Why walk this way?

Flexible Walking Trips

A Foot Trail is a flexible England (UK) walking trip or tour.

Foot Trails team all live and work here in the South West of England. We know it inside out as only locals can. Our expertise and over 1000 miles of trails will get you off the beaten track and enable you to become part of the English landscape, villages and histories.

Explore deeply, enjoy clean air and space to breathe. With unique, memorable hiking tours, spend from 3 nights to 3 weeks, walking handcrafted trails that re-connect you to nature, provide authentic experiences and immersion in English countryside and rural life.

Three words sum up the Foot Trails experience

Simple

Modern life can be busy and oh so complicated. Foot Trails favour simplicity. We work in partnership with you, to understand your needs and create a hiking trip or tour that meets your expectations and wishes. We’ll make things easy and take care of the inevitable details, so you can focus on making great memories.

Crafted

Through our deep, local knowledge we custom make your walking trip. We have a passion for experience excellence. Everything about your Foot Trail is deliberate, chosen with care and intent for you. Explore deeply. Stand out from the crowd.

Authentic

To discover what’s real, honest and authentic about rural England we have to get you off the beaten track and typical tourist trails. Stand out from the crowd. We work with our neighbours, local people and local businesses who share this ethos. We use our local expertise to guide your choice and create your own Foot Trails itinerary and experience.

What can I expect?

Personally chosen country inns & bedrooms

There is nothing formulaic about Foot Trails accommodation. Alison Howell our Founder personally chooses each one for its warm welcome and village location. Often centuries old, each embodies the local area you’ve come to explore and will be a place where you can relax, sleep well and enjoy delicious locally produced food at the end of an inspiring day on the trail.

Fantastic information to find your way

A great England walking trip begins with confidence in knowing where to step. To find your way you can either map read using the local maps we provide or follow the word directions on our trail cards, or use a combination of both. Tried and tested, by our team and Volunteer Trail Guides, both are included in your custom Walk and Explore Box. Produced on tough waterproof paper to withstand the elements.

Learn about history, stories and legends as you walk and take advantage of suggested departure times, recommended lunch stops and other guidance, drawn from our local experience and expertise.

Food and drink with provenance

Choosing Foot Trails means looking forward to eating locally produced food and drink. By this we mean, fresh and seasonal. Think artisan cheeses, fresh baked breads, ethically reared meats, handmade desserts and real ales and ciders as well as fine wines. Delicious food with provenance and a story of its own.

“The trip was wonderful. The walking tour was so well planned by Foot Trails. The beauty of the countryside was everything we imagined of England. Our accommodations were excellent. The taxi service was excellent, everyone was so informed and helpful and very kind.”

Shirley and Gary, USA

“My over-riding memory of my Foot Trail in England was of an overwhelming prettiness, as well as a calibre of food that was far more local, whole and mindful than I had expected”

Sarah Wilson, Australian foodie author, Masterchef judge, TV Presenter

Explore Foot Trails 2020 brochure

Find inspiration, tips and ideas with Foot Trails collection of flexible British walking trips and English hikes and tours. From your first enquiry and contact with Foot Trails, you’ll speak with a real person, with one of our fully trained Trail Advisors who’ll work exclusively with you to plan and create your England walking tour.

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