This guidebook contains details of 50 day walk routes, spread over all parts of the North Pennines. Most are circular, so that anyone using a car can return to it at the end of the walk, but a few are linear and require the use of public transport for completion. Together these routes stretch nearly 800km (500 miles) across immensely rich and varied countryside, taking in some of the finest and most interesting features of the region. A summary of the distance, terrain, refreshment and transport facilities as well as the start/finish points are described at the start of each route. Each route varies from 8km to 23km.

Walking on the North Pennines offers walkers both gentle riverside strolls that pass by stunning scenery such as waterfalls and longer, more rugged moorland walks. The routes also include vast areas that are now designated as ?access land’. It is easy for everyone to enjoy exploring the North Pennines, as the walking routes suit all abilities, from old, flat railway trackbeds to extensive, pathless, tussocky moorland. However, walkers exploring an area as bleak and remote as the North Pennines do need to be self-sufficient.