Self-Guided Walking

Our self-guided trails in the UK and Europe give you the chance enjoy the route at your own pace. We provide a comprehensive information pack including a map and walking route notes, plus detailed information about local facilities and attractions. You'll stay in friendly guesthouses and family-run hotels along the way.

Alternatively you may enjoy the flexibility of our Freedom Breaks. Stay at one of our own Country Houses and use this as a base for self-guided walking, sightseeing or relaxing.

Walkers along Hadrian's Wall surrounded by autumnal colours of brown red orange and yellow beneath a pink sky
  • Walkers along Hadrian's Wall surrounded by autumnal colours of brown red orange and yellow beneath a pink sky
  • A woman sitting on a hilltop enjoying the view down towards coastal fields
  • Large mountains capped with snow reflected perfectly in the still lake below
  • A family resting in grassy countryside with their companion donkey

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Wainwright's Coast to Coast

9 nights - From £595

Hill and mountainsides blanketed in lush green foliage around a central lake
  • Wainwright's Coast to Coast Self-Guided West Trail, Lake District
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Harder

What do the gradings mean?

  • Journey through three of Britain’s most beautiful national parks
  • Enjoy the camaraderie of Britain's most popular trail
  • Vistas of Britain’s largest lakes and highest fells

Wainwright's Coast to Coast

17 nights - From £1055

Hill and mountainsides blanketed in lush green foliage around a central lake
  • Wainwright's Coast to Coast Complete Self-Guided Trail, Lake District
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Journey through three of Britain’s most beautiful national parks
  • Enjoy the camaraderie of Britain's mosrt popular trail
  • Vistas of Britain’s largest lakes and highest fells

Wainwright's Coast to Coast

9 nights - From £595

Hill and mountainsides blanketed in lush green foliage around a central lake
  • Wainwright's Coast to Coast Self-Guided East Trail, Lake District
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Harder

What do the gradings mean?

  • Journey through three of Britain’s most beautiful national parks
  • Enjoy the camaraderie of Britain's most popular trail
  • Vistas of Britain’s largest lakes and highest fells

Cornish Coast Highlights

6 nights - From £525

Fishing cages stacked up with a passing boat in the cool blue water and white buildlings dotted on a distant hilltop
  • Self-Guided Trail in Cornwall, South West Peninsula
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Medium

What do the gradings mean?

  • Charming St Ives with its maze of narrow cobbled streets
  • Visit Land’s End, the very tip of England
  • Wild coastal seascapes all the way to Mousehole

Isle of Wight

3 to 7 nights - From £224

Walkiers on cliff path with view of sea
  • Freedom Break at Freshwater Bay, Southern England
  • Self-Guided Walking
  • Excellent walks along the island’s coast path and chalk downs
  • Beaches ranging from quiet coves to stretches of golden sand
  • Osborne House, Queen Victoria's favourite holiday home

Dingle Way

7 nights - From £559

Turquoise green sea by a coastline covered in light green fields
  • Self-Guided Trail in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Medium

What do the gradings mean?

  • Some of Ireland’s finest archaeological sites
  • Dingle town, home to the finest traditional music in Ireland
  • Spot sea otters, seals and dolphins clowning around

Pembrokeshire Coast Path

6 nights - From £439

A woman sitting on a hilltop enjoying the view down towards coastal fields
  • Self-Guided Trail on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, Wales
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier

What do the gradings mean?

  • Pembrokeshire, unrivalled for its plethora of seabird populations
  • The perfect place to view more elusive marine life
  • Stunning sunsets from pristine beaches

Camino de Santiago

7 nights - From £599

Camino de Santiago statue of a man holding a cross standing towards the beautiful blue scenery of the hills, from dark blue to light blue
  • Camino de Santiago Self-Guided Trail, Spain
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Medium

What do the gradings mean?

  • Journey along the final section of this thousand-year-old trail
  • Achieve the pilgrim’s goal of reaching the beautiful Santiago de Compostela
  • Meander through medieval towns and villages

 

Alternative Coast to Coast

13 nights - From £925

Green fields in sunshine criss crossed by dry stone walls and dotted with barns
  • Alternative Coast to Coast Self-Guided Complete Trail, Lake District
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Medium

What do the gradings mean?

  • Historic market towns and picturesque Dales villages
  • Beautiful Wensleydale, setting of “All Creatures Great & Small”
  • Castle Bolton, Settle-Carlisle railway, Captain Cook’s village

Alternative Coast to Coast

7 nights - From £495

Green fields in sunshine criss crossed by dry stone walls and dotted with barns
  • Alternative Self-Guided Coast to Coast West Trail, Lake District
  • Self-Guided Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Medium

What do the gradings mean?

  • Historic market towns
  • Picturesque villages amidst rolling hills
  • Splendid lower level trail

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