Celebrate him at the town’s ruined abbey, then head out on a bracing 6.8 mile hike, using sections of the St Edmund Way. The route takes in the open spaces and 200-year-old cedars of Hardwick Heath and landscaped Nowton Park.on the burbling River Towy, with an Iron Age hill fort, ruined castle and fine National Trust house on its doorstep in Dinefwr. A five-mile loop takes it all in, possibly including a sighting of Dinefwr Park’s fallow deer.
The two-mile trail alongside the River Dart, which connects the charming town of Totnes to the, has been designed to suit all-comers, including wheelchair users and people with impaired vision – an audio guide can be downloaded.Delve into Coleraine’s Mountsandel Wood for a stroll back in time. Combine two paths – one along the top of the slope, one by the river – for a 2.3-mile hike around Mountsandel Fort, the earliest known human settlement in Ireland, dating to 7600 BC.