National Trails are long distance footpaths and bridleways in England and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. They are administered by Natural England

Natural England

Natural England is the non-departmental public body of the UK government responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, geology and soils, are protected and improved...

 and the Countryside Council for Wales

Countryside Council for Wales

The Countryside Council for Wales is an Assembly Government Sponsored Body. It is the Welsh Assembly Government's wildlife conservation authority for Wales...

, statutory agencies of the UK government.

National Trails are marked with an acorn

Acorn

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 symbol along the route.

In Scotland

Scotland

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, the equivalent trails are called Long Distance Routes

Long Distance Routes

Long Distance Route is an official term for maintained long-distance footpaths in Scotland that require several days to walk...

 and are administered by Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Natural Heritage

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.

List of National Trails

• Cleveland Way
  Cleveland Way
  The Cleveland Way is a National Trail in ancient Cleveland in Northern England. It runs 110 miles from Helmsley to Filey, skirting the North York Moors National Park.-History:The trail was opened in 1969...
  
   in England
• Cotswold Way
  Cotswold Way
  The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on 24 May 2007 and several new rights of way have been created.-History:...
  
   in England
• Glyndŵr's Way
  Glyndwr's Way
  Glyndŵr's Way is a long distance footpath in mid Wales. It runs for in an extended loop through Powys between Knighton and Welshpool.- History :...
  
   in Wales
• Hadrian's Wall Path
  Hadrian's Wall Path
  The Hadrian’s Wall Path is a long distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for , from Wallsend on the east coast of Great Britain to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast. The path runs through urban areas, and over moors...
  
   in England
• North Downs Way
  North Downs Way
  The North Downs Way is a long-distance path in southern England, opened in 1978. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Godalming, Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Kent Downs AONB.East of Boughton Lees, the path splits...
  
   in England
• Offa's Dyke Path
  Offa's Dyke Path
  Offa's Dyke Path is a long distance footpath along the Welsh-English border. Opened in 1971, it is one of Britain's premier National Trails and draws walkers from throughout the world...
  
   in Wales and England
• Peddar's Way
  Peddars Way
  The Peddars Way is a long distance footpath in Norfolk, England. It is 46 miles long and follows the route of a Roman road. It has been suggested by more than one writer that it was not created by the Romans but was an ancient trackway, a branch or extension of the Icknield Way, used and...
  
   and Norfolk Coast Path
  North Norfolk Coastal Path
  The Norfolk Coast Path is a long distance footpath in Norfolk, running 45 miles from Hunstanton to Cromer. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB ....
  
   in England (treated as a single National Trail)
• Pembrokeshire Coast Path
  Pembrokeshire Coast Path
  The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a National Trail in southwest Wales. It was established in 1970, and is 186 miles long, mostly at cliff-top level, with 35,000 feet of ascent and descent. The northern end is at Poppit Sands, near St...
  
   in Wales
• Pennine Bridleway
  Pennine Bridleway
  The Pennine Bridleway is a new National Trail under designation in Northern England.It runs roughly parallel with the Pennine Way but provides access for horseback riders and cyclists as well as walkers. The trail is around long; through Derbyshire to the South Pennines, the Mary Towneley Loop...
  
   in England (bridleway)
• Pennine Way
  Pennine Way
  The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England. The trail runs from Edale, in the northern Derbyshire Peak District, north through the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park and ends at Kirk Yetholm, just inside the Scottish border. The path runs along the Pennine hills, sometimes...
  
   in England and Scotland
• The Ridgeway
  The Ridgeway
  thumb|right|thumb|The ancient tree-lined path winds over the downs countrysideThe Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road...
  
   in England (mostly bridleway/restricted byway/byway)
• South Downs Way
  South Downs Way
  The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in southern England, and is one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales...
  
   in England (bridleway)
• South West Coast Path
  South West Coast Path
  The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for , running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset. Since it rises and falls with every river mouth, it is also one of the more...
  
   (South West Way) in England—the UK's longest
• Thames Path
  Thames Path
  The Thames Path is a National Trail, opened in 1996, following the length of the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton. It is about long....
  
   in England
• Yorkshire Wolds Way
  Yorkshire Wolds Way
  The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a National Trail in Yorkshire, England. It runs 79 miles from Hessle to Filey, around the Yorkshire Wolds...
  
  in England

Together these are over 4000 kilometres (2,485.5 mi) long.