Cities are alive with green spaces - Wild Cities

Welcome to Walking! This beautiful Collection is inspired by Welcome to Walking, a 32-page guide included with the January 2022 issue of Country Walking, Britain’s bestselling walking magazine. Produced in association with komoot, it’s the complete guide to getting started in the world of walking: where to go, what to look for, how to stay on track, what to wear – and why it’s the healthiest, happiest, simplest and free-est outdoor activity on the planet.Great walks aren’t always miles away Out There in the countryside. Britain’s towns and cities are alive with green spaces, many of them tucked away in hidden places. Parks, canals, riversides. Disused railway lines, small woods, reservoirs; all of these are highways to hidden adventure. London is especially green; in fact, it’s now the world’s first National Park City (Country Walking once managed to walk right across the city from west to east without setting foot off green space.) But you’ll find similar magic at work from Cardiff to Cambridge; from Bath to Birmingham; from Perth to Plymouth. In Edinburgh, they’ve even got a whacking great volcano growing out of the city. And given that more than 83% of us live in urban areas, that means there’s always a great walk on the doorstep.