We are proud to be a small company with a big heart. But don’t let our size fool you. Being independent enables us to set our own rules and standards and we are super committed to providing world class walking experiences and proud to have been called pioneers in rural tourism.
We truly value all feedback, both constructive and praise, but particularly those words of our guests. Please read our latest reviews, over on our page on TripAdvisor. The past two years we have been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor.
Alison Howell’s Foot Trails has hit the headlines in two prestigious travel publications. JetSetter.com declared the company’s experiences one of the seven adventure experiences to take in your lifetime in its article on March 14th.
New HQ, Foot Trails celebrate a decade of success by opening its doors and planting an oak tree
Team Foot Trails planted an oak tree in the grounds of the Fonthill Country Estate in Wiltshire where the company has created a base and office in a converted agricultural building.
Hike across England – Foot Trails 2019 brochure live and bookings for 2019 open
There was much excitement last week at our office on the Fonthill country estate in Wiltshire when Alison received an email from TripAdvisor to say that Foot Trails has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence, based on all the wonderful reviews our guests post about their trips with us. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who has travelled with us and taken the time to post your feedback. It is always appreciated so much, and we love hearing from you. Sharing a love of the countryside with our guests is at the heart of what we do, so it’s very rewarding when you communicate your enjoyment, or any feedback at all, with us.
Respected travel journalist and writer wrote a comprehensive review about his experience of a Foot Trail, in January 2018’s i newspaper.
Could you be our next Travel Sales Consultant? Based at our new country office at SP3 Wiltshire?
Could you be our next Production and Administration Assistant? Based at our new country office at SP3 Wiltshire?
On February 8th 2018 Foot Trails was invited to speak at the West Country Tourism Conference in Exeter, Devon, the region’s largest tourism conference.
On February 1st 2018 Foot Trails was awarded a Silver Award – International Visitor Experience of the Year – at the South West England Excellence Awards in Torquay Devon.
Times Travel has written about Foot Trails new Complete Cotswolds walk in its weekend travel pages. At 135 miles in total, Foot Trails new route has been called a rival to the more famous Cotswolds Way. Complete Cotswolds, The Foot Trail, draws on 25 years of walking experience and enables guests to walk from Chipping Camden to Bath, either in stages or a longer fortnight trip.
From a record breaking 645 entries we are thrilled to be announced finalists in these regional awards in the International Visitor Experience of the Year category. We will be proudly representing Bath and the South West in Torquay on 1st February 2018 when bronze, silver and gold winners will be revealed
For the person who dreams of walking the English countryside. Foot Trails gift vouchers. They start from £25 and beyond, you can buy gift vouchers if you’d like your chosen lucky person to choose which Foot Trail they’d like themselves, or our expert Trip Planners will give you lots of help and advice and you can buy a complete Foot Trail holiday or vacation to give. It’s up to you.
The prestigious LA Times Travel section has written about English Country Houses & Gardens, a new independent walking experience created by Foot Trails, in its 17 September issue. Combing walking trails originated by the expert Foot Trails team with some of the South West of England’s most beautiful country houses and gardens, including the National Trust’s Hidcote and English Heritage Wardour Castle, the new trip is a must for house and garden loves. Read the article here
Foot Trails hits Canadian press
Foot Trails is chosen to be part of Visit England’s Year of Literary Heroes
If you are planning to walk a Foot Trail in England with us, and you are wandering when is the best time of year for your visit, you won’t want to miss our new and complimentary, Seasonal Guide to Walking in England.
We want to keep developing new trails and experiences for our guests. So we are always excited when we are launching new trips, trails or places for our guests to stay. We were delighted to welcome two new country inns to Foot Trails family this month. Both based in Dorset. And we look forward to welcoming our guests later on this year.
Welcome Julia!
We’re very proud to be supporting the government’s new #ExportingisGREAT campaign.
@aoltraveluk have picked Foot Trails in the number ten spot of their latest Top Ten of UK activity holidays. We’re thrilled!
Congratulations Alison, who has been shortlisted for the Business Person of the Year award in Bath Chronicle’s annual business awards. Alison was recently filmed by Tim Pellatt on her business journey to date to make a short film which will be shown at the awards evening at Bath Racecourse on Thursday 24th September.
Foot Trails is launching a series of new expert led guided day walks guided by Foot Trails Walk Director and Guide David Howell.
Thank you so much for all your support, words of encouragement and messages for my nomination for Woman of the Year in the awards supported by the Bristol Post and Bath Chronicle.
We are happy to announce that our founder Alison Howell has been short listed in the Bristol Post and Bath Chronicle Women in Business Awards 2015.
The LA Times, Los Angeles USA has featured Foot Trails new guided walking tour, Ancient Gods, Myths and Legends to its readers on Christmas Eve.
We’re delighted to announce that Alison Howell our founder and Managing Director has been awarded a prestigious business scholarship to the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, USA.
Our apprentice James and I were introduced to Nick Clegg last week during his visit to Bath at the Co-working Hub where we work.
We are honoured to be recognised for our journey and work in responsible tourism with a Gold level award from The Green Tourism Business Scheme. The third time we have achieved this level.
We’re so happy that Foot Trails was suggested by Woman’s Own magazine this week as a company to pick for a walking holiday in England.
As experts in rural England travel and tourism, Foot Trails are frequently asked to give interviews when stories happen which impact the rural economy. So this week we were invited to take part in programs on BBC Wiltshire and Irish radio Near FM.
Foot Trails were completely thrilled to be one of 100 small businesses invited to Downing Street to celebrate the first ever small Business Saturday in the UK on 7th December.
Listen to founder Alison Howell talking live on BBC Radio Wiltshire with Simeon Courtie about Foot Trails invitation to Downing Street and our involvement with the Small Business Saturday movement in the UK
Coverage of Foot Trails achievement of the national Goldstar award in the UK Activity Provider category from the Green Tourism Business Scheme. In November 2013 Foot Trails was awarded the highly respected Goldstar, UK Activity provider.
Foot Trails is included in a super article that discusses being close to nature and holidaying in the English countryside in the July issue of the excellent International Lifestyle Magazine.
This month’s The Bath Magazine features an excellent article on ‘Inspired Giving’ at Christmas, which we’re delighted to say includes our lovely Gift Experience Vouchers. If you would like to read the full article, please follow the link below to an online version of the magazine and scroll to page 26! 
The magazine is on sale now and our Wiltshire Winter Warmer is included in an article titled ‘10 Easy Trips – As Winter Draws In Find Solace in a Quick Break’ For a sneak online preview, please follow the link below and then click on ‘View a sample of the latest issue here’ – you’ll find us on page 9!
My rural remedy had been prescribed by a small Somerset-based specialist holiday company called Foot Trails, which is run by farmer´s daughter Alison Howell. Alison is the sort of person who spent her childhood climbing trees, learning the names of wild flowers, birds and fungi, and walking. And she still does a lot of the latter.