Country Walking

Country Walking Magazine shows you the best of British walks: the biggest views, the hidden gems, the sea cliffs and the mountain summits. All our features come complete with superb writing, inspiring photography and step-by-step instructions so you can follow every footpath yourself. In every issue, you’ll find: - In-depth stories of amazing walks - A booklet of 25 pull-out walks every issue - with OS maps! - Information about hotels, pubs, cafes, tearooms. - Clear, jargon-free tests of walking kit And... every issue our readers tell their walking stories, help us devise new walks and shape the places we go to. If you love walking, this is the magazine for you.

Welcome

IN THIS ISSUE…

‘A desperate walker’

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

Powerd history of Schiehallion

Changing reality • How tech expert Charles King is using virtual reality to enable those who thought they would never walk again take life-changing steps.

TEALBY • A charming village in arguably Lincolnshire's prettiest spot, surrounded by hidden valleys, old stone farmhouses and views that extend for miles and miles.

Give a golden badger a home • The only thing better than a daily walk is a daily walk where you can strike gold. These walkers have done just that… will you be next?

Strike gold this month

Your View

Stuart Maconie • When I think of which writers most inspired my love of the Lake District, there isn't a daffodil or a mischievous bunny in sight.

PARK LIFE • From croquet lawns to ancient forest and medieval castles: parks take on many forms, but they all have one thing in common - freedom for all.

Seven more spectacular parks • Thanks to those visionary Victorians, we all have a green space nearby. Here are some of Britain's most sublime.

The time traveller's life • A walk can take you deep into history's long past and your own - as Guy Procter discovers.

What makes a mountain? • It's one of the Great Questions of Walking. Are where better to search for an answer than on a Yorkshire peak that asks that question of everyone who climbs it?

COMMON PEOPLE • Over a quarter of the Lake District is common land - steeped in history and crowned with views fit for a king.

HOLY UNUSUAL! • From a witch's leg to a sacred windmill: welcome to the wonderful world of Britain's most curious churches.

GEAR of the YEAR 2025

Tea break

Britain untamed • The quiet side of the Malverns | An amazing gorge that's impossible to photograph | One of the world's great geological marvels and more fab walks…

OUR ROUTES YOUR WALKS • Tackled one of the routes published in Country Walking? Send us a picture and a few words on your experience: you could win a fantastic prize from Ordnance Survey.

Footnotes • Meanderings we couldn't fit into the issue, but which seemed terribly important at the time…

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