall Path is a journey not only to Reddit historic sites such as Vindolanda and Housesteads Roman forts but also through natural triumphs such as Northumberland National Park. One of the final stretches is walking along the River Eden into Carlisle, the ancient city just 13km south of the Scottish border.

In contrast to drinking water, as mentioned above, outdoor swimming has become more hazardous over recent years, due to pollution. This has been highly publicised and protested against, the cause being badly managed water companies which, unlike many parts of the world, are privately-owned. In short, if there has been heavy rain, many of the water companies have been ignoring regulations and releasing polluted water. If you want to include some wild swimming on your walking holiday in England, the water pollution app Safer Seas and River Service, operated by Surfers against Sewage is an invaluable source of information. Or always ask a local swimmer as regular water users are up to date on these recent outflow issues. Apart from that, England has no major health risks and it is also rabies-free.

Squeezing every remaining drop of summer out of September is the ultimate way to rebel against the norm. If you can’t seem to shake that old back-to-school feeling, it’s the perfect time to play hiking hooky from everyday life. Between the heat, hordes, and hassle, finding a walking adventure in August can be tricky. So we are going to take you off the beaten path, with hikes with glacial lakes to plunge into or quiet forests to shade in. All the partners who develop and run Naturebreak experiences respect and nurture the amazing natural environments they work in. Many are trusts or charities whose purpose is to protect and conserve nature and our wildlife.

We spend our time connecting with the best coaches, guides and centres so that they can take you from trying something for the first time, right through to being an expert teaching others. In general, however, it has one of the fastest in Europe, with average download speeds of 161Mbps. There has been a governmental commitment to improve connectivity in rural areas, with an aim to have 95% coverage by the end of 2025.

If you don’t know it already, Boots is an English institution with stores just about everywhere, but there are plenty of other pharmacies too. Our office team of adventure travel experts know how to create enriching holidays and know the outdoor spaces of the UK and Ireland better than anyone. From when you first start looking at our holidays on the website to your booking experience over the phone, right up to “goodbye” at the end of the trip, we dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

No vaccinations are required, but the WHO recommends routine vaccines such as tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella before travelling. Ticks can be a problem when hiking, so you do need to take precautions. Wear long sleeves and trousers, and tuck your trousers into hiking socks when possible. Lyme disease and Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) are both tick-borne, so always check yourself fully after hiking and carry a tick remover with you too, so that you can catch them quickly. Always make sure that you have suitable health insurance to suit your adventure travel and England also has an excellent pharmacy system where you can get consultations if you haven’t time to get to a doctor. Which, with NHS waiting lists an ongoing problem, can be tricky sometimes.

Wilderness England was created by the same team behind the award-winning adventure travel company, Wilderness Scotland, founded in 2001 and recognised as Europe’s Number 1 Adventure Travel Company. With over 20 years of experience, you are assured of the commitment to providing you with a truly memorable holiday experience. More than 25,000 people have enjoyed travelling with us, and from 5,000+ independent reviews, our trips average an industry-leading 4.89 out of 5. This is a coastal spectacle on steroids, and also the UK’s longest walking trail at over 1,000km that clings to the coasts of Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It’s a piñata of peninsulas, a celebration of coves and joined up thinking at its most joyous.

This can make it complicated, as there are different train companies serving different parts of the country. The good news is, however, that many of our tours are reachable by rail and, if they are, we give you details on each tour page, under ‘Getting there’ of how to do so. For example, you can leave the car wedding catering New Milton and cares at home, starting the Coast to Coast Path by train to St Bees, and heading home by train from Newcastle. Or connect with a number of train stations along the South West Coast Path and add the Night Riviera Sleeper train between London and Cornwall into the adventure.