Self-guided walking holidays in the English countryside

Walking holidays in England

England, our England. Home to On Foot Holidays, our approach to “home” walking is tentative, as we are determined to produce only the best our country can offer. But the portfolio is gradually growing, concentrating mainly on the south and southwest.

From our own cathedral city of Salisbury, walk through the rolling Dorset countryside to the Jurassic Coast to quaint Lyme Regis. There are big literary connections here too, particularly with that most English of authors, Thomas Hardy, he of “Far from the Madding Crowd”. Come and get lost in his green hills and oak woods. We also have a short break based in the medieval city of Salisbury, which explores the lovely chalk downs and river valleys of Wiltshire.

“Devon” explores the land between the sea and the moor and ends in historic Dartmouth, from where the pilgrim fathers started their Atlantic crossing. “Coastal Exmoor” has more literary connections, where you’ll find the home of the fictional heroine Lorna Doone and the land that Coleridge loved along the Somerset and North Devon coasts into northern Exmoor. And in the far southwest, walk round the tip of Cornwall on the South West Coast Path to Land’s End.

In the north, our Yorkshire walk wends its way westwards from the cathedral city of Ripon through the Dales, and concludes with an ascent of the mighty Ingleborough.

Walking Routes in England

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England: Coastal Exmoor

A literary landscape In contrast to the more crowded sections of the South West Coast Path, the part along the North Devon and Somerset coasts is not only ...

Price: from £420 for 3 nights ( )

Route options available: 3 - 6 nights

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England: Cornwall (Land’s End Circuit)

Ancient trails, great tales, dramatic coastal walking…and seals! The ancient Greeks knew this part of Cornwall as Belerion, which translates as ‘Shining Land’, or a little less romantically as ‘Seat ...

Price: from £680 for 5 nights ( )

Route options available: 5 - 6 nights

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England: Devon

A tale of two rivers Devon and Cornwall occupy the south-west peninsula of England, an area defined by England's remarkable maritime heritage. Devon, perhaps ...

Price: from £735 for 5 nights ( )

Route options available: 5 - 7 nights

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England: Dorset

From Salisbury to the Dorset Coast Dorset in style! Our route discovers the Wessex that Thomas Hardy knew and loved so well. Following an overnight stay in the beautiful ...

Price: from £615 for 4 nights ( )

Route options available: 4 - 7 nights

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England: Salisbury short break

The medieval city of Salisbury and its peaceful river valleys This time it's personal! We are proud to be based in one of the most beautiful cities in England and having recently been given the gift of ...

Price: from £315 for 3 nights ( )

Route options available: 3 nights

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England: Yorkshire Dales

From Ripon to Ingleborough through the Dales This route, our third in England and our first in the north of the country, seeks to show walkers the two sides of Yorkshire's rural ...

Price: from £375 for 3 nights ( )

Route options available: 3 - 7 nights

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Wales: Southern Snowdonia short break

Dolgellau: in the shadow of Cadair Idris Welcome to On Foot's Wales; all the drama and majesty of Southern Snowdonia's peaks combined with three or more nights in the historic town ...

Price: from £285 for 3 nights ( )

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Walking holidays in England

Coastal Exmoor

Cornwall: Lands End Circuit

Salisbury Short Break

Dorset

Yorkshire Dales (photo: Phil Simnett)

Devon

Dorset

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Devon

Cornwall: Lands End Circuit

Yorkshire Dales

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Yorkshire Dales (photo: Phil Simnett)

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Walking Routes in England