Around 67% of the British population take just 5,000 steps a day or less. This amount is defined as sedentary. To help get you out of this bracket, we've found 20 routes across the UK and divided them into four distances: 5,000 steps, 7,500 steps, 10,000 steps and 7km. As you get fitter and faster, even the 10,000 step routes should take you just over an hour.
Escape London's heaving streets by heading for the banks of the Serpentine in leafy Hyde Park. You'll be accompanied by the warbling of wildfowl, the restful lapping of the lake and the splash of Italianate fountains.
Pound the pavements of the old quarter before exploring the peace and quiet of Oxford's University Parks.
The perfect walking workout is like an upside-down letter "U." You start slowly, rise up, then drop down to finish. That assures a built-in warm-up and cool-down in every walk.
The perfect walking workout is like an upside-down letter "U." You start slowly, rise up, then drop down to finish. That assures a built-in warm-up and cool-down in every walk.
The perfect walking workout is like an upside-down letter "U." You start slowly, rise up, then drop down to finish. That assures a built-in warm-up and cool-down in every walk.