Milton Keynes sits close to several regions, and its transport connections extend the reach considerably.
Routes
Abbey Line Trail
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 15km walking route which runs roughly parallel to the railway line between St Albans Abbey station and Watford Junction station.
Image: Beside the River Ver in St Albans
Alban Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
This 10.5km stile-free route takes the railbed of the former line between Hatfield and St Albans Abbey stations.
Image: Nast Hyde Halt
Capital Ring
Length >60km
Max transport gap <10km
This waymarked route forms a circuit of 126km (divisible into linear routes) around London at the approximate radius of the North and South Circular Roads, linking green spaces.
Image: Abney Park cemetery
Fred Perry Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km walk through the borough of Stockport, commemorating tennis player Fred Perry (1901–95), who was born in Stockport.
Image: Fred Perry (public domain)
Get out of London:
North to Hatfield
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 47km walk from Trafalgar Square to Hatfield via Finsbury Park and Barnet.
Image: The Cavell Memorial, Trafalgar Square
Get out of London:
North-west to Hemel Hempstead
Length >60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 51km walk from Trafalgar Square to Hemel Hempstead via Barn Hill and Cassiobury Park.
Image: Headstone Manor, Harrow
Grand Union Canal Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 227km walk along the towpath of the canal between the River Thames at Brentford and Birmingham’s famous Gas Street Basin.
Image: Norwood Green
Gritstone Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <30km
A 56km walk between Disley and Kidsgrove.
Image: Kerridge from above Rainow
Kidsgrove to Stoke Ridgeway
Length <20km
Max transport gap <20km
A 14km walk between Kidsgrove and Stoke-on-Trent.
Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 20km walk from Lyme Hall to Cheadle.
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
London Summits Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 320km circuit taking in the highest point in each London borough (plus the summit of the City of London).
Image: Trent Park
Middlewood Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 16km walk on the trackbed of a former railway between Marple and Macclesfield.
Outer Aylesbury Ring
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 86km encircling Aylesbury.
Polish Air Force Heritage Trail
Szlak pamięci Polskich Sił Powietrznych
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A walking route of 19km, between Uxbridge and Northwood Hills (or Northwood) Tube stations, has been developed to link sites relevant to the Polish Air Force personnel stationed in the area during the Second World War.
Image: Polish War Memorial, on the A40
Pymmes Brook Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km waymarked walk between Monken Hadley and Tottenham Hale, following the course of the Pymmes Brook.
Image: Jack’s Lake
Regent’s Canal Walk
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 14km walk along the towpath (with necessary diversions via streets to negotiate tunnels) between Little Venice and Limehouse.
Image: East portal of Islington tunnel
Wandle Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km waymarked walk along the full length of the River Wandle between Croydon and Wandsworth. Route distance is measured between East Croydon and Wandsworth Town stations.
Image: Waddon Cross
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