A Walk in the Park A walk in the park is usually free. Britain's national parks are listed here: http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/ If you live in or near London, some of the nicest parks in which to walk are the Royal ones: http://www.royalparks.org.uk/ The National Trails website has lots of information about beautiful walks all over the country: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ A walker called David Cotton has put together a searchable website detailing more than 800 walks he has made all over the UK (including online maps of the walks.): http://britishwalks.org/ If you fancy walking in a group you could always join the Ramblers: http://www.ramblers.org.uk/ They also have lots of very good general information about walks on their website. This Guardian has a series of walks all across the country linked to different themes: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/go-walk Architectural follies make excellent starting and finishing points for walks. "Follies and Monuments" has pictures and information on follies all over the UK: http://www.follytowers.com/ The National Trust has a whole series of downloadable walk leaflets on its site: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-visits-walks.htm It has also just published a list of the 12 most downloaded walks: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2010/feb/01/walkingholidays-nationalarchives Time Out has a whole section on London walks: http://www.timeout.com/london/aroundtown/walks/
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