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Run wild in the National Parks

All 15 UK national parks, with routes in 7 of them so far. Every route mapped, graded and written up honestly — with the conditions and everything you'd ask a mate.

7
parks with routes
157
routes

England

Dartmoor

Wild boggy moorland, granite tors

954 km²·High Willhays 621m

Open moorland, tors and bogs.

Routes coming soon→

Exmoor

Coastal hills, wooded combes, heather moor

693 km²·Dunkery Beacon 519m

Coastal and moorland running in the south-west.

Routes coming soon→

Lake District

England's highest fells, steep technical terrain

2,362 km²·Scafell Pike 978m

The biggest fell running country in England: steep climbs, long runnable ridges and flat lake laps for the easy days, from Catbells to the Bob Graham legs.

50 routes→

New Forest

Ancient woodland, open heathland, easy terrain

566 km²·Pipers Wait 128m

Ancient woodland and heathland.

Routes coming soon→

North York Moors

Open heather moorland, coastal cliffs

1,436 km²·Urra Moor 454m

Heather moorland, sea cliffs and the Cleveland Way: big skies, honest running and an Esk Valley railway that drops you at the start.

7 routes→

Northumberland

Remote border hills, Roman Wall, vast skies

1,049 km²·The Cheviot 815m

Some of the quietest hills in England: the Simonside crags, the Cheviot on the Pennine Way, and a 40km lap of Kielder Water.

5 routes→

Peak District

Gritstone edges, boggy moorland, limestone dales

1,437 km²·Kinder Scout 636m

Gritstone edges and peat moor in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White, and a railway line running straight through the middle of it all.

19 routes→

South Downs

Chalk downland, long open ridges

1,627 km²·Butser Hill 271m

Chalk ridgelines and rolling hills.

Routes coming soon→

The Broads

Flat wetland running.

Routes coming soon→

Yorkshire Dales

Limestone pavements, deep valleys, long ridges

2,179 km²·Whernside 736m

Limestone pavements, green lanes and open moor: the Yorkshire Dales is some of England's most runnable trail country, from gentle valley loops to the full Three Peaks.

71 routes→

Mountain safety

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