There are boundary walks which “beat the bounds” of a city or district. There are others which take up the theme of a boundary between regions.
Routes
Barnsley Boundary Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 108km which encircles Barnsley.
Coal Tax Circuit
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 315km walk which links up the markers which delineate the 1860s boundary, within which imports of coal and wine were taxed by the City of London Corporation.
Image: Coal Tax marker on the Slough arm of the Grand Union Canal
Hadrian’s Wall Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A 146km walk between Bowness-on-Solway and Segedunum (Wallsend).
Hertfordshire Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 264km circuit round the county, taking in Royston, St Albans, Tring station, Chipperfield Common, Aldenham, Hertford, Perry Green and Bishop’s Stortford.
Image: Ayot St Lawrence
Isle of Wight Coast Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 130km circumambulation of the island.
Image: Bembridge harbour
Kirklees Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 120km encircling the Borough of Kirklees.
Leicestershire Round
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 167km circuit in Leicestershire taking in Burrough Hill, Frolesworth, Mountsorrel and Frisby-on-the-Wreake.
London Loop
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 277km circuit of the capital which follows close to the outer boundaries of the London boroughs, sometimes extending into neighbouring areas.
Image: Ingrebourne Valley Country Park
Llwybr Clawdd Offa
Offa’s Dyke Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 286km between Chepstow and Prestatyn.
Image: Devil’s Pulpit, looking towards Tintern Abbey
Rotherham Roundwalk
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A circuit of 38km within the Borough of Rotherham.
South Yorkshire Way (Boundary)
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A 279km walk encircling South Yorkshire.
Sussex Border Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 224km route between Thorney Island and Rye, following the inland boundary of West Sussex and East Sussex with their respective authorities to the north.
Image: the Red Lion, Chalton
Tandridge Border Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 88km perambulating (as it says on the tin) the boundary of Tandridge District, to the south of London.
Image: East of Chelsham
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