Trail Notes
Guides, articles and news from the TRXO team
Latest · Guide · Scotland · 8 walks · 5 min
Skye's classic short walks
The Storr, the Quiraing, the Fairy Pools and five more: the walks everyone comes to Skye for, and how to do them without the crowds.
By the TRXO team · 28 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 7 walks · 4 min
Assynt and the far north-west: a road trip in walks
Beaches, caves, a broch and the rock face that changed geology, between Ullapool and Cape Wrath.
By the TRXO team · 28 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 10 walks · 5 min
Easy Lake District walks: lakes, tarns and small fells
Ten walks for the days when you don't want a mountain: round Buttermere, up Orrest Head, along the Coffin Route.
By the TRXO team · 28 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 7 walks · 4 min
South Downs walks by train from London
Chalk cliffs, hillforts and the deepest dry valley in Britain, all an hour from Victoria or London Bridge.
By the TRXO team · 28 Oct 2026
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Guide · Wales · 10 walks · 5 min
The best walks in Eryri (Snowdonia) for a first visit
Ten walks from a waterfall you can push a buggy to, to the mountain everybody comes for, and the quiet corners most visitors never find.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Guide · Wales · 8 walks · 4 min
Walks near Cardiff you can do by train
Eight walks from the capital with a station or a bus stop at the start, from the Taff to the top of Pen y Fan.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Guide · Northern Ireland · 9 walks · 4 min
Walks near Belfast you can do by bus or train
Nine walks from the city without a car: a hill above the docks, the Lagan, the Mournes from Newcastle and the Causeway Coast.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 7 walks · 4 min
Dartmoor, Exmoor and the coast: seven walks for a West Country weekend
Tors, a 3,000-foot-wide beach of chalk, a hill with a view of two seas, and the highest ground in southern England.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Article · Scotland · 4 min
Scotland's right to roam, explained
You can walk almost anywhere in Scotland. Here is what that means in practice, where it stops, and what it asks of you in return.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Article · Scotland · 3 min
Walking in the Highlands in stalking season
From July to February someone may be stalking deer on the hill you want to climb. Here's how it works, how to find out, and how to plan a good autumn day around it.
By the TRXO team · 27 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 10 walks · 6 min
The best walks in the Lake District for a first visit
Ten walks that show you what the Lakes are about, from a two-hour stroll above Keswick to the long day on Scafell Pike.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 10 walks · 6 min
Easy Munros: ten to start with
No Munro is a stroll, but some are kinder than others. These are the ones we'd send a friend up first.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 10 walks · 5 min
Dog-friendly walks in the Peak District
Ten walks where the dog will have as good a day as you, from an easy dale to the top of Kinder Scout.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Wales · 5 walks · 4 min
The best waterfall walks in Wales
Wales has more good waterfalls per mile than anywhere in Britain. These five walks take in the finest, from Waterfall Country to the source of the Severn.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 10 walks · 5 min
Walks near Glasgow you can do by train
Ten walks from Glasgow with a station at the start, from an afternoon in a country park to a Munro from a bus stop.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 9 walks · 5 min
Walks near Edinburgh you can do by bus
Nine walks from the city centre by Lothian bus or a short train ride, from the Water of Leith to the top of the Pentlands.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Northern Ireland · 9 walks · 4 min
The best coastal walks in Northern Ireland
Nine walks on the finest coast in Ireland, from the Causeway cliffs to the dunes under the Mournes.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 7 walks · 4 min
Family walks in the Cairngorms National Park
Seven walks for children in Britain's biggest national park: lochs, corries, castles and a trail with painted wildcats to find.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · Scotland · 10 walks · 4 min
Scotland's best beach walks
Ten walks to white sand, singing sand and dunes the size of hills, from Ardnamurchan to the Moray coast.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · 10 walks · 5 min
Winter walks that don't need an ice axe
Ten hills that give you a proper winter day, big skies, frost and all, without the snow and ice that turn walking into mountaineering.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 10 walks · 4 min
Walks near Manchester you can do by train
Ten walks with a station at the start, from an hour on the city's canals to a Three Peaks mountain in the Dales.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Guide · England · 10 walks · 5 min
The Wainwrights to do first
Ten fells to start a round of the 214, chosen for the view, the path and the chance of getting to the top with a smile on your face.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Article · 5 min
How to read a mountain forecast
The valley forecast tells you about the car park. This is how to read the one that matters, and the numbers that should send you home.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
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Blog · 2 min
1,300 walks and counting: what's new on TRXO this autumn
Where the site has got to, what we've been building, and what's coming next.
By the TRXO team · 26 Oct 2026
