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Is Wild Camping Legal in England & Wales?

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Paddle Boarding Tips – A beginner’s guide to stand-up paddle boarding

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August 2, 2024
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Planning a walking route in 5 easy steps

July 17, 2024
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Don’t just follow others – planning your own walking route can be a rewarding experience, helping you discover new places or set yourself challenges. Jonathan from the OS Team outlines how you can get started and find new walking routes with the help of a walking route planner.

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Is Wild Camping Legal in England & Wales?

July 16, 2024
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Is wild camping legal in England and Wales and can you get into trouble wild camping? Read our advice and wild camping code

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Discovering rivers and woodland in the New Forest

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7.0 km / 4 mi

The New Forest, famous for its ancient heathland and wild ponies, is full of woodlands and wildlife, making it a perfect place for walking.

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Glyderau Circular Walk Including Tryfan

Wales
10.5 km / 7 mi

Where else can you go where you can bag 3 of the huge Welsh 3,000 foot peaks, visit places called The Canon, Cantilever Stone, Devils Kitchen or the magnificently titled Castle of the Wind, enjoy an ending worthy of any Hollywood blockbuster and all this and never be further than 1.5 miles away from the car park.

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E-biking in the Elan Valley, Wales

Wales
93 km / 58 mi

The Elan Valley in Wales is fast becoming a mecca for gravel and mountain biking. This scenic 57-mile circular route is split between two days, making the perfect bikepacking adventure.

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Sean Conway

Extreme endurance adventurer Sean Conway is the first and only man in history to cycle, swim and run the length of Britain.

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Ben Fogle

Meet Ben Fogle – broadcaster, traveller and adventurer.

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Kenton Cool

Kenton Cool is one of the world’s leading high-altitude climbers, and it’s fair to say that he’s really passionate about the outdoors.

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Mel Nicholls

Meet Mel Nicholls – Paralympian, outdoors lover and life adventurer.

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