Discover these landscapes on foot with our list of England\u2019s most beautiful walks. Each route has its own walker\u2019s guide, comprising a map, path directions and more useful information \u2013 meaning your adventure into the countryside begins right here.<\/p>\n Discover more walks across the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> 5.8km\/3.6miles |\u00a02 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n On\u00a0a quiet day, there\u2019s a lost world feel to North Devon\u2019s enigmatic Valley of Rocks, despite the serpentine ribbon of road that curls through the vale in the place where a river once ran. Exult in towering sea cliffs where feral goats clamber skilfully between Devonian crags on this\u00a0short circular walk around the rocky coastal valley.<\/p>\n Valley of Rocks walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n 6.9km\/4.3 miles |\u00a02.5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n The River Teign tumbles off windswept moors, swirling and carving through a spectacular gorge overhung with crooked oaks and beeches. The fresh autumn air invigorates the soul, while the peace is occasionally broken by the chilling bellows of a stag ready to rut.<\/p>\n Deep within this valley in the northern fringes of Dartmoor National Park, an ancient woodland is returning.\u00a0Take a stroll from Castle Drogo in Dartmoor National Park through Piddledown Common and Fingle Wood a see one of England\u2019s largest woodland restoration projects.<\/p>\n Teign Gorge walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n 7.5km\/4.6 miles |\u00a03.5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n This circular walk heads through farmland and woods before emerging on to the towering granite cliffs of Cornwall\u2019s north-west coast \u2013 a dramatic section of the South West Coast Path, home to seabirds, wildflowers and Atlantic waves.<\/p>\n Zenor Head walking route and route<\/a><\/p>\n 12km\/7.5 miles |\u00a04.5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n Henry David Thoreau wrote of tramping eight or 10 miles to \u201ckeep an appointment with a beech tree, a yellow birch or an old acquaintance among the pines\u201d. Here in the Lakes, visitors can do the same with a walk of about eight miles, first climbing to the crest of Rannerdale Knotts before returning via the iconic Buttermere Pines.<\/p>\n This walk includes some of the Lake District\u2019s most beautiful trees and forests, where myth and legend tangle with the Scots pines and the golden needles of larches.<\/p>\n Buttermere walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n 5.1km\/3.2 miles |\u00a01.5 hours | easy<\/em><\/p>\n Take a sensory walk past towering redwoods and monumental firs in the New Forest National Park. Stroll beneath their fragrant branches, feel their thick bark and reach your arms around their massive girths. As you wander, look for roe deer, wild boar and New Forest ponies.<\/p>\n Rhinefield walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n 6km\/3.7 miles |\u00a02 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n At the National Trust hamlet of Birling Gap, the sea\u2019s aroma sits strong in the air. From the top of the steps above the beach and its numerous rockpools, the views of the Seven Sisters and Seaford Head are excellent.Walk<\/span> atop the magnificent chalky cliffs of the Seven Sisters in the South Downs,\u00a0where\u00a0kittiwakes and fulmars can be seen alongside\u00a0Brimstone butterflies and flowering cowslips.<\/p>\n Seven Sisters walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n 8.7km\/5.4 miles |\u00a03 hours | easy\/moderate<\/em><\/p>\n Horsey\u2019s pale sands and huge skies are evocative at any time of year. But as winter storms roll in and colour leaches from the landscape, this otherwise desolate stretch of the Norfolk coast comes alive with hundreds of breeding grey seals.<\/p>\n This 6.3-mile loop walk around the village of Horsey in\u00a0the north-east of the Norfolk Broads National Park<\/a>, runs alongside the North Sea and then inland through wildlife-rich\u00a0marshland, before returning to the village pub.<\/p>\n Horsey walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n It is said that in Norfolk\u00a0you can tell how far you\u00a0are from the coast by the roundness of the flint on\u00a0the outside of the buildings \u2013 the rounder the flint, the closer you are to the sea.\u00a0The interaction between\u00a0sea and land is strong along the North Norfolk coast, where mudflats and salt marshes sit alongside miles of beaches. One such beach is Holkham.<\/p>\n Follow this 4.8-mile walking route with a plotted OS through ancient pine woods to the spectacular Holkam beach.<\/p>\n![\""Waterfall\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/Waterfall20Country202-3a8b701.jpg?quality=45&resize=556,556"\" "\\"\"Waterfall\\"")
<\/div>Best country walks in England<\/h2>\n
Valley of Rocks, Devon<\/h3>\n
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