England's finest walking areas are the granite moorlands and spectacular coastlines of Devon and Cornwall in the Southwest, and the highlands of the North – notably the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, and the Lake District. Keen hikers might want to tackle one of England's dozen or so National Trails (www.nationaltrail.co.uk), which amount to some 2500 miles of waymarked path and track. Perhaps the most famous – certainly the toughest – is the Pennine Way (268 miles; usual walking time 16 days), stretching from the Derbyshire Peak District to the Scottish Borders, while the challenging South West Coast Path (630 miles; 56 days) through Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset tends to be tackled in shorter sections. Other trails are less gung-ho in character, like the South Downs Way (101 miles; 8 days) or the fascinating Hadrians's Wall Path (84 miles; 7 days).