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Land's End to John o' Groats

Cornwall, Highland, Numerous

1368 km / 850 miles
There is no set route for this, one of the ultimate walking challenges in the UK and whatever the chosen route, it will not be less than 850 miles and may be much longer. There are inherent dangers in using lanes/roads but there are various established long distance routes of which advantage can be taken to avoid such hazards.

The Andy Robinson Cicerone book 'End to End Trail: Land's End to John O'Groats on Foot' provides off-road options for walkers in outline, mainly using named long distance paths (LDPs) but including descriptions of linking sections not on LDPs.

The LDWA/Cicerone UK Trailwalker's Handbook (Amazon may have used copies) is a useful aid to planning the overall routing using LDPs, if footpaths are to be used.

For a comprehensive historic bibliography of the challenge see Andy Robinson's website below. This includes reviews.

Several recent authors describe their experiences of walking LEJOG in a selection listed below, often with some humour. Mark Moxon's book is also available to download as an E-book or PDF. Robin Richards describes his mid-life walk with a light touch and shot through with gentle humour. An account of a 2014 walk (by LDWA member Adam Dawson for a charity) is on the Adam's Walk website and includes detailed information and route mapping. This uses a substantially longer route than the minimum, that included the national tops of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, so would take a little longer than a more direct route. Victoria Morris, an LDWA member, describes her 3,500 mile walk from John O'Groats to Land's End via the highest point of every county in her Highpoints book. Profits from the sale of this book will be shared with Mental Health Research UK.


Strider News - December 2023 (Publication Update)

New Cicerone guidebook


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Moorland
Start: SW343251 - Land's End, Cornwall View on StreetMap
Finish: ND379734 - John o' Groats, Highland View on StreetMap
User Group: Land's End to John o' Groats Association Land's End to John o' Groats Association
Web Sites: Wildwalking UK - Land's End to John O'Groats [blog] Adam's Walk - LEJOG Brackwalks - Land's End to John o'Groats Andy Robinson's long distance walking website Walking Land's End to John o'Groats with Mark Moxon Scottish National Trail Walk Highlands - Scottish National Trail British Walks - A Land's End to John O'Groats walk [blog] LEJOG Walking Journey Planner Independent Hostels UK - Land's End to John o' Groats Accommodation

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook Walking the End to End Trail: Land's End to John O'Groats on foot  (Cicerone Press  - 2023 )
Guidebook Walking e2e  (Brackwalks  - 2015 )
E-Book When I Walk, I Bounce: Walking from Land's End to John o'Groats  (Amazon Media Group  - 2009 )
Guidebook End to End  (Book Guild Publishing Ltd  - 2008 )
Guidebook Lands End to John O'Groats  (Mike Salter  - 2006 )
Guidebook John O' Groats to Lands End : the official challenge guide  (Dash4it  - 2004 )
Guidebook Land's End to John O'Groats Walk  (Cordee Ltd  - 2001 )
Certificate Certificate for Land's End to John o' Groats  (Land's End to John o' Groats Association )
General Interest Book Footsteps in summer : diary of an epic walk of discovery across Britain  (Matador (an imprint of Troubadour)  - 2014 )
General Interest Book LE-JOG-ed : a mid-lifer's trek from Land's End to John O'Groats  (Matador (an imprint of Troubadour)  - 2013 )
General Interest Book Highpoints : a 3,500 mile walk from John O'Groats to Land's End via the highest point of every county  (Hayloft  - 2020 )
General Interest Book A journey of soles : Land's End to John O'Groats  (Hayloft  - 2003 )
Badge Badge for Land's End to John o' Groats  (Land's End to John o' Groats Association )

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