Foreword by Dame Fiona Reynolds Introduction: Curiouser and curiouser The Walks South & West of England 1. Acorn Antiques: Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor, Devon 3 miles (4.8km) 2. The death of a king: Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire 1.5 miles (2.4km) 3. An ode to autumn: Keats walk, Winchester, Hampshire 2 miles (3.2km) 4. Therell never be another yew: Kingley Vale, West Sussex 5 miles (8km) 5. Cromwells small execution of the Clubmen: Hambledon Hill, Wiltshire 6 miles (9.7km) 6. Gilbert Whites Zig-Zag path: Selborne, Hampshire 3.5 miles (5.6km) 7. The church in the circle: Knowlton Henge, Dorset 2.5 miles (4km) 8. Jarmans garden of delights: Dungeness, Kent 3 miles (4.8km) 9. Darwins Thinking Path: Down House, Kent 1 mile (1.6km) 10. The city that fell into the sea: Dunwich, Suffolk 2 miles (3.2km) 11. Secrets of the shingle: Orford Ness, Suffolk 5 miles (8km) 12. Ring of ritual: Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex up to 8 miles (12.9km) Midlands 13. Green Knight pilgrimage: Luds Church, Staffordshire 7 miles (11.3km) 14. All round The Wrekin: The Wrekin, Shropshire 5 miles (8km) 15. A little bit of Old England: Laxton, Nottinghamshire 4 miles (6.4km) 16. One man went to Mow: Mow Cop, Cheshire 5.5 miles (8.9km) 17. The oldest castle in England? Richards Castle, Herefordshire 1 mile (1.6km) 18. Rock of Ages: Bradgate Park, Leicestershire 4 miles (6.4km) 19. The hills are alive with the sound of music: Malvern Hills, Worcestershire 2 miles (3.2km) 20. Appointment with the Devil: The Stiperstones, Shropshire 3.5 miles (5.6km) 21. Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire 1 mile (1.6km) 22. Yorkshires ghost village: Wharram Percy, Yorkshire Wolds 1 mile (1.6km) 23. The Lair of the White Worm: Thors Cave, Staffordshire 3.5 miles (5.6km) North of England 24. Rock idols: Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire as far as you want 25. Crossing the Wet Sahara: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire 8 miles (12.9km) 26. Out on the wily, windy moors: Bronte Moors, West Yorkshire 7.5 miles (12km) 27. The bloodiest battle: Towton, Yorkshire 3 miles (4.8km) 28. Chasing the Lambton Worm: Penshaw Monument, Tyne & Wear 2.5 miles (4km) 29. Kinder surprise: Kinder Scout, Derbyshire 5.5 miles (8.9km) 30. Castles in the air: Alport Castles, Derbyshire 7 miles (11.3km) 31. First settlers in Settle: Attermire Caves, Yorkshire Dales 4 miles (6.4km) 32. Cumbrias Grand Canyon: High Cup Nick, Cumbria 8 miles (12.9km) 33. A curious encounter with Wainwright: Cautley Spout, Howgill Fells, Cumbria 3 miles (4.8km) 34. Monolithic maidens: Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria 5 miles (8km) 35. Lands End of Yorkshire: Spurn Head, Humberside 6 miles (9.6km) 36. From industry to tranquillity: Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire 4.5 miles (7.2km) 37. Finding Cuddys Cave: St Cuthberts Cave, Northumberland 3 miles (4.8km) Wales 38. Town of Giants: Trer Ceiri, Llyn, North Wales 4 miles (6.4km) 39. To the Roman Steps: Rhinog Mountains, Snowdonia 4 or 6 miles (6.4 or 9.6km) 40. Skomers seabird city: Skomer, Pembrokeshire Coast 4 miles (6.4km) 41. The legend of the Lady of the Lake: Lyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons 2.5 miles (4km) 42. The Cure of all Diseases: St Govans Chapel, Pembrokeshire Coast 1.5 miles (2.4km) 43. Source of Stonehenges bluestones: Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire 15 miles (24km) Scotland 44. Looking into the abyss of time: Siccar Point, Berwickshire 4 miles (6.4km) 45. Columbas tears: St Columbas Bay, Iona 6 miles (9.7km) 46. Monarch of the glens: Glencoe, Arygll, Highlands 5 miles (8km) 47. The fabled Table of Skye: The Quraing, Isle of Skye 3 miles (4.8km) 48. Birds and brides in the broch: Mousa Broch, Mousa, Shetland Islands 1.5 miles (2.4km) 49. Catching up with the Hogwarts Express: Glenfinnan Viaduct, Highlands 2.5 miles (4km) 50. To the end of the world: Hermaness, Shetland Islands 5 miles (8km) Further Reading
