Background

This page shows a long-distance walk from Land's End to John O'Groats that I am planning, taking in all the county tops on the mainland of Britain on the way.

The walk statistics:

 

Total duration of walk	4 hours and 37 minutes
Stopped time	1 hours and 44 minutes
Shortest completed leg	Chipping Campden to Stanton at 10.4 miles
Longest completed leg	Chipping Campden to Stanton at 10.4 miles
Average distance per leg	5.37 miles

 

Unplanned legs:	2 (0% of the total legs).
planned legs:	235 (98% of the total legs).
Shortest planned leg	Rhondda Cynon Taff highest point to Neath Port Talbot highest point at 0.1 miles
Longest planned leg	Bath YHA to Devizes at 20 miles

Week 1:

Week 2:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
8	8/04/2004	Bridestowe	Devon's highest point	11.2	113.4
9	9/04/2004	Devon's highest point	Taw Bridge	20.2	133.6
10	10/04/2004	Taw Bridge	South Molton	20.1	153.7
11	11/04/2004	South Molton	Simonsbath	13	166.7
12	12/04/2004	Simonsbath	Porlock Weir	13	179.7
13	13/04/2004	Porlock Weir	Treborough	18.7	198.4
14	14/04/2004	Treborough	Wellington Hill	18.2	216.6

Mileage for week 2: 114.4

Week 3:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
15	15/04/2004	Wellington Hill	Forde Abbey	20	236.6
16	16/04/2004	Forde Abbey	South Petherton	19.2	255.8
17	17/04/2004	South Petherton	Glastonbury	20	275.8
18	18/04/2004	Glastonbury	Cheddar YHA	19.8	295.6
19	19/04/2004	Cheddar YHA	Farrington Gurney	15	310.6
20	20/04/2004	Farrington Gurney	Bath YHA	11.9	322.5
21	21/04/2004	Bath YHA	Devizes	20	342.5

Mileage for week 3: 125.9

Week 4:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
22	22/04/2004	Devizes	Barbury Castle car park	20.3	362.8
23	23/04/2004	Barbury Castle car park	Lambourn	20.5	383.3
24	24/04/2004	Lambourn	Hampshire's highest point	15	398.3
25	25/04/2004	Hampshire's highest point	Deane	16.2	414.5
26	26/04/2004	Deane	Four Marks	16.1	430.6
27	27/04/2004	Four Marks	Liphook	15.2	445.8
28	28/04/2004	Liphook	Alfold Bars	16.5	462.3

Mileage for week 4: 119.8

Week 5:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
29	29/04/2004	Alfold Bars	Surrey highest point	12	474.3
30	30/04/2004	Surrey highest point	Slaugham	15.7	490
31	1/5/2004	Slaugham	Streat	19	509
32	2/5/2004	Streat	East Grinstead	19.2	528.2
33	3/5/2004	East Grinstead	Kent highest point	18.1	546.3
34	4/5/2004	Kent highest point	Wandsworth Bridge	19.4	565.7
35	5/5/2004	Wandsworth Bridge	Middlesex highest point	14.7	580.4

Mileage for week 5: 118.1

Week 6:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
36	6/5/2004	Middlesex highest point	Dudswell	17.1	597.5
37	7/5/2004	Dudswell	Ivinghoe Beacon	14.8	612.3
38	8/5/2004	Ivinghoe Beacon	Pirton	20.4	632.7
39	9/5/2004	Pirton	Melbourn	19.9	652.6
40	10/5/2004	Melbourn	Newport (Essex)	15.6	668.2
41	11/5/2004	Newport (Essex)	Hundon	20.9	689.1
42	12/5/2004	Hundon	Bury St Edmunds	16.5	705.6

Mileage for week 6: 125.2

Week 7:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
43	13/5/2004	Bury St Edmunds	Thetford Station	19.6	725.2
44	14/5/2004	Thetford Station	Watton	14.9	740.1
45	15/5/2004	Watton	Bawdeswell	18.1	758.2
46	16/5/2004	Bawdeswell	Hanworth	15.6	773.8
47	17/5/2004	Hanworth	Holt	14.5	788.3
48	18/5/2004	Holt	Fakenham	14.5	802.8
49	19/5/2004	Fakenham	Roydon	17	819.8

Mileage for week 7: 114.2

Week 8:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
50	20/5/2004	Roydon	Kings Lynn Station	7	826.8
51	21/5/2004	Kings Lynn Station	Wisbech	15.1	841.9
52	22/5/2004	Wisbech	Pondersbridge	19.5	861.4
53	23/5/2004	Pondersbridge	Bythorn	20.3	881.7
54	24/5/2004	Bythorn	Little Irchester	17.4	899.1
55	25/5/2004	Little Irchester	Northampton Station	14.1	913.2
56	26/5/2004	Northampton Station	Hellidon	19.3	932.5

Mileage for week 8: 112.7

Week 9:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
57	27/5/2004	Hellidon	Middle Tysoe	17.9	950.4
58	28/5/2004	Middle Tysoe	Chipping Campden	15.6	966
59	29/5/2004	Chipping Campden	Stanton	10.4	976.4
60	30/5/2004	Stanton	Cheltenham	18.8	995.2
61	31/5/2004	Cheltenham	Westbury-on-Severn	20.9	1016.1
62	1/6/2004	Westbury-on-Severn	Boughspring	18	1034.1
63	2/6/2004	Boughspring	Caerleon	20.2	1054.3

Mileage for week 9: 121.8

Week 10:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
64	3/6/2004	Caerleon	Cardiff highest point	20.7	1075
65	4/6/2004	Cardiff highest point	Llanharan	18.5	1093.5
66	5/6/2004	Llanharan	Glyncorrwg	19.7	1113.2
67	6/6/2004	Glyncorrwg	Cilmaengwyn	19.6	1132.8
68	7/6/2004	Cilmaengwyn	Swiss Valley	20.8	1153.6
69	8/6/2004	Swiss Valley	Trawsmawr	19.3	1172.9
70	9/6/2004	Trawsmawr	Llangolman	18.8	1191.7

Mileage for week 10: 137.4

Week 11:

Day	Date	From	To	Distance	Cumulative distance
71	10/6/2004	Llangolman	Cwmorgan	20.9	1212.6
72	11/6/2004	Cwmorgan	Brechfa	19.9	1232.5
73	12/6/2004	Brechfa	Pont-ar-llechau	19.3	1251.8
74	13/6/2004	Pont-ar-llechau	Heol Senni	17.4	1269.2
75	14/6/2004	Heol Senni	Llwyn-y-celyn	4.7	1273.9
76	15/6/2004	Llwyn-y-celyn	Powys highest point	4.5	1278.4

Mileage for week 11: 86.7