Win an A-Z National Trails map
Did you know that our Partner A-Z Maps is also the official mapping partner for the National Trails of England and Wales? They reproduce our 1:25,000 data (as used in our own OS Explorer maps) to cover the 16 long distance paths that are official National Trails. Ideal if you have a long distance summer adventure planned!
Their A-Z Adventure Series is in a convenient book format with an index to places of interest, towns, villages and features. Their books cover nearly all the 15 National Trails, and they’re aiming to complete the set by autumn 2017. Latest releases include the Norfolk Coast Path and the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
There are 15 complete National Trails which vary in length from 79 to 630 miles. Meanwhile the 16th, the England Coast Path, is opening in sections aiming to be completed by 2020. When finished the path will be 2,795 miles long making it the longest waymarked coastal path in the world. The most recent section to open is the 65-mile Camber to Ramsgate section which A-Z have covered in two separate maps which, for the first time for A-Z, are printed on weatherproof paper.
Whether you are a serious hiker aiming to complete a whole National Trail, or you simply want a blast of fresh air on a well-maintained route, there is something for everyone. The clearly marked routes mean that it is easy to walk small sections of the trail, allowing a welcome refreshment stop at a cafe or pub.
You can find out more about the National Trails at www.nationaltrail.co.uk
See the range of A-Z Adventure Atlases and maps at www.az.co.uk/nationaltrails
Want to win a copy?
We have five copies to give away: two Hadrian’s Wall Path, two Offa’s Dyke Path and one Minehead to Brean Down section of the England Coast Path. For the chance to win, just comment on the blog, telling us which National Trail is the shortest? Post your answers by midnight on Thursday 17 August. Winner map selections will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
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Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest. Good luck everyone
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest, at 79 Miles. 🙂
Peddars Way Is the shortest national trail
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is shortest. (I had thought it was the Ridgeway until I checked – you learn something new every day!)
Yorkshire Wolds Way
It’s the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Yorkshire Wolds way 🙂
The Yorkshire Wolds Way. 🙂
Yorkshire wolds way is the shortest
The Yorkshire Wolds way is the shortest
Shortest is the Hadrian’s Wall Path
Yorkshire wolds way is the shortest national trail
The yorkshire wolds way is the shortest national trail at 79 miles.
the shortest national trail of the three featured in this blog is Hadrians wall path at 84 miles.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way. Currently section hiking the Cotswold Way – too many trails, too little time.
Yorkshire Wolds Way at 79 miles!
Yorkshire Wolds Way definitely (only by a couple of miles though!)
The Yorkshire Wolds Way
Is it the newest Camber to Ramsgate trail at 65 miles.
It’s the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way 79 Miles is the shortest national trail.
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Yorkshire Wolds Way !
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The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest
The Yorkshire wolds way is the shortest national trail
Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest National Trail 🙂
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest national trail.
Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest.
O S Maps always lead the way.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way!
Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest at 79 miles (127 km).
Yorkshire Wolds Way it is – I’d love these for when I head off to the Cotswold Way later this year, 🙂
The Peddars Way at 46 miles is the shortest NT
The shortest national trail, at 79 miles, is the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
The Peddars Way
Yorkshire Wolds Way, beautiful route.
The Peddar’s Way
Yorkshire Wolds way! Looking forward to trying it out!
Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way. I’ve always fancied walking a trail, rather than just going walking for the day. This sounds like a good one to start off with!
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest x
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The Peddars Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way
As a complete trail (rather than any of the yet to be joined up sections of the Coast Path) is The Yorkshire Wolds Way
Yorkshire Wolds way
Yorkshire Wolds Way (assuming the Peddars Way/Norfolk Coast are treated as one)
Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest 79 miles.
the Yorkshire Wolds Way
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Like everyone else says, it’s the Yorkshire Wolds way.
Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest, starting in my home town 🙂
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The Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way
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Yorkshire wolds way ☺️☺️
The Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Peddars Way Is the shortest national trust walk in England at a distance of only 74 km (46 miles )
Yorkshire Wolds Way
That will be the Yorkshire Wolds Way
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It’s the Yorkshire Wolds Way!
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Competition entry:
Yorkshire Wolds Way (79 miles).
But – the English Coastal Path is incomplete and split into sections. So the answer could be the North East section of the ECP (68 miles), or the even the Cumbria section (22 miles).
Its the Yorkshire Wolds Way at 79-miles.
it’s the Yorkshire Wolds way
Yorkshire wolds way
Currently walking the Pennine Way, in stages, and it’s great being on the backbone of England and being able to see Manchester to the west and Yorkshire to the East from the same position.
Assuming you ignore the 15 mile spur to Tomintoul, The Speyside Way at 65 miles is the current shortest National Trail.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way
Yorkshire Wolds Way is usually considered the shortest , however Peddars Way is actually shortest, but usually combined with the Norfolk Coast Path.
Yorkshire Wolds Way
Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Peddars Way is surely a National Trail in it’s own right at 46 miles although often listed together with the Norfolk Coast Path.
The Speyside Way would be next at 65 miles followed closely by The Great Glen Way at 73 miles.
Surely the most prolific answer so far as The Yorkshire Wolds Way cannot be correct as it’s 79 miles long
Yorkshire wolds way
The Yorkshire Wolds Way, at 79 miles, is the shortest (I’m assuming the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coastal Path are being treated as one trail as they are usually listed?)
Yorkshire Wolds Way 😀
The Peddars Way is the shortest (as it is a National Trail in it’s own right although often linked with the Norfolk Coast Path)
The answer is the Yorkshire Folds Way. I have to admit I needed to do the research to discover this fact. Then scrolled down to enter and saw all of the answers above. Enjoyed finding out about the English Coast Path along the way though.
Yorkshire Wolds Way whoops.
Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest (and the best!)
Yorkshire Wolds Way
Yorkshire Wolds Way
(Also…how about producing a Southern Uplands Way one?!)
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Yorkshire wolds way is the shortest
It depends if you count The Peddars Way as a National Trail in its own right. If so, then that is the shortest; if not, then The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the shortest.
The Peddars Way
The Peddars Way is the shortest complete National Trail
I’ve walked parts of several of them but my husband & I would love to do the whole Hadrians Wall path.
The shortest of the 16 is the Yorkshire Wolds way.
Yorkshire wolds way! 🙂
Yorkshire Wolds Way
Thank you to everyone who entered! We’ve just emailed 5 lucky winners who correctly identified the answer. If you’re wondering, the answer was the Yorkshire Wolds Way at 79 miles long. For those who said it was the Peddars Way, note that the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path are treated as one National Trail at 93 miles long. There’s a lot more detail on the National Trail website, but essentially, the two became joined as a Long Distance Path in 1986 in a ceremony performed by the Prince of Wales at Holme-next-the-Sea. In 1991 the name Long Distance Path changed to National Trail, and became the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail.