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12 things that make Slow Ways different to the world’s biggest navigation apps

There are lots of brilliant walking apps and websites. Some are great for navigation. Some are great for finding beautiful walks. Some are great for planning adventures, checking maps or following turn-by-turn directions. Slow Ways is...

John Scott takes-up the full Slow Ways National Parks Challenge!

John Scott started walking in his mid-30s and hasn’t stopped. In 2026 he plans to complete the Slow Ways National Parks Challenge - by walking between all of Britain's National Parks and the world's...

We’re rolling out a new map legend!

Julian has been working away on a new map legend that makes it easier to browse and choose routes. We're loving the new highlight feature which makes routes really pop-out of the map. You'll also...

The Slow Ways National Parks Trail update!

Dan Barron, our Community Lead, shares a report on this summer's National Parks Trail Challenge! At the beginning of the summer, we embarked on an incredible mission: to collectively walk the entirety of the huge...

Zine: Telling a different story about North Sheffield

Nisha Kotecha, director of positive news organisation Good News Shared, walks across this deprived and diverse area to explore its rich community spirit

Risograph: walking from Falmouth to Coverack and camping by the Helford river

We invited risograph artists to walk Slow Ways routes and make a piece of bespoke artwork about the experience. Madeleine Kemsley chose a magical walk, night swim and wild camp in southwest Cornwall

Geography students of colour band together amidst a diversity crisis

Minoritised students in Lancaster counter the male-dominated, Eurocentric, heteronormative study of the environment. And go for a walk!

“To return to a place” is decolonising work in practice

Writer and founder of Peaks of Colour, Evie Muir, shares how a recent artistic 'walkshop' in Ecclesall Wood helped forge an embodied connection with nature at a mycorrhizal level resulting in a sensory woodland exhibition