■Distance: 5¾ miles/9.2km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te

■Distance: 7½ miles/12km ■ Time: 3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

■Distance: 8 miles/13.1km ■ Time: 3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

River, meadow and wood converge around an old mill in Hampshire, where changing vistas create a bond between garden and landscape

■Distance: 7½ miles/12km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate