Route

The table below shows my proposed route from Land’s End to John O’Groats. It’s just shy of 1100 miles and will take 72 days to complete, not including the 15 days I’ve set aside for rest and family history research. I will continue to fine tune it both before and during the walk.

The Distance and Time estimates were derived from Where’s the Path, a fantastic website that allows you to plot your route on Ordnance Survey maps and save them in gpx and kml formats. While I took a certain amount of care in plotting my routes they are by no means 100% accurate and so I’m only using the estimates as a guide.

The time calculation is based on Naismith’s Rule. I’m not sure how accurate it is but I found it very useful to determine relative walking times, for example, the 14.4 miles from Boscastle to Bude is estimated to take 6h 20m while the 14.4 miles from Albrighton to Penkridge is estimated at 4h 58m.

Updated Feb. 15/10 – walking times updated based on new values from Where’s the Path (they seem more realistic now but of course the real test will be two months from now).

Day	Destination	# of miles	Time	Route
1	Pendeen	8.3	3h 21m	South West Coast Path
2	St. Ives	11.9	5h 09m	South West Coast Path
3	Portreath	16.9	6h 41m	South West Coast Path
4	Perranporth	10.5	4h 29m	South West Coast Path
5	Newquay	11.3	4h 25m	South West Coast Path
6	Padstow	15	5h 51m	South West Coast Path
7	Port Issac	12	4h 33m	South West Coast Path
8	Boscastle	11.1	5h 05m	South West Coast Path
9	Bude	14.4	6h 20m	South West Coast Path
10	Hartland Quay	13	5h 49m	South West Coast Path
11	Clovelly	9	4h 14m	South West Coast Path
12	Barnstable	21.7	8h 14m	SWCP or inland route
13	Simonsbath	20.8	8h 27m	footpaths to Exmoor
14	Roadwater	19.2	7h 24m	footpaths through Exmoor
15	Bridgwater	21	8h 11m	footpaths through Quantocks
16	Cheddar	19.7	6h 42m	minor roads / footpaths
17	Compton Dando	16.5	6h 16m	minor roads / footpaths
18	Chipping Sodbury	14.1	4h 57m	Monarch’s Way
19	Dursley	16.8	6h 33m	Cotswold Way
20	Gloucester	16.6	6h 47m	Cotswold Way
21	Tewkesbury	16.1	5h 34m	Severn Way
22	Worcester	16.8	5h 39m	Severn Way
23	Bewdley	16.1	5h 33m	Severn Way
24	Bridgnorth	13.9	4h 51m	Severn Way
25	Albrighton	12.4	4h 25m	Severn Way / Monarch’s Way
26	Penkridge	14.4	4h 58m	Staffordshire Way
27	Abbots Bromley	15.1	5h 24m	Staffordshire Way
28	Thorpe	20.6	7h 35m	Staff’shire W / Limestone Way
29	Chelmorton	16.3	6h 20m	Dovedale / Pennine Bridleway
30	Hayfield	15.6	5h 59m	Pennine Bridleway
31	Glossop	7.2	2h 54m	Pennine Bridleway
32	Diggle	12.2	4h 42m	Pennine Bridleway
33	Hebden Bridge	16.7	6h 29m	Pennine Way
34	Cowling	14.3	5h 58m	Pennine Way
35	Malham	16.7	6h 33m	Pennine Way
36	Horton-in-Ribblesdale	13.8	5h 50m	Pennine Way
37	Hawes	13.8	5h 16m	Pennine Way
38	Keld	12.1	5h 09m	Pennine Way
39	Baldersdale	14.4	5h 28m	Pennine Way
40	Langdon Beck	14.4	5h 32m	Pennine Way
41	Dufton	12.4	4h 42m	Pennine Way
42	Alston	19	7h 51m	Pennine Way
43	Haltwhistle	15.1	5h 27m	Pennine Way / Bridleway
44	Bellingham	18.3	7h 05m	Pennine Way
45	Bryness	14.6	5h 44m	Pennine Way
46	Jedburgh	19.3	7h 33m	Pennine Way / minor roads
47	Melrose	18.3	6h 54m	St. Cuthbert’s Way
48	Traquair	17	7h 07m	Southern Upland Way
49	Peebles	7.2	2h 35m	minor roads / footpaths
50	West Linton	12.3	5h 05m	minor roads / footpaths
51	Broxburn	18.5	6h 48m	minor roads / footpaths
52	Falkirk	17.3	6h 01m	Union Canal
53	Lennoxtown	19.3	6h 35m	Forth and Clyde Canal
54	Drymen	13.9	4h 49m	footpaths / West Highland Way
55	Rowardennan	14.4	5h 44m	West Highland Way
56	Inverarnan	13.5	5h 12m	West Highland Way
57	Tyndrum	11.2	4h 31m	West Highland Way
58	Kingshouse	18.7	7h 08m	West Highland Way
59	Kinlochleven	8.4	3h 26m	West Highland Way
60	Fort William	15.5	6h 08m	West Highland Way
61	Laggan	19.9	7h 10m	Great Glen Way
62	Invermoriston	16.3	6h 01m	Great Glen Way
63	Drumnadrochit	13.3	5h 30m	Great Glen Way
64	Inverness	17.5	6h 38m	Great Glen Way
65	Conon Bridge	14.1	5h 02m	minor roads / footpaths
66	Alness	12.1	4h 16m	minor roads / footpaths
67	Dornoch	20.7	7h 07m	minor roads
68	Brora	17.5	6h 05m	A9 / footpaths
69	Helmsdale	11.4	4h 08m	A9 / footpaths
70	Dunbeath	15.2	5h 50m	A9
71	Watten	21.2	7h 23m	A9 / minor roads
72	John O’Groats	17.7	6h 07m	minor roads