Foreword by Dame Fiona Reynolds
Introduction: 'Curiouser and curiouser'
The Walks
South & West of England
1. Acorn Antiques: Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, Devon 3 miles (4.8km)
2. The death of a king: Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire 1.5 miles (2.4km)
3. An ode to autumn: Keats' walk, Winchester, Hampshire 2 miles (3.2km)
4. There'll never be another yew: Kingley Vale, West Sussex 5 miles (8km)
5. Cromwell's 'small execution' of the Clubmen: Hambledon Hill, Wiltshire 6 miles (9.7km)
6. Gilbert White's Zig-Zag path: Selborne, Hampshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)
7. The church in the circle: Knowlton Henge, Dorset 2.5 miles (4km)
8. Jarman's garden of delights: Dungeness, Kent 3 miles (4.8km)
9. Darwin's 'Thinking Path': Down House, Kent 1 mile (1.6km)
10. The city that fell into the sea: Dunwich, Suffolk 2 miles (3.2km)
11. Secrets of the shingle: Orford Ness, Suffolk 5 miles (8km)
12. Ring of ritual: Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex up to 8 miles (12.9km)
Midlands
13. Green Knight pilgrimage: Lud's Church, Staffordshire 7 miles (11.3km)
14. All round The Wrekin: The Wrekin, Shropshire 5 miles (8km)
15. A little bit of Old England: Laxton, Nottinghamshire 4 miles (6.4km)
16. One man went to Mow: Mow Cop, Cheshire 5.5 miles (8.9km)
17. The oldest castle in England? Richard's Castle, Herefordshire 1 mile (1.6km)
18. Rock of Ages: Bradgate Park, Leicestershire 4 miles (6.4km)
19. The hills are alive with the sound of music: Malvern Hills, Worcestershire 2 miles (3.2km)
20. Appointment with the Devil: The Stiperstones, Shropshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)
21. 'Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age': Creswell Crags, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire 1 mile (1.6km)
22. Yorkshire's ghost village: Wharram Percy, Yorkshire Wolds 1 mile (1.6km)
23. The Lair of the White Worm: Thor's Cave, Staffordshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)
North of England
24. Rock idols: Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire as far as you want
25. Crossing the 'Wet Sahara': Morecambe Bay, Lancashire 8 miles (12.9km)
26. 'Out on the wily, windy moors': Brontë Moors, West Yorkshire 7.5 miles (12km)
27. The bloodiest battle: Towton, Yorkshire 3 miles (4.8km)
28. Chasing the Lambton Worm: Penshaw Monument, Tyne & Wear 2.5 miles (4km)
29. Kinder surprise: Kinder Scout, Derbyshire 5.5 miles (8.9km)
30. Castles in the air: Alport Castles, Derbyshire 7 miles (11.3km)
31. First settlers in Settle: Attermire Caves, Yorkshire Dales 4 miles (6.4km)
32. Cumbria's Grand Canyon: High Cup Nick, Cumbria 8 miles (12.9km)
33. A curious encounter with Wainwright: Cautley Spout, Howgill Fells, Cumbria 3 miles (4.8km)
34. Monolithic maidens: Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria 5 miles (8km)
35. Land's End of Yorkshire: Spurn Head, Humberside 6 miles (9.6km)
36. From industry to tranquillity: Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire 4.5 miles (7.2km)
37. Finding Cuddy's Cave: St Cuthbert's Cave, Northumberland 3 miles (4.8km)
Wales
38. Town of Giants: Tre'r Ceiri, Llyn, North Wales 4 miles (6.4km)
39. To the 'Roman' Steps: Rhinog Mountains, Snowdonia 4 or 6 miles (6.4 or 9.6km)
40. Skomer's seabird city: Skomer, Pembrokeshire Coast 4 miles (6.4km)
41. The legend of the Lady of the Lake: Lyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons 2.5 miles (4km)
42. 'The Cure of all Diseases': St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire Coast 1.5 miles (2.4km)
43. Source of Stonehenge's bluestones: Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire 15 miles (24km)
Scotland
44. 'Looking into the abyss of time': Siccar Point, Berwickshire 4 miles (6.4km)
45. Columba's tears: St Columba's Bay, Iona 6 miles (9.7km)
46. Monarch of the glens: Glencoe, Arygll, Highlands 5 miles (8km)
47. The fabled Table of Skye: The Quraing, Isle of Skye 3 miles (4.8km)
48. Birds and brides in the broch: Mousa Broch, Mousa, Shetland Islands 1.5 miles (2.4km)
49. Catching up with the Hogwarts Express: Glenfinnan Viaduct, Highlands 2.5 miles (4km)
50. To the end of the world: Hermaness, Shetland Islands 5 miles (8km)
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