Discover the best new walking trails in Britain. It’s time to take a hike…

As a walker, wherever you happen to live in the UK, you’re one of the luckiest people on earth.

3 6.3km/3.9 miles/3-4 hours Ascent 760m/2493ft

We arrive at the top of High Cup Nick in the North Pennines. “It’s like the world starts just over there,” comments my friend Mark. He’s pointing down the U-shaped chasm of High Cup Gill, beyond whose

JB Smith goes searching for solitude in the forested folds of the Rhinogs – and finds himself falling under the spell of Eryri/Snowdonia’s quieter side

Meet the National Trails: some of the most beautiful and best-waymarked walks in Britain.