Walking Tour activities in England
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Blackwell
Oxford’s most famous bookshop runs 1½-hour guided walking tours, including a literary tour at 2pm Tuesday and 11am Thursday, a tour devoted to ‘The Inklings’ – an informal literary group whose membership included CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien – at 11.45am on Wednesday, and a Historic Oxford tour at 2pm on Friday. Book ahead.
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Chester Rows: The Inside Story
The fascinating history of Chester's most outstanding architectural feature.
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Citisights
Focuses on the academic and the literary.
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Civic Trust
Ninety-minute guided tours of the city’s most historic buildings leave from St Michael’s Tower at 11.30am Monday to Saturday. Tours of the docks depart from the National Waterways Museum at 11.30am Saturday and Sunday (July and August only).
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Cleveland Way
A venerable moor-and-coast classic that circles the North York Moors National Park on its 109-mile, nine-day route from Helmsley to Filey.
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Coast to Coast Walk
England's number one walk, 190 miles across northern England from the Lake District through the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors national parks. The Yorkshire section takes a week to 10 days and offers some of the finest walking of its kind in England.
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Dales Way
A charming and not-too-strenuous amble from the Yorkshire Dales to the Lake District, following the River Wharfe through the heart of the Dales, and finishing at Bowness‑on-Windermere.
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Fell Hikes
Ambleside makes a good base for hikes; the tourist office has a good selection of trail leaflets and guidebooks.
The most popular walk is the half-hour stroll up to the 60ft waterfall of Stock Ghyll Force; the trail is signposted behind the old Market Hall at the bottom of Stock Ghyll Lane.
From the falls, you can hike on across the top of Wansfell (487m/1597ft), which affords a stunning panorama across Windermere, before looping back via Troutbeck, Skelghyll Wood, and the Jenkin's Crag viewpoint. In total, it's a walk of around 6 miles.
A more formidable proposition is the 10-mile Fairfield Horseshoe, via the summits of Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Fairfield and Dove Crag. It's a…
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Ghost Tours
People swear unexplainable things occur on these fascinating but spine-chilling walks. Groups meet at the entrance to the Castle Garth Keep.
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History Hunter
Two thousand years of Chester history.
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London Beatles Walks
Following the footsteps of the Fab Four.
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London Walks
A huge array of walks, including Jack the Ripper tours at 7.30pm daily and 3pm Saturday, Beatles tours at 11.20am Tuesday and Saturday and a Sherlock Holmes tour at 2pm Friday.
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Newcastle City Tours
Tailored tours of the city as well as heritage tours of the surrounding region.
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Pennine Way
The Yorkshire section of England's most famous walk runs for over 100 miles via Hebden Bridge, Malham, Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Hawes, passing near Haworth and Skipton.
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Shaw's Heritage Services
Runs various tours of the city, including popular walking tours, coach trips to Sherwood Forest and boat trips on the Trent.
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Taste of Chester
Two thousand years of Chester history and samples of local produce.
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Wolds Way
A beautiful but oft-overlooked walk that winds through the most scenic part of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Angles Way
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Coleridge Way
This 36-mile (three- to four-day) jaunt runs from the Quantocks to Exmoor, in the footsteps of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Herefordshire Trail
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London Mystery Walks
Tour Jack the Ripper’s old haunts at 7pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You must book in advance.
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Ridgeway National Trail
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