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A walk around Farnham. The LDWA has over 40 local groups, [8] which organise challenge events and social walks. It publishes a journal, Strider, three times a year, [9] and maintains a data base of long-distance paths, and registers of achievements in hillwalking and trail walking.
There is no formal definition of a long-distance path, though the British Long Distance Walkers Association defines one as a route "20 miles [32 km] or more in length and mainly off-road." [1] They usually follow existing rights of way, often over private land, linked and sometimes waymarked to make a named route. [3]
The Vanguard Way is a long-distance walk of 66.2 mi (106.5 km) [1] from East Croydon station in outer London (OS grid reference), travelling from the north, to Newhaven, on the south coast of England. [2] [3] It passes through the counties of Surrey, Kent and East Sussex, between Croydon and Newhaven, East Sussex. [2]
An updated guide with maps and walk directions is available online from the Kent and Surrey Council websites. The original guidebook is out of print. [ 5 ] On Ordnance Survey Explorer map 145, a spur – also labelled Greensand Way – is shown from Thursley to Farnham ; this is not part of the path.
The North Downs Way, and the other Kent long-distance footpaths Colley Hill on the North Downs Way Heading up Hollingbourne Downs on the North Downs Way. East of Boughton Lees, the path splits in two, the northern section running via Canterbury and the southern via Wye; at this stage the path crosses the Stour Valley Walk and passes the Wye Crown.
The Sussex Border Path is a long-distance footpath around the borders of Sussex, a historic county and former medieval kingdom in southern England.The main path is 150 miles (240 km) long and stays close to Sussex's borders with Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, connecting Thorney Island) to Rye
That same year saw her enter her first 'ultra' (a race of a distance beyond the marathon's 26 miles 385 yards) with the 100 km Surrey Summits in April and a Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) crosscountry 100 mile event alongs than 24 hours) in the annual English Centurions 24 Hour race - 33 "hundreds" walked between 1982 and 2019. [1]
The Long Distance Walkers Association in the UK is for the more energetic walker, and organizes lengthy challenge hikes of 20 or even 50 miles (30 to 80 km) or more in a day. The LDWA's annual "Hundred" event, entailing walking 100 miles or 160 km in 48 hours, takes place each British Spring Bank Holiday weekend. [40]