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By Daniel Graham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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After enjoying the festive indulgence of Christmas Day, Boxing Day is the perfect opportunity to pull on your boots, gloves and scarf and head into the countryside with family and friends for a blast of wild, winter air.<\/p>\n

To help you out, we\u2019ve put together a list of walks, from short strolls around\u00a0local nature reserves and country houses to more adventurous hill hikes<\/a>, river walks<\/a> and lakeside rambles<\/a> \u2013 find the perfect day out for you with our guide to Boxing Day walks.<\/p>\n

Even on a cold Boxing Day morning, there is life to be found in the British countryside, so keep an eye out for winter wildlife<\/a> before returning home for a warming drink and Christmas dinner leftovers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Explore festive woods\u00a0before walking up \u2018The Cloud\u2019\/Credit: Nick Hatton, Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Best boxing day walks in Scotland<\/h2>\n

Steall Falls and the Nevis Gorge, Highland<\/h3>\n

2 miles\/3.2km | 1.5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Steall Falls flows with added vigour in the winter months\/Credit: Jake Graham<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Tapering south from the Highland town of Fort William, gorgeous Glen Nevis is bound\u00a0by several high, rugged mountains, including the huge bulk of Ben Nevis<\/a>, which, at 1,344m (4,409ft) above sea level, is the highest point in the British Isles.<\/p>\n

This low level walk through the Glen Nevis gorge is the perfect antidote to Christmas Day\u2019s indulgence.<\/p>\n

Glen Nevis walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n

Falls of Bruar, Perthshire<\/h3>\n

1.2 miles\/2km | 1 hour | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n

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A view of the woodland around the falls of Bruar near Blair Atholl during winter\/Credit: Alan Fin, Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The natural miracle\u00a0of hydrodynamics is\u00a0best observed in winter weather conditions. Moors and mountains harness the fallen rain and snow, soak it up like a gargantuan sponge, then,\u00a0by unseen energies, force\u00a0it up though the surface of the ground in the form of bubbling streams.<\/p>\n

The Bruar Water, just north of Blair Atholl, oozes from the soggy plateaux and moors\u00a0of the great Atholl Deer\u00a0Forest and flows gently down the empty miles of Glen\u00a0Bruar before changing character completely.<\/p>\n

As the ground falls away, the waters become increasingly agitated and turbulent, before crashing and thundering down a deep gorge through ice and snow \u2013 an especially festive sight on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n

Bruar Falls walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n

Dunbar to North Berwick, East Lothian<\/h3>\n

13.5 miles\/21.7km | 8 hours | moderate\u2013challenging<\/em><\/p>\n

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End your Boxing Day walk at North Berwick, a seaside town in East Lothian\/Credit: Moomusician, Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Witch trials, fierce battles and huge volcanic blasts; the town of North Berwick and its surrounding landscape has a long, fabled and fractious past. Yet in the 19th century, as the\u00a0hum and smoulder of the industrial revolution largely bypassed the town, its character began to shift.<\/p>\n

In 1850, the North Berwick Branch railway was built, connecting the seaside town with Edinburgh. Workers and retiring Lothians began to flock to the coast, set on replacing the toil of city life with ice cream, verdant golf courses and sandy shores.<\/p>\n

Today, the town\u2019s Victorian past remains embedded within its charming backstreets and broad, sweeping seafront, making is a festive place to begin a Boxing Day walk.<\/p>\n

Dunbar to North Berwick walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n

Glenfinnan, Highland<\/h3>\n

17km\/10.5 miles | 6 hours | challenging<\/em><\/p>\n

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Glen Finnan \u2013 looking north\/Credit: Jake Graham<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Seek refuge from the cold inside one of Scotland\u2019s most majestic churches, then venture into the Highlands past the wizards\u2019 railway to a lonely mountain pass.<\/p>\n

On Boxing Day, as light breaks from a cloudless night, the glen is particularly magical. Frost envelops everything: the pine trees, the mountain ridges, the church\u2019s pitched roof. It dusts frozen puddles, crunches beneath feet and petrifies plants.<\/p>\n

Glenfinnan walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n

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