The great thing about hiking is you can pretty much live anywhere – and you’re within reaching distance of some great hiking areas.

From London, you can easily get out to the Cotswolds or the South Downs in an hour or two. Bristol, you’ve got Cheddar Gorge just outside. Leeds is on the brink of the Yorkshire Moors.

If you’re lucky enough to live anywhere you like, the obvious options are the Lake District, the Peak District, Snowdonia and the Highlands in Scotland are places hikers dream about tackling.

We’d recommend…

Kendal in Cumbria, Lynton in Devon, Buxton in Derbyshire