Country Walking

Country Walking Magazine shows you the best of British walks: the biggest views, the hidden gems, the sea cliffs and the mountain summits. All our features come complete with superb writing, inspiring photography and step-by-step instructions so you can follow every footpath yourself. In every issue, you’ll find: - In-depth stories of amazing walks - A booklet of 25 pull-out walks every issue - with OS maps! - Information about hotels, pubs, cafes, tearooms. - Clear, jargon-free tests of walking kit And... every issue our readers tell their walking stories, help us devise new walks and shape the places we go to. If you love walking, this is the magazine for you.

Welcome

IN THIS ISSUE...

Blooming gorgeous

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

LOCATION SCOUT Renegade Nell (Disney+)

THE WALKING POLL We asked…

TIME TRAVELLER Surrey Hills, 1930

ON THE MAP

'This has been the most enjoyable writing experience of my life.' • He made us go crazy for Dex and Em in One Day. But you might just love David Nicholls' latest book even more – because it's a love story on foot…

THREE QUESTIONS WE ASK EVERYONE

WADHURST • Easy to reach in the heart of the High Weald – with its wooded valleys, lowland meadows and historic villages – Wadhurst makes a perfect rural walking retreat.

Doing anything incredible this summer? • Whether you're approaching the halfway point in your 1000 miles, or you're brand new and starting your first 500, we are excited for you. This is big!

How to walk 500 miles this summer

Miles with more in them! • Spice up your walk with one of our mini-challenges and you could win a money-can't-buy Golden Badger – this lot just found out they did!

5 new ways to win gold

A toast to boots and beer

Your View

Where's Kes? • Every month our favourite spaniel Kes goes walkies somewhere in the issue, and we want him back! Can you help find Kes?

Stuart Maconie • They bewitched a US President and made someone cry on a bus in Dalston. Please welcome my new obsession: magnolias.

The A TO Z OF HILLS and MOUNTAINS • Nothing delivers life's high points as reliably, nor as literally, as Britain's hills and mountains. They're an asset in which we are unbelievably rich. And the inheritance is yours!

B is for BLENCATHRA • The mountain with everything: looks, personality and an approach to satisfy every ambition.

C is for COUNTY TOPS

D is for DUNSTABLE DOWNS

E is for EAGLE

F is for FIRBANK

G is for THE GARTH • Is it a hill? Is it a mountain? Does it matter? The story of one 'natural elevation' in Wales says it really, really does.

H is for HAMBLEDON HILL

I is for INGLEBOROUGH

J is for JITTERS

K is for KINDER SCOUT

L is for LEITH HILL

M is for MURRAY • The climber and writer whose love for Scottish mountains saved his life, then rescued some of our most treasured landscapes from destruction.

N is for NINE STANDARDS RIGG

O is for OLD MAN OF STORR

P is for POUCHER

Q is for QUINAG

R is for RHOSSILI DOWN

S is for SCRAMBLING

T is for TORS • You'll find these natural bastions scattered across the uplands of the nation. But does anywhere do them better than Dartmoor?

Walk & Stay • The Essential Guide on where to walk and stay in Britain

U is for ULTRA-PROMINENT PEAKS

V is for VIEW

W is for [YR] WYDDFA

X marks THE SPOT

Y is for YSGYRYD FAWR

Z is for ZIG-ZAG

Tea break

PRIZE CROSSWORD

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Best kept secrets • A hidden bluebell valley in Yorkshire | A tarn with its own sandy beach...