Two nights and 121 kilometres across the Yorkshire Dales: Malham Cove and Gordale Scar, the 24 arches of Ribblehead viaduct, and the single road through the Trough of Bowland.

A Dales Weekend: Malham, Ribblehead and the Trough of Bowland

Plymouth

Down the south coast from Plymouth to Land's End and back up the north coast to Bude: Polperro and the Eden Project, Pendennis and the Lizard, the mines and the Minack in Penwith, then Fistral and Tintagel.

Cornwall: Plymouth to Land's End and the North Coast

Five nights in a loop from Plymouth: the sea tractor to Burgh Island, Salcombe's estuary and Dartmouth Castle in the South Hams, then High Willhays and Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor.

Dartmoor and the South Hams from Plymouth

From the South Hams to Exmoor: Dartmouth Castle and Burgh Island's sea tractor, the high moor and stone rows of Dartmoor, the surf beaches of north Devon, then Lynmouth's water-powered railway and Dunkery Beacon.

Devon: Dartmoor, the South Hams and Exmoor

Seven nights along Hadrian's Wall and what followed it, from Carlisle Castle and Birdoswald through Housesteads, Vindolanda and Corbridge to Bede's Jarrow, Warkworth, Dunstanburgh and the causeway to Lindisfarne.

Hadrian's Wall and the Edge of the Empire

Dover

A six-night loop from Dover through Kent and East Sussex: Becket's cathedral at Canterbury, the shingle of Dungeness, the battlefield of 1066, and a last walk along the White Cliffs.

Kent and East Sussex from Dover

A week from Dover to Arundel: the White Cliffs and Canterbury Cathedral, Rye and the shingle at Dungeness, the battlefield of 1066 at Battle, then Beachy Head, the Seven Sisters and Brighton's Royal Pavilion.

Kent and Sussex: The White Cliffs to the South Downs

Five nights on two campsites outside London, north of the city and south of the river, with the trains doing the rest: the great museums and galleries, the markets and the oldest pubs.

London: The Museums, the Markets and the Old Pubs

Nine nights from Hadrian's Wall to Berwick-upon-Tweed: Housesteads and Vindolanda, the dark skies at Kielder, Alnwick and Cragside, then the castle coast from Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh to the Farne Islands and Lindisfarne.

Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall and the Castle Coast

Ten nights round Cornwall in a loop from Plymouth: the Eden Project's rainforest, Land's End and the Minack Theatre, the castle on Tintagel's headland, and a last night on Bodmin Moor.

Round Cornwall from Plymouth

Poole

Six nights in a loop from Poole along the Jurassic Coast: Corfe Castle and the arch at Durdle Door in Purbeck, then fossil hunting at Lyme Regis and the swannery at Abbotsbury.

The Jurassic Coast from Poole

A week along the Jurassic Coast from Lyme Regis to Purbeck: fossil hunting where Mary Anning worked, Golden Cap and the Abbotsbury swans, Durdle Door and Corfe Castle, and Old Harry Rocks at the eastern end.

The Jurassic Coast: Lyme Regis to Old Harry Rocks

Ten nights through the Lake District from Windermere to Kendal: Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter, Helvellyn by Striding Edge, Catbells and Buttermere, Scafell Pike above Wast Water, then Ruskin's Brantwood and the Old Man of Coniston.

The Lake District: Windermere, Wasdale and Coniston

Three nights and three of the Lake District's high passes — Hardknott and Wrynose, Honister and Kirkstone — on legs short enough to leave each day for the walking.

The Lakeland Passes: Hardknott, Honister and Kirkstone in Three Nights

Liverpool

Nine nights in a loop from Liverpool: the bitterns of Leighton Moss, Windermere, Coniston and Hill Top, Catbells above Derwentwater, the Ullswater steamers, then Wensleydale cheese and Malham Cove in the Dales.

The Lakes and the Dales from Liverpool

Holyhead

Thirteen nights in a loop from Holyhead: walled Conwy, then Hill Top, the Ullswater steamers and Catbells in the Lakes, Malham Cove and Ribblehead in the Dales, and Castleton's caverns in the Peak.

The Lakes, the Dales and the Peak from Holyhead

Portsmouth

A week-long loop from Portsmouth: Nelson's flagship in the Historic Dockyard, ponies in the New Forest, the stones of Stonehenge and Avebury, and Winchester at the start of the South Downs Way.

The New Forest and Stonehenge from Portsmouth

An eight-night route through the Peak District from Castleton to Buxton: Mam Tor and the caverns, Chatsworth and the Monsal Trail, Arkwright's mill at Cromford, and Buxton's warm spring.

The Peak District: Edges, Caverns and Country Houses

Five nights in a loop from Liverpool through the Peak District: the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank, the caves and Blue John of Castleton, Chatsworth, and Thor's Cave above the Manifold.

The Peak District from Liverpool

Newhaven

A four-night loop from Newhaven: Brighton's Royal Pavilion, the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters, Arundel's castle above the Arun, and steam on the Bluebell Railway.

The South Downs from Newhaven

Eleven nights from Bath to the New Forest: the Roman Baths and Brunel's Bristol, Cheddar Gorge and Glastonbury Tor, the stone circles of Avebury and Stonehenge, and the ponies and deer of the forest.

Wessex: Bath, Stonehenge and the New Forest

A loop from York: the Minster and the walls, steam across the North York Moors, Whitby's abbey on the cliff, Rievaulx and Fountains, then Malham Cove, the Strid and the falls of Wensleydale in the Dales.

England

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