Geography

BBC News: Slow map – Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths

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BBC News: Slow map – Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths

“Would you know the best way to walk from Leeds to Manchester? From Tring to Milton Keynes, or Carlisle to Inverness? If not, then you’re not alone.

We live in a time when our phones will show us the quickest route to almost anywhere – if we are driving, that is. Walking? Well, that’s a different matter.

Geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison is offering a solution; a new map created by volunteers during lockdown to show the best walking routes between all of Britain’s main towns.

All that is needed now is 10,000 keen walkers to test out the routes on his “slow map”. David Sillito

Read the whole article on BBC News.

The Guardian: How the Slow Ways network could change walking in Britain

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The Guardian: How the Slow Ways network could change walking in Britain

“Once you’re allowed to visit family or friends around the UK, why not ditch the car or train and go on foot instead? That’s what the creators of Slow Ways want to encourage. It’s an ambitious new project to create a network of walking routes between all of Great Britain’s towns and cities, as well as thousands of villages.

The brainchild of geographer and explorer Dan Raven-Ellison, and supported by Ordnance Survey, the idea is to get people walking between locations they might otherwise drive or take public transport to – via existing off-road paths and bridleways – and to promote slower types of travel.” Jane Dunford

Read the whole article on The Guardian’s website.