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We have created a new improved website at www.hikingbritain.co.uk. The new site includes the same tours as this site. 2015 tour specifications and prices on the new site are unchanged from the 2014 specifications and prices shown on this site (with one exception, the Shropshire Hills tour). We will be keeping the old website open in 2015, but we recommend that you change over to the new one. We think you will like it - and we welcome your comments.

Our online booking and payment procedure remains common to both websites. You can contact us using the contact details on either site, but we suggest that you use the contact details as shown on the new site.

Hikers on the Cornwall Coast Path

Hikers on the Cornwall Coast Path
(between Polperro and Fowey)
To enlarge click on picture
We design unencumbered week-long walks through inspiring landscapes, at an unhurried pace, with a warm welcome at comfortable, well-furnished lodgings each night.

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Discerning Traveller Self-guided Walking Tours in England and Wales 2014

  • Hike for around a week through some of the finest scenery in England, Scotland, Wales
  • Choose from a range of tours graded by difficulty (easy, moderate or demanding hiking)
  • Stay in small, friendly, carefully chosen guest houses and B&Bs - private facilities available
  • Start your tour any day you like during our season (with a few exceptions)
  • Walk light - we move your bags on each day
  • Hike at your own pace, no leader to hurry you on or slower walkers to hold you back
  • Find your way confidently with our specially researched directions (exclusive to The Discerning Traveller) and detailed hikers maps
  • Information on how to reach the starting point from international airports, suggestions on where to eat and shop, where to stop for a trail snack, opening times of stately homes, castles and gardens along the way and more.

Discerning Traveller self - guided walking and hiking tours

KEY: E(asy) M(oderate) D(emanding)
Country & tour Hiking/Grade Season (months) Duration (nights)
1. England:      
Cornwall Coast - Lands End & St Ives M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Cornwall - Tintagel Coast & Bodmin D Mid-4 to 9 6 / 8
Cornwall Coast - Polperro & Fowey M 4 to mid-10 4 / 6 / 8
Exmoor Coast & National Park M Mid-4 to 9 7
Jurassic Coast: Exmouth & Dorset E to M all year except December 5 / 8
Dorset Coast Path & Purbeck Ridgeway M all year except December 6 / 8
Seven Sisters & Rye E to M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Cotswold Villages E 4 to mid-10 6 / 8
Lake District Valleys E to M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Lake District Mountains D 5 to 9 7
2. Welsh Borderland      
Shropshire Hills & Ludlow M 5 to mid-10 6
Offa's Dyke Path M 4 to mid-10 4 to 10
3. Wales:      
North Pembrokeshire Coast Path M 4 to mid-10 7
Pembrokeshire Coast: Skomer & St David's E 4 to mid-10 7


Prices for each tour are shown near the bottom of each tour page

Note. All our tours start and end with an overnight stop, so the number of full walking/hiking days is one less than the number of nights on the tour. We do however also describe short walks or excursions for the arrival day (Day 1) of most of our tours.

There are more pictures of our tours in our Picture Gallery:
Pictures - Cornwall: Land’s End
Pictures - Cornwall: Bodmin Moor
Pictures - Cornwall: Polperro & Fowey
Pictures - Cotswolds
Pictures - Jurassic Heritage Coast
Pictures - Lake District
Pictures - Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Pictures - Shropshire Hills
Pictures - Seven Sisters & Rye
Pictures - General: Paths and Trails
Pictures - General: Prehistory
 Pictures - General: Industrial Heritage

 

Top of page
About our self-led walking and hiking tours and how they work
Grading and difficulty of the walking
What's special about Discerning Traveller self-led walking tours?
Shorter hiking tours (up to 5 nights)
What the New York Times wrote about one of our walking holidays
Further information: Factsheets and e-mail enquiries
How to book

If you want further information about any of our trips either phone or fax us on 0(044)1865 515618 or e-mail us.
Our e-mail address is info@discerningtraveller.co.uk (North American spellers please note that ‘traveller’ is spelt with a double not a single ‘l’).


The Discerning Traveller Ltd.
Registered in England Number 3142288.
Registered Office The Discerning Traveller Limited, 38 Canal Street, Oxford, OX2 6BQ, United Kingdom
Telephone and fax (0044) 1865 515618. E-mail: info@discerningtraveller.co.uk

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