The UK has plenty of beautiful walks with stunning scenery to offer, but how do you know which ones are suitable for your family?

To answer that question, footwear retailer Charles Clinkard put together a list of 40 family-friendly walks, suitable for the whole family to embark on.

They rating the walks using a number of factors including accessibility for prams and wheelchairs, parking and toilets, the distance of the walk and time it takes to walk it, additional activities and cost.

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Ecommerce director from Charles Clinkard, Rachel Clinkard, said: "Some of the country's favourite walks aren't necessarily family-friendly. Many are quite challenging, and others don't have all the relevant facilities such as toilets, baby changing, and accessible paths.

“For families with children, it can be difficult to know exactly which walks are best. That's why we put together our list of 40 family-friendly Great British walks.”

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Best family-friendly walks

Spread across the British Isles, you should find a walk not too far from you, and if there are any further afield which take your fancy, you can always use it as an excuse to head off on an impromptu staycation.

  1. Ancient Tree Walk at Croft Castle - Hertfordshire
  2. Blickling Estate - Norfolk
  3. Box Hill Stepping Stones - Surrey
  4. Buttermere Walk - Cumbria
  5. Catbells - Cumbria
  6. Coobe Hill - Buckinghamshire
  7. Craster to Dunstanborough - Castle - Northumberland
  8. Dunham Massey ANcient Trees Walk - Cheshire
  9. Dunwich Heath and Beach - Suffolk
  10. Fishpool Dingle Walk and Crift Castle - Hertfordshire
  11. Five Pits Trail - Derbyshire
  12. Green Walk at Brodie Castle - Moray
  13. Gruffalo Trail at Alice Holt Forest - Hampshire
  14. Hindhope Linn at Kielder Forest - Northumberland
  15. Loch Lomond Faerie Trail - Southern Scotland
  16. Lock Muick - Aberdeenshire
  17. Long Pooh Walkfrom Gills Lap at Ashdown Forest - East Sussex
  18. Loweswater Circuit - Cumbria
  19. Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door - Dorset
  20. Lydstep Cliffs and Caverns Walk - Pembrokeshire
  21. Magical Meander Trail at Heartwood Forest - Hertfordshire
  22. Malham to Janet's Foss - North Yorkshire
  23. Mam Tor - Derbyshire
  24. Mill Walk at Hardcastle Crags
  25. Padley Gorge to Longshaw - Derbyshire
  26. Pen y Fan from Pont ar Daf - South Wales
  27. Pond Walk at Brodie Castle - Moray
  28. Rhossili Headland Walk - Swansea
  29. Rivington Pike - Greater Manchester
  30. Room on the Broom Adventure Trail at Anglers Country Park - West Yorkshire
  31. Sculpture Trail at Rushmere Country Park - Bedfordshire
  32. Snowdon Llanberis Path - Snowdonia
  33. St Ives to Carbis Bay - Cornwall
  34. Stackpole Wildlife Walk - Pembrokeshire
  35. Stanton Moor - Derbyshire
  36. Stock Ghyll Force - Cumbria
  37. Studland Beach Sand Dunes Trail - Dorset
  38. The Balmoral Cairns - Aberdeenshire
  39. Three-in-one Woodland Walk at Ashridge Estate - Hertfordshire
  40. Undiscovered Formby - Merseyside

For more information about the walks and how the list was compiled, visit the Charles Clinkard website.