England and Wales: National Trails
National Trails are distinguished by being maintained by the National Trails organisation. As of September 2010, there are fifteen such trails, one of which is not yet complete.
- Cleveland Way, 177 km (110 miles) round the edge of the North York Moors National Park in England
- Cotswold Way, 163 km (101 miles) in England
- Glyndŵr's Way, 217 km (135 miles) in Wales
- Hadrian's Wall Path, 135 km (84 miles) in England
- North Downs Way, 246 km (153 miles) in England
- Offa's Dyke Path, 285 km (177 miles) in Wales and England
- Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path, 150 km (93 miles) in England (treated as one by National Trails)
- Pembrokeshire Coast Path, 298 km (185 miles) in Wales
- Pennine Bridleway, 192 km (119 miles) in England (As of September 2010 not yet complete)
- Pennine Way, 429 km (267 miles) in England and Scotland
- The Ridgeway, 139 km (86 miles) in England
- South Downs Way, 160 km (99 miles) in England
- South West Coast Path (South West Way), 1,014 km (630 miles) in England - the UK's longest
- Thames Path, 294 km (183 miles) in England
- Yorkshire Wolds Way, 127 km (79 miles) in England
Read more about this topic: Long-distance Footpaths In The United Kingdom
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