Land's End to John o' Groats

Cornwall, Highland, Numerous

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.

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Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Attributes:	Moorland
Start:	SW343251 - Land's End, Cornwall
Finish:	ND379734 - John o' Groats, Highland
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 Walk Highlands - John o'Groats Trail

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	End to End Trail: Land's End to John O'Groats  (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 )
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  - 2014 )
General Interest Book	LE-JOG-ed : a mid-lifer's trek from Land's End to John O'Groats  (Matador  - 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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