Description
Book SynopsisRunning is a great way to keep fit, stay healthy, relieve stress and experience new places. The Good Run Guide is your companion to the great running to be found in some of the most scenic locations of England and Wales.
Run through the stately grounds of Chatsworth in the Peak District; traverse Hadrian's Wall on the Scottish Border and visit the breath-taking castles of coastal Northumberland. Explore coastal coves in the north Cornwall; summit Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales or escape the hustle and bustle of the City along the banks of the Thames.
Experienced runners Louise Piears and Andy Bickerstaff, two of the founders of the Good Run Guide, the UK's leading independent running website, have hand-picked 40 of their favourite runs.
Ranging in length from 3.4 to 10.7 miles (5.4 to 17.2 kilometres), there are routes for runners of all ability and fitness levels, on a range of surfaces.
Each run features details of the run distance, the flat equivalent distance, difficulty, hilliness, climb rate, terrain and other useful information so you know exactly what you're undertaking before you set off. There is also a bespoke map, annotated with route descriptions and key route features, to aid navigation.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
How we choose our routes
Guide to following the routes
Distance, difficulty, hilliness and terrain
Directions and accuracy
Safety
Follow the Countryside Code
Essential kit
Planning your run
Southern England & Wales
1 North Cornish Coves (Cornwall)
2 The River Yealm Estuary (Devon)
3 Golden Cap Challenge (Dorset)
4 Osmington White Horse (Dorset)
5 West Wight Views (Isle of Wight)
6 The Long Snake Run (Sussex)
7 Rollercoaster Run (East Sussex)
8 Landmark Thames Trot (London)
9 Classic Richmond (Surrey)
10 Great Park Explorer (Berkshire)
11 Gibbet Gallop (Berkshire)
12 Rolling Ogbourne Downs (Wiltshire)
13 Ebbor Gorge Lookout (Somerset)
14 Bristol’s Avon Gorge (Avon)
15 Rhossili Bay Ramble (West Glamorgan)
16 Sweet Sugar Loaf (Monmouthshire)
Northern England & Wales
17 Hambleton Peninsula (Rutland)
18 Holkham’s Endless Sands (Norfolk)
19 Mawddach Trail Meander (Gwynedd)
20 Aber Falls Amble (Conwy)
21 Clumber Lake Loop (Nottinghamshire)
22 Cromford Four (Derbyshire)
23 Chatsworth Countryside (Derbyshire)
24 Darcy Dash (Cheshire)
25 Rivington Pike (Lancashire)
26 Stoodley Pike Stagger (West Yorkshire)
27 Otley Surprise (West Yorkshire)
28 Leeds and Liverpool Canal Loop (North Yorkshire)
29 Pen-y-ghent Ascent (North Yorkshire)
30 Scar House Reservoir (North Yorkshire)
31 Brideshead Visited (North Yorkshire)
32 The Devil’s Hole (North Yorkshire)
33 Robin Hood’s Bay (North Yorkshire)
34 Wander Wordsworth’s Lakes (Cumbria)
35 Dodd Hill (Cumbria)
36 Bassenthwaite Lake (Cumbria)
37 Hadrian’s Wall Humdinger (Northumberland)
38 Simonside Summit (Northumberland)
39 Dunstanburgh Castle Canter (Northumberland)
40 Bamburgh Castle Bumble (Northumberland)
