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HF Holidays is the UK's largest specialist walking and leisure activity holidays company offering guided walking holidays at all levels and for all abilities as well as independent trails throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide. Leisure activity holidays feature over 200 interests such as painting, dancing or photography in the UK and Europe, and include cycling and outdoor adventure holidays.

In Britain, HF Holidays operates its wide range of active, sociable outdoor holidays from 17 Country Houses spread across England, Scotland and Wales. HF Holidays is also a National Trust’s Activity Holidays Collection Partner, is a leading member of the Outdoor Industries Association, affiliate member of the Ramblers Association and a business supporter of the Countryside Management Association, John Muir Trust and British Mountaineering Council.

The company is a member of ABTOT and is ATOL protected.

Country Houses:
HF Holidays owns and manages 17 Country Houses around the UK with 13 in England, 2 in Wales and 2 in Scotland, which provide the base for most of the company's walking and leisure activity holidays. They are located in prime walking areas and mostly in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB’s) with best walking on the doorstep.

All Country Houses have facilities such as heated boot-rooms and many offer indoor or outdoor swimming pools, multiple lounges and reading rooms, ballrooms or Jacuzzi spas. Two properties, namely Holnicote House and Monk Coniston, have been managed by HF Holidays on a long-term lease from the National Trust for over 50 years.

If you wish to visit one of HF Holidays Country Houses, a facility visit can be arranged.

Destinations:
In the UK, walking and other leisure activity holidays are mostly operated in the company's Country Houses. Other locations on offer are Purbeck Hills, Guernsey, Shropshire Hills and Loch Lomond where partner hotels are used.  

European destinations include mainland favourites such as Italy, France, Spain, Austria or Portugal and also some prime island walking hotspots such as Lanzarote, Mallorca, Crete, Lesvos and the Maltese Islands.

Worldwide holidays venture into Asia, North, Central and South America, Africa and Australasia.  Mostly offered as walking and sightseeing tours, destinations vary from tropical Peru, St Lucia or Ecuador to Kenyan Safari, Kilimanjaro climb, Turkish Cappadocia as well as the unforgettable tours of New Zealand or Nepal.    

Products:
HF Holidays offers guided walking holidays and short breaks where guests join in a walking group of people led by a walks leader. A choice of guided walks is presented each day from easier, shorted ambles to longer, more strenuous walks.

For customers preferring to explore under their own steam, self-guided (independent) walking holidays offer guests personalised information packs, maps with route notes and local tips.

For those looking to discover a new hobby or indulge in an existing one, the company's Leisure Activity brochure features over 200 different breaks, from arts & crafts to literature and from mind & body to dancing.

An exciting range of cycling, and cycling and river cruising, holidays is also on offer for those who prefer to pedal instead of walking. Both guided and independent cycling holidays are available.  

Winter activity holidays are also available for winter enthusiasts. These include not only walking, snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing but also down-hill skiing and snowboarding. Organised and run with the same sociable ethos, an HF Holidays’ skiing leader accompanies every holiday.

Leaders:
HF Holidays’ panel of over 900 volunteer walks leaders is what makes HF Holidays’ experience unique. Due to continuing expansion of its holiday programmes, HF Holidays invites experienced walkers and ramblers to join its team of dedicated volunteer leaders. A range of benefits is available to successful applicants.

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