Ranked Walks

In my head I always have in the back of my mind the idea that there are great walks that I must find a way to do again. I have always thought of this as my top five walks, but now that I have about twenty top five walks, the system is starting to break down. 

So here I am just going to list all walks in order of how much I would like to do them again (distances are noted for reference, but note that most of the walks can easily be done in smaller chunks if required).

This mostly just reminds me which to do again, but it might be useful if you are looking for some interesting walks to do.

Ranked Trails : (subject to change as I complete more of the trails - includes longer canals, named trails and National Trails)

  1. Pennine Way (★★★★★) - NT
  2. South Downs Way (★★★★★)NT
  3. Dales High Way (★★★★★)
  4. Dales Way (★★★★★)
  5. Cumbria Way (★★★★★)
  6. Cleveland Way (★★★★★)NT
  7. King Charles Coast Path - Yorkshire (★★★★★)NT
  8. Hadrian's Wall Path (★★★★★)NT
  9. Pennine Bridleway (★★★★★)NT
  10. King Charles Coast Path - Northumberland (★★★★☆)NT
  11. Offa's Dyke Path (★★★★☆)NT
  12. Yorkshire Wolds Way (★★★★☆)NT
  13. Teesdale Way (★★★★☆)
  14. Esk Valley Walk (★★★★☆)
  15. Liverpool & Leeds Canal (★★★★☆)
  16. North Downs Way (★★★★☆)NT
  17. Ridgeway (★★★★☆) - NT
  18. Thames Path (★★★★☆)NT
  19. Kennet & Avon Canal (★★★★☆)
  20. King Charles Coast Path - South East (★★★★☆)NT
  21. Derwent Valley Heritage Trail (★★★★☆)
  22. Weardale Way (★★★☆☆)
  23. Transpennine Trail (★★★☆☆)
  24. Harrogate Ringway (★★☆☆☆)

Ranked Walks :

    1. Pennine Way / Teesdale Way - Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton (★★★★★) - 23.7 miles - NT
    2. Pennine Way - Bowes to Hawes (★★★★★) - 24.8 miles - NT
    3. Huddersfield Narrow Canal - Huddersfield to Stalybridge (★★★★★) - 20.6 miles
    4. Pennine Way - Gargrave to Horton-in-Ribblesdale (★★★★★) - 21.3 miles - NT
    5. Pennine Way - Haltwhistle to Bardon Mill (★★★★★) - 20.3 miles - NT
    6. Cumbria Way - Carlisle to Keswick (★★★★★) - 29.5 miles
    7. Yorkshire Dales - Dent to Horton-in-Ribblesdale (★★★★★) - 20.4 miles
    8. Dales High Way - Skipton to Settle (★★★★★) - 19.5 miles
    9. Pennine Bridleway - Kirkby Stephen to Ribblehead (★★★★★) - 23.0 miles - NT
    10. Dales High Way - Ribblehead to Settle (★★★★★) - 17.9 miles
    11. Cleveland Way / Yorkshire Coast - Scarborough to Whitby (★★★★★) - 22.8 miles - NT
    12. Dales Way - Burneside to Ambleside (★★★★★) - 17.9 miles
    13. Pennine Way - Hebden Bridge to Gargrave (★★★★★) - 28.3 miles - NT
    14. South Downs Way - Southease to Shoreham (★★★★★) - 22.3 miles - NT
    15. Dales Way - Cowgill to Burneside (★★★★★) - 26.0 miles
    16. Hadrian's Wall - Haltwhistle to Hexham (★★★★★) - 22.8 miles - NT
    17. Northumberland Coast - Bamburgh to Alnmouth (★★★★★) - 21.7 miles - NT
    18. South Downs Way - Eastbourne to Southease (★★★★★) - 15.7 miles - NT
    19. Pennine Way - Edale to Marsden (★★★★★) - 26.6 miles - NT
    20. Hadrian's Wall - Carlisle to Haltwhistle (★★★★★) - 25.8 miles - NT
    21. Pennine Bridleway - Buxton to Edale (★★★★★) - 18.3 miles - NT
    22. Yorkshire Coast - Bridlington to Bempton (★★★★★) - 13.5 miles - NT
    23. Cleveland Way - Thirsk to Swainby (★★★★★) - 23.5 miles - NT
    24. Monsal Trail - Grindleford to Buxton (★★★★★) - 21.8 miles
    25. Offa's Dyke - Abergavenny to Monmouth (★★★★★) - 21.8 miles - NT
    26. High Street - Pooley Bridge to Windermere (★★★★★) - 18.6 miles
    27. Cleveland Way / Yorkshire Coast - Whitby to Saltburn (★★★★★) - 20.3 miles - NT
    28. North Yorkshire Moors - Glaisdale to Battersby (★★★★★) - 27.0 miles
    29. Pennine Bridleway - Cromford to Buxton (★★★★★) - 25.0 miles - NT
    30. South Downs Way - Shoreham to Amberley (★★★★★) - 13.0 miles - NT
    31. Pennine Way - Bowes to Middleton-in-Teesdale (★★★★★) - 11.8 miles - NT
    32. Macclesfield Canal - Macclesfield to Kidsgrove (★★★★★) - 18.2 miles
    33. South Downs Way - Queen Elizabeth Country Park to Winchester (★★★★★) - 23.5 miles - NT
    34. Rochdale Canal - Littleborough to Halifax (★★★★★) - 19.1 miles
    35. Thames Path - Thames Barrier to Kings Cross (★★★★★) - 15.3 miles - NT
    36. Thames Path - Kings Cross to Battersea (★★★★★) - 7.9 miles - NT
    37. Kennet & Avon Canal - Bath to Devizes (★★★★★) - 23.0 miles
    38. Cleveland Way - Kildale to Swainby (★★★★★) - 17.6 miles - NT
    39. Northumberland Coast - Ashington to Alnmouth (★★★★☆) - 22.5 miles - NT
    40. Northumberland Coast - Berwick to Bamburgh (★★★★☆) - 22.7 miles - NT
    41. North Yorkshire Moors - Grosmont to Goathland to Lealholm (★★★★☆) - 17.2 miles
    42. Pennine Way - Hawes to Horton-in-Ribblesdale (★★★★☆) - 13.7 miles
    43. Cleveland Way - Kildale to Saltburn (★★★★☆) - 15.6 miles - NT
    44. Pennine Way - Byrness to Bellingham (★★★★☆) - 14.7 miles - NT
    45. North Downs Way - Rochester to Harrietsham (★★★★☆) - 19.2 miles - NT
    46. North Downs Way - Harrietsham to Canterbury (★★★★☆) - 24.6 miles - NT
    47. North Downs Way - Merstham to Guildford (★★★★☆) - 23.0 miles - NT
    48. Yorkshire Wolds Way - North Grimston to Filey (★★★★☆) - 29.1 miles - NT
    49. Dales High Way - Shipley to Skipton (★★★★☆) - 18.5 miles
    50. Pennine Way - Marsden to Hebden Bridge (★★★★☆) - 20.9 miles - NT
    51. Peak Forest Canal - Ashton-under-Lyne to Whaley Bridge (★★★★☆) - 16.9 miles
    52. Esk Valley Walk - Castleton to Whitby (★★★★☆) - 21.0 miles
    53. Kennet & Avon Canal - Bristol to Bath (★★★★☆) - 16.3 miles
    54. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Gargrave to Keighley (★★★★☆) - 16.5 miles
    55. Ridgeway - Princes Risborough to Ivinghoe Beacon (★★★★☆) - 19.1 miles - NT
    56. Northumberland Coast - Sunderland to Hartlepool (★★★★☆) - 23.9 miles - NT
    57. North Downs Way - Dover to Folkstone (★★★★☆) - 9.1 miles - NT
    58. South Downs Way - Amberley to Queen Elizabeth Country Park (★★★★☆) - 23.7 miles - NT
    59. Derwent Valley Heritage Trail - Edale to Matlock (★★★★☆) - 27.9 miles
    60. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Keighley to Leeds (★★★★☆) - 19.5 miles
    61. Thames Path - Weybridge to Maidenhead (★★★★☆) - 21.7 miles - NT
    62. North Downs Way - Rochester to Otford (★★★★☆) - 19.0 miles - NT
    63. Derwent Valley Heritage Trail - Matlock to Derby (★★★★☆) - 21.0 miles
    64. Macclesfield Canal - Marple to Macclesfield (★★★★☆) - 12.8 miles
    65. Offa's Dyke - Oswestry to Welshpool (★★★★☆) - 23.1 miles - NT
    66. Thames Path - Maidenhead to Reading (★★★★☆) - 26.5 miles - NT
    67. Offa's Dyke - Monmouth to Chepstow (★★★★☆) - 17.5 miles - NT
    68. Cleveland Way - Helmsley to Thirsk (★★★★☆) - 19.3 miles - NT
    69. Northumberland Coast - Whitley Bay to Sunderland (★★★★☆) - 15.5 miles - NT
    70. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Gargrave to Burnley (★★★★☆) - 20.1 miles
    71. Teesdale Way - Darlington to Yarm (★★★★☆) - 21.8 miles
    72. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Blackburn to Chorley (★★★★☆) - 10.0 miles
    73. Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal - Hockley Heath to Stratford-Upon-Avon (★★★★☆) - 16.8 miles
    74. Kennet & Avon Canal - Devizes to Bedwyn (★★★★☆) - 20.3 miles
    75. North Downs Way - Folkstone to Charing (★★★★☆) - 23.2 miles - NT
    76. Kennet & Avon Canal - Newbury to Reading (★★★★☆) - 19.2 miles
    77. North Downs Way - Otford to Merstham (★★★☆☆) - 19.6 miles - NT
    78. North Downs Way - Canterbury to Dover (★★★☆☆) - 19.2 miles - NT
    79. Pennine Way - Bellingham to Bardon Mill (★★★☆☆) - 16.0 miles - NT
    80. Offa's Dyke Path - Chirk to Oswestry (★★★☆☆) - 15.0 miles - NT
    81. Teesdale Way - Middleton-in-Teesdale to Barnard Castle (★★★☆☆) - 10.8 miles
    82. Cleveland Way / Yorkshire Coast - Filey to Scarborough (★★★☆☆) - 11.4 miles - NT
    83. Cinder Trail - Scarborough to Whitby (★★★☆☆) - 21.6 miles
    84. Ridgeway - Goring to Princes Risborough (★★★☆☆) - 26.2 miles - NT
    85. Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Birmingham to Bromsgrove (★★★☆☆) - 17.5 miles
    86. Weardale Way - Sunderland to Durham (★★★☆☆) - 20.9 miles
    87. Hadrian's Wall - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle (★★★☆☆) - 14.2 miles - NT
    88. Teesdale Way - Middlesborough to Yarm (★★★☆☆) - 15.0 miles
    89. Weardale Way - Bishop Auckland to Durham (★★★☆☆) - 14.7 miles
    90. Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Bromsgrove to Worcester (★★★☆☆) - 17.9 miles
    91. Thames Path - Hampton Court to Richmond (★★★☆☆) - 7.9 miles - NT
    92. Kennet & Avon Canal - Bedwyn to Newbury (★★★☆☆) - 13.8 miles
    93. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Chorley to Appley Bridge (★★★☆☆) - 17.7 miles
    94. Liverpool & Leeds Canal - Burnley to Blackburn (★★★☆☆) - 17.4 miles
    95. Royal Military Canal - Folkestone to Hamstreet (★★★☆☆) - 15.9 miles
    96. Thames Path - Goring to Abingdon (★★★☆☆) - 21.4 miles - NT
    97. Thames Path - Battersea to Richmond (★★★☆☆) - 11.2 miles - NT
    98. North Downs Way - Guildford to Farnham (★★★☆☆) - 14.9 miles - NT
    99. Royal Military Canal - Hamstreet to Rye (★★★☆☆) - 11.9 miles
    100. Thames Path - Kingston to Byfleet (★★★☆☆) - 11.0 miles - NT
    101. Hadrian's Wall - Hexham to Newcastle (★★★☆☆) - 26.8 miles - NT
    102. Transpennine Trail - Selby to York (★★★☆☆) - 15.1 miles
    103. Thames Path - Reading to Goring (★★★☆☆) - 12.2 miles - NT
    104. Northumberland Coast - Ashington to Whitley Bay (★★★☆☆) - 19.1 miles - NT
    105. Thames Path - Abingdon to Oxford (★★★☆☆) - 10.7 miles - NT
    106. Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal - Kings Norton to Hockley Heath (★★☆☆☆) - 10.9 miles
    107. Rochdale Canal - Manchester to Littleborough (★★☆☆☆) - 16.1 miles
    108. Harrogate Ringway - Knaresborough to Knaresborough (★★☆☆☆) - 20.0 miles
    109. Hadrian's Wall - Newcastle to Whitley Bay (★★☆☆☆) - 14.3 miles - NT

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