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Hill lists, long-distance trails and sets of landmarks, each one a checklist Atlas fills in from the walks you have already recorded.

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Hill lists (all 20)

• Wainwrights - 214 peaks, Lake District
  The 214 Lake District fells described in Alfred Wainwright's seven Pictorial Guides, published between 1955 and 1966. They run from Castle Crag at 290 m, the only fell under a thousand feet, to Scafell Pike at 978 m, the highest ground in England. There are no rules to a round, only the list, which is exactly why people finish it.
• Munros - 282 peaks, Scottish Highlands
  The 282 Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914.4 m), first catalogued by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 and maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ever since. Ben Nevis tops the list at 1,345 m; the remotest entries, in the Fisherfield and Knoydart hinterlands, are two days' walk from a road. More than 7,000 people have registered a completed round, most of them after decades of weekends.
• Yorkshire Three Peaks - 3 peaks, Yorkshire Dales
  Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, the three summits of the classic Yorkshire Dales challenge walk. The traditional circuit from Horton in Ribblesdale covers roughly 39 km with about 1,600 m of ascent, and the accepted target is under 12 hours. Whernside is the highest of the three at 737 m; Ingleborough is the one that feels it.
• Welsh 3000ers - 16 peaks, Snowdonia
  The Welsh peaks above 3,000 feet (914 m), all packed into three ranges in northern Eryri: the Snowdon massif, the Glyderau and the Carneddau. Depending on which tops you count there are 14 to 16; Atlas tracks 16, with Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) the highest at 1,085 m. Crossing the lot in a single push is the Welsh 3000s challenge, one of the hardest day walks in Britain.
• Ethels - 95 peaks, Peak District
  The 95 hills of the Peak District and its fringes, published in 2021 and named for Ethel Haythornthwaite, the campaigner whose work helped create Britain's first national park. Kinder Scout is the highest at 636 m; many of the rest are quiet gritstone edges and limestone tops that the crowds walk straight past. A round is very achievable in a year of weekends.
• County tops - 174 peaks, United Kingdom
  The highest point of every current county and unitary authority in Great Britain, 174 of them. Some are Munros; others are a trig pillar in a field or an unmarked rise on the edge of town. The list goes everywhere, which is rather the point.
• Historic county tops - 85 peaks, United Kingdom
  The highest point of each of the 85 traditional counties of Great Britain, as they stood before the boundary reforms of the 1970s. Older, steadier and a good deal hillier than the modern list, from Ben Nevis down to the gentle top of Huntingdonshire.
• Corbetts - 222 peaks, Scotland
  The 222 Scottish hills between 2,500 and 3,000 feet (762 to 914 m) with at least 500 feet (152 m) of drop on every side, compiled by John Rooke Corbett in the 1920s. The strict prominence rule means every Corbett is a genuinely separate hill, and plenty give harder days than the Munros they stand beside. A Corbett round is the connoisseur's project.
• Fionas - 219 peaks, Scotland
  The 219 Scottish hills between 2,000 and 2,500 feet with at least 150 m of drop, the list Fiona Torbet surveyed and published in 1992. They reach from the Borders to the far north-west and out to the islands; Beinn Talaidh on Mull sits right on the upper limit at 762 m. Quieter than the Munros in every way except the views.
• Donalds - 88 peaks, Southern Uplands
  The hills of the Scottish Lowlands over 2,000 feet (610 m), catalogued by Percy Donald in 1935 using a formula of his own devising for what counts as a separate top. Atlas tracks 88 of them, from the Pentlands above Edinburgh to the Galloway hills, with the Merrick the highest at 843 m. Grassy, rolling and honest walking, mostly shared with sheep.
• Munro Tops - 226 peaks, Scottish Highlands
  The 226 subsidiary summits over 3,000 feet that the Scottish Mountaineering Club lists as Tops rather than separate Munros. Most sit on ridges you were walking anyway; a few demand a long detour for one more cairn. Finishing the Munros and the Tops together is the full round.
• Furths - 34 peaks, England, Wales & Ireland
  The 34 summits over 3,000 feet outside Scotland: 15 in Eryri, 6 in the Lake District and 13 in Ireland. Munroists add them to finish the job properly. Small list, long drives.
• Nuttalls - 442 peaks, England & Wales
  The mountains of England and Wales at least 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 15 m of re-ascent on every side, surveyed by John and Anne Nuttall in the early 1990s. The generous prominence bar makes it the long list: Atlas tracks 441, topped by Yr Wyddfa at 1,085 m. Finishing it means standing on nearly every piece of high ground in both countries.
• Hewitts - 316 peaks, England & Wales
  Hills in England, Wales and Ireland Above Two Thousand feet, which is where the name comes from, with at least 30 m of prominence. A stricter cut than the Nuttalls, so every Hewitt feels like its own hill. Atlas tracks the 315 English and Welsh entries, from Yr Wyddfa (1,085 m) down; the Irish ones can wait.
• Birketts - 541 peaks, Lake District
  Every Lake District top over 1,000 feet (305 m) in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells, 541 in all. The list swallows the Wainwrights whole and then more than doubles them, adding the outlying and in-between tops Wainwright left out. This is the long game of Lakeland bagging.
• Outlying Fells - 116 peaks, Lake District
  The 116 lower tops on the edges of Lakeland from Wainwright's eighth book, The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974), written for walkers whose knees had started to argue. Many go in small rounds from a single car park. Black Combe is the pick of them; several are barely hills at all, which is part of the charm.
• Mourne Mountains - 35 peaks, Mourne Mountains
  The granite range in the south-east corner of Northern Ireland, where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea, together with the outlying County Down hills the Database of British and Irish Hills files alongside them. 35 summits on the Marilyn, Simm, Arderin or Vandeleur-Lynam lists, from Slieve Donard at 850 m, the highest point in Ulster, down to Cairngaver at 214 m. Hills that make only the Hump list are left out. The Mourne Wall ties most of the high ones together.
• Sperrin Mountains - 32 peaks, Sperrin Mountains
  A long, rounded range across Tyrone and Londonderry, with Sawel the highest at 678 m, plus the outliers DoBIH counts with it, as far as Binevenagh above Lough Foyle. 32 summits on the Marilyn, Simm, Arderin or Vandeleur-Lynam lists, leaving out the Hump-only hills. Big skies, few people and enough bog to keep the pace honest.
• Northern Ireland county tops - 5 peaks, Northern Ireland
  The highest point of each of the six historic counties of Northern Ireland, which comes to five summits: Sawel tops both Londonderry and Tyrone. Slieve Donard for Down, Trostan for Antrim and Slieve Gullion for Armagh make up the rest, with Cuilcagh for Fermanagh sitting right on the border with Cavan.
• Marilyns - 1,555 peaks, United Kingdom
  British hills with at least 150 m of prominence regardless of absolute height, defined by Alan Dawson in The Relative Hills of Britain (1992); the name is a joke at the Munros' expense. Atlas tracks 1,555 across Great Britain, from modest coastal tops to Ben Nevis at 1,345 m. Only a handful of people have ever finished them, which is either a warning or an invitation.

Trails (all 37)

• King Charles III England Coast Path - 3420 km, England coast
  The King Charles III England Coast Path is the National Trail Natural England is building around the entire English coast, roughly 2,700 miles once the last gap is closed. This collection tracks the stretches open so far and grows as new ones open, so the finish line moves; anyone who has walked every stretch open at the time keeps the finisher badge for good. It shares long stretches with the South West Coast Path, the Norfolk Coast Path and the Cleveland Way, and one walk counts for both.
• Wales Coast Path - 1400 km, Wales
  Llwybr Arfordir Cymru: 870 miles of continuous coastal walking from Chepstow to Queensferry, the first path to follow an entire national coastline. It overlaps the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and Offa's Dyke Path at the ends, and each trail counts the shared miles.
• South West Coast Path - 1014 km, South West England
  England's longest National Trail at 630 miles, tracing the coastline from Minehead in Somerset to South Haven Point in Dorset via Land's End.
• Pennine Way - 431 km, Northern England
  England's first National Trail and still its most demanding: 268 miles from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm just over the Scottish border, following the spine of the Pennines.
• Southern Upland Way - 338 km, Southern Uplands
  Coast to coast across southern Scotland, from Portpatrick on the Irish Sea to Cockburnspath on the North Sea, by way of the Galloway hills, the Lowther Hills and the Borders. The longest of the Great Trails, with long empty stretches between villages.
• Coast to Coast - 301 km, Northern England
  Alfred Wainwright's iconic 190-mile route from St Bees on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire.
• Pembrokeshire Coast Path - 299 km, Pembrokeshire Coast
  Wales's first National Trail: 186 miles of cliff, cove and estuary from Amroth to St Dogmaels, all of it inside Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is also part of the Wales Coast Path, so the miles count twice, as with the Pennine Way and the Pennine Bridleway.
• Thames Path - 296 km, South East England
  A 184-mile National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in the Cotswolds to the Thames Barrier in London.
• Offa's Dyke Path - 292 km, Welsh Borders
  A 177-mile National Trail following the ancient earthwork along the border of England and Wales, from Chepstow on the Severn to Prestatyn on the Irish Sea.
• Pennine Bridleway - 280 km, Northern England
  A 205-mile multi-use trail for walkers, cyclists, and horse riders through the Pennines from Derbyshire to Cumbria.
• Glyndŵr's Way - 217 km, Mid Wales
  135 miles through the quiet middle of Wales, from Knighton to Welshpool by way of Machynlleth, following the country of Owain Glyndŵr. Few people walk all of it, which is half the appeal. It shares a few miles of Powys with Offa's Dyke Path, and each trail counts them.
• John Muir Way - 215 km, Central Scotland
  Coast to coast across the central belt, from Helensburgh on the Clyde to Dunbar, where John Muir was born. It passes Loch Lomond, the Antonine Wall, the Kelpies and Edinburgh before finishing along the East Lothian beaches.
• North Downs Way - 201 km, South East England
  A 153-mile National Trail following the chalk ridge of the North Downs from Farnham in Surrey to Dover in Kent.
• Fife Coastal Path - 187 km, Fife
  The Fife coast from Kincardine on the Forth to Newburgh on the Tay, past the East Neuk fishing villages and St Andrews. Mostly low-level and easy going, which is how it gets away with the length.
• Cleveland Way - 171 km, North Yorkshire
  A 171-mile National Trail circling the North York Moors from Helmsley to Filey Brigg via the Heritage Coast.
• Cotswold Way - 171 km, Cotswolds
  A 102-mile route from Bath to Chipping Campden along the Cotswold escarpment through honey-coloured villages and ancient hill forts.
• Two Moors Way - 164 km, Devon
  Across Devon from Ivybridge, on the southern edge of Dartmoor, over both moors to Lynmouth on the Bristol Channel. Atlas tracks the original line from Ivybridge; the newer extension from Wembury on the south coast is not included yet.
• Kintyre Way - 161 km, Argyll
  Down the Kintyre peninsula from Tarbert to Machrihanish, crossing between the east and west coasts on forest tracks and hill paths, with views out to Arran, Islay and Jura.
• South Downs Way - 160 km, South East England
  A 100-mile National Trail following the chalk ridge of the South Downs from Winchester to Eastbourne.
• West Highland Way - 154 km, Scottish Highlands
  Scotland's first official long-distance route, opened in 1980: 154 km from Milngavie on the edge of Glasgow to Fort William. It runs up the east shore of Loch Lomond, across Rannoch Moor and over the Devil's Staircase to Kinlochleven. Most people take about a week, heading north.
• Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path - 149 km, Norfolk
  A 93-mile National Trail from Knettishall Heath to Cromer, following a Roman road north then along the Norfolk Heritage Coast.
• Dales High Way - 145 km, Yorkshire Dales
  Saltaire to Appleby-in-Westmorland along the high ground, by Ilkley Moor, Malham, Ingleborough and the Howgills. The higher, harder relation of the Dales Way.
• The Ridgeway - 139 km, South Central England
  An 87-mile route along Britain's oldest road from Overton Hill near Avebury through the North Wessex Downs and Chilterns to Ivinghoe Beacon.
• Hadrian's Wall Path - 138 km, Northern England
  An 84-mile National Trail from Wallsend on Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway, following the line of Hadrian's Roman Wall.
• Speyside Way - 137 km, Moray and the Cairngorms
  Follows the River Spey inland from Buckie on the Moray coast, through distillery country to Aviemore and on to Newtonmore. Atlas tracks the main line; the Tomintoul spur is not included.
• Yorkshire Wolds Way - 131 km, Yorkshire
  An 80-mile National Trail from Hessle on the Humber Estuary through the chalk hills of the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey Brigg.
• Rob Roy Way - 127 km, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
  Drymen to Pitlochry through the country Rob Roy MacGregor knew, by Aberfoyle, Callander, Killin and Loch Tay. It starts in the same village as the West Highland Way and sees a fraction of the traffic.
• Dales Way - 126 km, Yorkshire Dales
  From Ilkley up Wharfedale, over the watershed near Dent Head and down through the Lune and Kent valleys to Bowness-on-Windermere. River walking for most of the way, which keeps the gradients kind. Atlas tracks the main line, not the Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate link paths.
• Great Glen Way - 125 km, Scottish Highlands
  Fort William to Inverness along the Great Glen fault, following the Caledonian Canal and the shores of Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness. Mostly towpath and forest track, with the best views saved for the high ground above Loch Ness.
• Cumbria Way - 118 km, Lake District
  Ulverston to Carlisle through the middle of the Lake District, by Coniston, Langdale, Borrowdale and Keswick, then out over the Caldbeck fells. Atlas follows the main valley line, not the High Pike alternative.
• Isle of Wight Coastal Path - 108 km, Isle of Wight
  A loop of the Isle of Wight coast, past the chalk at the Needles, the landslip country of the south coast and a fair amount of seaside town. Cliff falls move the line from time to time.
• Arran Coastal Way - 107 km, Isle of Arran
  A circuit of the Isle of Arran from Brodick, mixing shoreline paths, boulder fields and quiet road. Some stretches are only passable at low tide. Atlas follows the coastal line, not the alternative over Goat Fell.
• Cateran Trail - 103 km, Perthshire
  A circular route through the glens of eastern Perthshire and Angus from Blairgowrie, taking in Glenshee, Glen Isla and Alyth. Named for the cattle raiders who once worked these glens.
• St Cuthbert's Way - 100 km, Scottish Borders
  From Melrose, where Cuthbert began his religious life, to Holy Island, where he was later bishop. It crosses the Cheviot foothills into Northumberland and finishes over the tidal causeway to Lindisfarne, so the last stretch runs to the tide tables.
• Lyke Wake Walk - 64 km, North York Moors
  Forty miles across the widest part of the North York Moors, from Osmotherley to Ravenscar, traditionally inside 24 hours. Bill Cowley set the challenge in 1955; those who finished could call themselves dirgers.
• Causeway Coast Way - 53 km, Causeway Coast and Glens
  Portstewart to Ballycastle along the north Antrim coast, by Portrush, Dunluce Castle, the Giant's Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede. Clifftop path, beach and the odd stretch of road, with one or two places where the tide has the final say.
• Mourne Way - 42 km, Mourne Mountains
  From Newcastle, at the foot of Slieve Donard, round the northern and western edges of the Mournes to Kilbroney Park above Rostrevor on Carlingford Lough. Forest track, quiet lanes and open hillside, mostly below the high peaks rather than over them.

Landmarks (all 8)

• Trig Points - 6,436 landmarks
  Ordnance Survey triangulation pillars, built from 1936 onwards to re-survey Britain and made obsolete by GPS, the very thing that now finds them for you. Atlas tracks every standing pillar in the OS archive, over 6,000 of them, from busy summit pillars to forgotten ones in field corners and back gardens. The longest-running collectible in British walking.
• Waterfalls - 151 landmarks
  150 of Britain's notable falls, forces, sgwds and spouts, from High Force on the Tees to Eas a' Chual Aluinn, at around 200 m the highest in Britain. Best collected in the wet, which in these islands is rarely a constraint.
• Viewpoints - 70 landmarks
  Named vistas and celebrated outlooks across the UK: Surprise View above Derwentwater, Queen's View over Loch Tummel, and dozens more from sea cliffs to city rims. The easiest collection to start, and a standing excuse to stop walking for a minute.
• Stone Circles - 312 landmarks
  Over 300 Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circles, from Avebury's village-swallowing ring to Callanish on Lewis, most of them 3,000 to 5,000 years old. Nobody knows exactly what they were for, which has never stopped anyone visiting.
• Bothies - 198 landmarks
  Nearly 200 open mountain shelters, most maintained by the Mountain Bothies Association's volunteers: unlocked, unbooked and free to anyone who walks in. The code is simple: leave it as you found it, or slightly better.
• Mountain Huts & Shelters - 57 landmarks
  Club huts, refuges and emergency shelters scattered through the UK's hills, from alpine-style bunkhouses to single-room stone howffs. Less romantic than bothies, considerably more likely to have a roof that works.
• Iconic Bridges - 32 landmarks
  A hand-picked set of 32 bridges, viaducts and crossings worth a detour: the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Forth Bridge, Telford's Menai crossing and more. Engineering as landscape; several are best collected from a passing train.
• Caves & Caverns - 67 landmarks
  A curated set of caves, caverns and quarry chambers worth walking to: Thor's Cave above the Manifold, Fingal's Cave on Staffa, Cathedral Cave in Little Langdale and the great show caves of Cheddar and Castleton. Natural or man-made, all chosen for the visit, not the crawl — no ropes, no wetsuits.