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Self-guided walking holidays in Britain’s most beautiful landscapes

Mickledore Travel is based in Keswick at the heart of the English Lake District. We are one of the leading specialists in self guided walking holidays in the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

We provide a friendly, professional and flexible service, making the arrangements that suit you, leaving you free to enjoy your holiday.

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We provide a flexible service making the arrangements that suit you, leaving you free to enjoy your holiday.

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We are one of the leading specialists in self guided walking holidays in the UK, providing a friendly, professional service.

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25+ years experience

Mickledore began in 1997, providing holidays in the Lakes for Dutch visitors. We’ve grown steadily since then, and now have customers from every corner of the world.

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Offa’s Dyke Path

7 – 16 nights

A classic long-distance trail following the Wales-England border, crossing the Wye Valley, Black Mountains and Clwydian Hills, linking historic towns, ridge walks and ancient landscapes from Chepstow to the North Wales coast.

Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path

5 – 14 nights

A stunning coastal circuit around Anglesey, combining sandy bays, rugged cliffs, quiet estuaries, charming villages, historic castles, and peaceful nature reserves, offering a varied and memorable exploration of the island’s diverse shoreline.

South Hams Way

3 – 11 nights

A captivating circular walk through South Devon, blending tranquil river valleys, rugged Dartmoor moorland, dramatic coastal headlands, charming villages, and scenic estuaries, offering a rich and varied exploration of the South Hams.

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    We did a self-guided walking trip on the Dales High Way, and loved it. It was challenging in terms of elevation and navigation, but that just makes it more fun. The landscape is so beautiful, the accommodations were great, and the people were lovely. We’re eager to return to that area because of this lovely trip!

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    Mickledore did it again: we’ve just returned from our second trip with them, this time on the Dales High Way. What a gorgeous part of England! Our trip was well planned by Mickledore, and all the details worked out well. Since we’ve now had two trips with them that are so well planned and go so smoothly, we know we can trust them to do this regularly. We are already thinking about what walking trip we want to do next summer!

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    Vicky, August 2025

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    4 days walking around the coast of Guernsey. Marvelous views along the cliff paths, along with a LOT of stairs on the southeast and south coasts. Some amazing beaches, huge tides and interesting dunes. Lots of history, both ancient and more recent. Good accommodation and good recommendations for where to eat.

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    I have been on a couple of different Mickledore self-guided walking trips. Mickledore provides excellent information on their website and in their tour packages, arranges accommodation that suits my needs, is responsive to questions and requests to personalize the trip.

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    Walk the world, September 2025

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    Self-guided walking trip along the South Downs Way from Winchester to Eastbourne. We chose to complete the route in 9 days but other durations were available with Mickledore. The Mickledore booking process was very easy. All of the hotels/B&B’s were excellent with friendly, helpful hosts and very good breakfasts. There were very good options nearby for evening meals if the place we were staying didn’t have that option. The route was very well signposted and easy to follow. The guidebook provided by Mickledore was excellent. A reasonable level of fitness is required as there is a fair amount of uphill/downhill along the way, especially when you have to leave the trail to get to your accommodation. At various points the route could be seen well into the distance so there was a real sense of achievement when our self-appointed landmarks were met. We would recommend this trip through Mickledore as it was very well organised, had lovely places to stay and wonderful ever-changing scenery along the way.

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    There was extensive information on the Mickledore website about the trip. The booking process was very easy. Once confirmed the holiday pack arrived quickly by post. It contained detailed information about all of the places we would be staying, local information about places to eat/emergency contact info etc as well as a detailed guide book and map. The guide book was excellent and included detailed maps for each section of the route. All of the hotels/B&B’s were excellent and our luggage was transferred for us seamlessly between them. We’re already thinking about our next trip with Mickledore.

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    Bruce & Linda, August 2025

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Anne-Marie’s South Hams Adventure

This summer I headed to Devon to walk the coastal section of the South Hams Way, one of our newer walking holidays. I was lucky to be accompanied again this year by my friend Kirsty. Those of you who have read my previous blogs will know that I like to invite friends and family to join me on my Mickledore research trips. This one was no exception. I do this because I think that walking and talking is good for the soul, even walking in companionable silence is a wonderful thing. Read on to find out who else I persuaded to come along with me this year. I broke up the eight-hour journey from the far North of the country to the far South of the country with a night stop in Bath, where I had finished the Cotswold Way in 2024. This was great as I got to meet Ling who is our host at The Apple Tree Guest House and I also went to meet another four of our accommodation hosts. Our research trips are very important to us as they give us an opportunity to put faces to names and to get to know our hosts a…

Exploring the North Cornwall Coast: From Hartland Quay to Port Isaac

This summer, my close friend Hana and I walked the South West Coast Path from Hartland Quay to Port Isaac. Although I have been holidaying in Cornwall since I was a small child and have never lost my appreciation for its contrasting rolling hills, sheer-sided cliffs, hidden coves, and sweeping sandy beaches, I had never explored this particular stretch of the North Cornwall coastline. I couldn’t wait to discover what lay ahead. Hana has spent the last few years recovering from long COVID, so a week of walking would be the ultimate test of her progress. Knowing this section of the coast path has a reputation as one of the most challenging, and with my own tendency to stray from the route in search of interesting things to see, we chose the longest itinerary with the shortest daily mileages. It gave us plenty of time to enjoy each day at our own pace, and that proved to be a wise decision. After a long drive down from the Lake District, we felt rewarded simply by arriving in Hartland Quay. Not knowing the area, we were blown away by just how striking the spot was. It featured an excess of spectacularly…

Seven Days on the North Devon Coast

This year, for my research trip with Mickledore, we decided to tackle the very first section of the South West Coast Path. Having fallen in love with Exmoor on last year’s Two Moors Way trip, and being a huge fan of coastal walking, this was a wonderful opportunity to combine both while getting to know the route, and meet some of the amazing accommodation and service providers that help make our walking holidays so special. Stretching 88 miles from Minehead to Westward Ho!, the North Devon section of the South West Coast Path brings together wild moorland and towering cliffs, secret coves and stunning beaches. I was brought up listening to Mark Wallington’s 500 Mile Walkies, so I was eager to follow in the footsteps (or pawprints) of Boogie as he chased his endless plastic bags! Getting to Minehead all the way from Cumbria was remarkably easy, using a combination of trains and buses, my husband Matt and I found ourselves dipping our toes in the sea by early afternoon. This gave us plenty of time to find the official start of the trail for the following morning, avoid the urban sprawl of Butlin’s, and instead while away the afternoon…

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