The following addresses are walk-related and are worth visiting. If any of the links fail, please let us know.

The Ramblers' Association
Needs no introduction! The UK's largest organisation for walkers, with an active interest in increasing access to the countryside and protecting walkers' rights.

Ramblers Holidays
Have a good holiday while supporting the work of The Ramblers, since profits from the company are covenanted to the RA

The Samaritan's Way South West

The page on the RA web site showing details of the Bristol to Lynton long distance path, devised by Bristol RA member Graham Hoyle

Bath Two Tunnels Shared Path
A new link path for Bath and North East Somerset. This route will use an old rail trackbed to burrow beneath Combe Down - the high ground south of the city - and provides the opportunity to connect Bath and a Sustrans path 2½ miles south of the city.

Joint Local Access Forum
The main mechanism for public participation in agreeing access under the CRoW Act is found at this site. Also, the recently published Joint Rights of Way Improvement Plan

DEFRA
Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, working for the essentials of life - water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants

National Parks
This site gives you a direct link to all the country's National Parks

South Gloucestershire Council

Bath & NE SomersetCouncil

North Somerset Council

Bristol City Council

The Monarch's Way
Official web site

The Cotswold Way
Web site of the newly created National Trail

The Bath Skyline Walk
The National Trust's details of this popular circuit

WalkingWorld
A large database of walks around the country with downloadable maps, routes and photos. Also contains a wealth of information on walking events.

The Met.Office
Check out the weather forecast before setting off for your walk.

Bristol Weather
A direct link to the city's weather forecast.

Natural England
"Working for people & places in rural England"

Traveline

"The UK's No 1 website for "impartial (and vague) information" on planning your journey, by bus, coach or  train.

FirstBus
Routes & timetables for Bristol, Bath and the West

Old maps from the Ordnance Survey
Fascinating gazeteer of maps from the late 19th century at a scale of 1:10,560. (Useful for checking rights of way claims etc.) Fiddly to navigate though.