Looking for a walking project or challenge for 2026? You’ve come to the right place! Below are 10 great ideas – all making use of Slow Ways.
With over 10,000 routes connecting Britain’s towns, cities and national landscapes, there’s plenty to choose from. And by reviewing the routes you walk, you’ll be helping others follow in your footsteps.
1. Start small – Pick two neighbouring towns or cities and walk between them. Explore where’s connected on our map.
2. Meet your neighbours – Find your closest Slow Ways place and walk to every town, village and city it connects to. Do it in a day… or take all year.
3. Hike home – Get a lift somewhere and walk back. Stitch together as many Slow Ways as you fancy. You might find our routing tool helpful.
4. Join the #BusAndBack challenge – Looking for a great way to get to new places? Jump on a bus and walk back again! Find out more about our #BusAndBack challenge here. We love making use of trains too.
5. Spin a web – Once you’ve visited all your neighbouring places, link them up. Create your own wheel or web of walks. You can design your web by using our Journey Planner.
6. Bag ’em – How many Slow Ways can you complete before 2026 ends? Go on… surprise yourself. Review a route and it will automatically be saved as a waylist map on your profile.
7. Walk LEJOG – Land’s End to John o’ Groats the Slow Ways way: roughly 1,585 km (985 miles) of Britain beneath your boots. You’ll be following in the footsteps of Ursula Martin and Andrew Davies, both of which used Slow Ways to complete the journey.
8. Try the National Parks Trail – We’re connecting all of Britain’s National Parks. Two similar versions are on the table (see here and here). Are you brave enough to try one?
9. Connect what matters – Link the places that inspire you: family spots, viewpoints, nature reserves, pubs, stations, sacred places. Make your own meaningful trail.
10. Choose your own adventure – Use our journey planner to stitch together a long-distance trail that’s entirely yours. Do it all at once or nibble away over months or years.
Whatever you take on, we’d love you to review the routes you walk and share your adventures with #SlowWays.
We’re a small non-profit with big dreams — if you want to fundraise along the way, even better.
We can’t wait to see what you create in 2026! Say hello, ask for help or share your plans anytime at [email protected].
