Run wild in the National Parks
349 hand-picked routes across the UK's wildest places — from Dartmoor tors to Cairngorm plateaux.
Lake District
England's biggest national park — fells, ribbon lakes and Wainwright country.
46.8 kmAbraham's Tea Round Clockwise
Allerdale, England
Ascent 3027m
10.7 kmWhitbarrow
Mill Side, Cumbria
Ascent 252m
12.4 kmBlack Combe
Whicham, Cumbria, England
Ascent 572m
12.6 kmAskham Fell and Lowther Castle
Eden, England
Ascent 229m
13.8 kmTilberthwaite and Coniston Coppermines
Coniston, England
Ascent 490m
10.8 kmRiver Bleng
Gosforth, Lake District, England
Ascent 147m
Peak District
Gritstone edges, limestone dales and the UK's first national park.
8.3 kmAround Grindleford
Grindleford, The Peak District National Park, England
Ascent 211m
7.3 kmDovestone Three Reservoirs
Oldham, Peak District, England
Ascent 75m
6.5 kmHangingstone Loop
Danebridge, Peak District, England
Ascent 125m
7.9 kmDovedale Dash Unofficial
Derbyshire Dales, England
Ascent 83m
5.7 kmLangsett Reservoir
Barnsley, England
Ascent 107m
5.1 kmLyme Park
Disley, England
Ascent 103m
Yorkshire Dales
Three Peaks country — limestone scars, dry-stone walls and high green moors.
11.3 kmThe Calf from the Cross Keys
Sedbergh, England
Ascent 556m
12.4 kmSimon's Seat & The Valley of Desolation
Hazlewood with Storiths, England
Ascent 397m
6.0 kmAysgarth Falls
Carperby-Cum-Thoresby, Yorkshire Dales, England
Ascent 56m
7.0 kmAround Oxenber Woods
Austwick, Yorkshire Dales, England
Ascent 138m
6.9 kmKettlewell - Starbotton Loop
Kettlewell with Starbotton, Yorkshire Dales, England
Ascent 52m
8.5 kmGaudy Lane and Cam Road
Richmondshire, Yorkshire Dales, England
Ascent 311m
Cairngorms
The UK's largest national park — Arctic plateaux, pine forests and granite peaks.
6.4 kmMorrone Out and Back
Braemar, Cairngorms, Scotland
Ascent 477m
16.1 kmA' Mharconaich
Highland, Cairngorms, Scotland
Ascent 665m
10.5 kmRiver Spey and Anagach Wood (long)
Grantown-on-Spey, Cairngorms, Scotland
Ascent 22m
8.0 kmLoch Kinnord from Dinnet
Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Cairngorms, Scotland
Ascent 21m
9.1 kmGlen Tilt
Kirkton of Lude, Scotland
Ascent 135m
7.1 kmAround Creag Bheag
Kingussie, Cairngorms, Scotland
Ascent 81m
South Downs
Rolling chalk downland from Winchester to the white cliffs at Beachy Head.
13.7 kmFindon 2 Rings
Findon, South Downs, England
Ascent 249m
12.0 kmThe Itchen, Twyford and Twyford Down
Winchester, England
Ascent 90m
9.8 kmWillingdon Hill
Eastbourne, South Downs, England
Ascent 133m
5.8 kmAlice Holt
Farnham, England
Ascent 32m
7.8 kmStansted Park
South Downs, England
Ascent 66m
8.1 kmAround Bullock Hill
Brighton, South Downs, England
Ascent 129m
New Forest
Heath, ancient woodland and free-roaming ponies in southern England.
5.3 kmCalshot Marshes
Fawley, England
Ascent 0m
5.1 kmRockford Common
Ringwood, England
Ascent 31m
9.2 kmKeyhaven and the Marshes
Milford on Sea, England
Ascent 0m
4.9 kmBusketts Wood
Ashurst, England
Ascent 21m
8.7 kmHincheslea and the Old Railway
Brockenhurst, England
Ascent 39m
5.9 kmTurf Hill 6
New Forest, England
Ascent 31m
North York Moors
Heather moorland, deep wooded dales and a wild stretch of the Cleveland Coast.
7.8 kmGuisborough Branch Walkway
Cleveland Park, England
Ascent 22m
7.3 kmRaincliffe Woods
Scarborough, England
Ascent 143m
6.7 kmKilburn White Horse and Hood Hill
Kilburn High and Low, England
Ascent 174m
8.4 kmRunswick Bay Railway Path and Runswick Sands
Scarborough, North York Moors, England
Ascent 93m
7.5 kmBeacon Hill and Cod Beck Reservoir
Whorlton, North York Moors, England
Ascent 112m
7.6 kmRosedale Head
Rosedale West Side, North York Moors, England
Ascent 164m
Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog)
Sweeping South Wales ridges, glacial valleys and the unmistakable Pen y Fan.
4.9 kmYsgyryd Fawr
Llanthewy Skirrid, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 278m
6.9 kmFour Waterfalls
Ystradfellte, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 58m
7.2 kmHay-on-Wye Round
Hay, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 53m
3.6 kmPen y Crug
Brecon, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 128m
11.2 kmTor y Foel
Llangynidr, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 447m
7.9 kmLlanthony and Hatterall Ridge
Llanthony, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Ascent 353m
Snowdonia (Eryri)
Wild Welsh mountains around Yr Wyddfa, with rugged ridge runs and quiet valleys.
7.2 kmAlpkit Betwys-y-Coed
Betws y Coed, Snowdonia, Wales
Ascent 223m
8.5 kmLlwyngwril farmland
Gwynedd, Snowdonia, Wales
Ascent 312m
6.3 kmMoel y Garnedd
Bala, Snowdonia, Wales
Ascent 213m
9.0 kmSouth from Harlech
Harlech, Wales
Ascent 242m
14.4 kmYr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
Llanberis, Snowdonia, Wales
Ascent 962m
9.7 kmYr Orsedd
Llanfairfechan, Snowdonia, Wales
Ascent 489m
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs
Where the Highlands begin — long lochs, wooded glens and shapely Munros.
16.8 kmGlen Loin and Coiregrograin
Argyll and Bute, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland
Ascent 339m
21.2 kmSkamper Callander Woods & Waterside Half Marathon
Stirling, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland
Ascent 347m
29.7 kmJohn Muir Way Stage 2
West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Ascent 394m
8.0 kmLag na Driseige
Ardentinny, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Ascent 205m
13.9 kmLoch Ard 8 Mile Loop
Milton, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland
Ascent 172m
11.1 kmBeinn Dubh Horseshoe
Luss, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland
Ascent 675m
Pembrokeshire Coast
The UK's only truly coastal national park — sea cliffs, coves and clifftop paths.
4.7 kmPorthclais and St Non's
St David's, Wales
Ascent 55m
6.2 kmCemaes Head
St Dogmaels, Wales
Ascent 144m
6.1 kmTenby Coastal 6
Tenby, Wales
Ascent 189m
9.5 kmStackpole Warren
Stackpole, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales
Ascent 45m
4.8 kmDinas Island
Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales
Ascent 112m
10.9 kmMoylgrove Road Loop
Moylgrove, Wales
Ascent 156m
Dartmoor
Granite tors and open moorland in the heart of Devon.
4.4 kmCox Tor and Staple Tors
Dartmoor, England
Ascent 144m
6.8 kmHaytor Rocks
Dartmoor, England
Ascent 102m
7.5 kmButterdon Hill and Western Beacon
South Hams, Dartmoor, England
Ascent 226m
5.8 kmDewerstone Rock
Shaugh Prior, Dartmoor, England
Ascent 150m
5.8 kmBellever Tor
Dartmoor, England
Ascent 135m
11.2 kmWester Whitebarrow and Avon Dam Reservoir
South Brent, Dartmoor, England
Ascent 246m
Exmoor
Moor, woodland and Bristol Channel coast — a quieter West Country wild.
10.3 kmHaddon Hill and River Run
Dulverton, Exmoor, England
Ascent 219m
12.3 kmLynmouth - The Foreland - Watersmeet
Lynmouth, England
Ascent 607m
11.5 kmSelworthy Beacon and Coast Loop
Minehead, Exmoor, England
Ascent 178m
13.2 kmBossington & Selworthy Beacon Loop
Bossington, Exmoor, England
Ascent 394m
12.4 kmWimbleball Lake
Brompton Regis, Exmoor, England
Ascent 75m
5.0 kmWatersmeet 5
North Devon, Exmoor, England
Ascent 138m
Northumberland
Empty rolling hills, dark skies, and Hadrian's Wall striding the ridges.
7.8 kmIngram, Brough Law, Cochrane Pike
Ingram, Northumberland National Park, England
Ascent 252m
9.5 kmHadrians Wall - Great Chesters to Walltown
Haltwhistle, England
Ascent 114m
7.0 kmSimonside Run 1
Northumberland National Park, England
Ascent 197m
8.2 kmHebden Burn
Barrowburn, Northumberland National Park, England
Ascent 199m
12.6 kmAlwinton, Shillmoor, Clennell Street
Alwinton, Northumberland National Park, England
Ascent 369m
8.1 kmSimonside Run 2
Northumberland National Park, England
Ascent 206m
The Broads
A network of rivers and shallow lakes — flat, watery East Anglian running.
