The UK has plenty of beautiful walks with stunning scenery to offer, but how do you know which ones are suitable for your family?
To answer that question, footwear retailer Charles Clinkard put together a list of 40 family-friendly walks, suitable for the whole family to embark on.
They rating the walks using a number of factors including accessibility for prams and wheelchairs, parking and toilets, the distance of the walk and time it takes to walk it, additional activities and cost.
Ecommerce director from Charles Clinkard, Rachel Clinkard, said: "Some of the country's favourite walks aren't necessarily family-friendly. Many are quite challenging, and others don't have all the relevant facilities such as toilets, baby changing, and accessible paths.
“For families with children, it can be difficult to know exactly which walks are best. That's why we put together our list of 40 family-friendly Great British walks.”
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Best family-friendly walks
Spread across the British Isles, you should find a walk not too far from you, and if there are any further afield which take your fancy, you can always use it as an excuse to head off on an impromptu staycation.
- Ancient Tree Walk at Croft Castle - Hertfordshire
- Blickling Estate - Norfolk
- Box Hill Stepping Stones - Surrey
- Buttermere Walk - Cumbria
- Catbells - Cumbria
- Coobe Hill - Buckinghamshire
- Craster to Dunstanborough - Castle - Northumberland
- Dunham Massey ANcient Trees Walk - Cheshire
- Dunwich Heath and Beach - Suffolk
- Fishpool Dingle Walk and Crift Castle - Hertfordshire
- Five Pits Trail - Derbyshire
- Green Walk at Brodie Castle - Moray
- Gruffalo Trail at Alice Holt Forest - Hampshire
- Hindhope Linn at Kielder Forest - Northumberland
- Loch Lomond Faerie Trail - Southern Scotland
- Lock Muick - Aberdeenshire
- Long Pooh Walkfrom Gills Lap at Ashdown Forest - East Sussex
- Loweswater Circuit - Cumbria
- Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door - Dorset
- Lydstep Cliffs and Caverns Walk - Pembrokeshire
- Magical Meander Trail at Heartwood Forest - Hertfordshire
- Malham to Janet's Foss - North Yorkshire
- Mam Tor - Derbyshire
- Mill Walk at Hardcastle Crags
- Padley Gorge to Longshaw - Derbyshire
- Pen y Fan from Pont ar Daf - South Wales
- Pond Walk at Brodie Castle - Moray
- Rhossili Headland Walk - Swansea
- Rivington Pike - Greater Manchester
- Room on the Broom Adventure Trail at Anglers Country Park - West Yorkshire
- Sculpture Trail at Rushmere Country Park - Bedfordshire
- Snowdon Llanberis Path - Snowdonia
- St Ives to Carbis Bay - Cornwall
- Stackpole Wildlife Walk - Pembrokeshire
- Stanton Moor - Derbyshire
- Stock Ghyll Force - Cumbria
- Studland Beach Sand Dunes Trail - Dorset
- The Balmoral Cairns - Aberdeenshire
- Three-in-one Woodland Walk at Ashridge Estate - Hertfordshire
- Undiscovered Formby - Merseyside
For more information about the walks and how the list was compiled, visit the Charles Clinkard website.
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