Access Adventure

This book is a unique and inspiring guide to the UK's best trails and outdoor adventures, opened up to all through the expertise of accessibility champion Debbie North and her interviewees. From the crunch of gravel on a canal path to the hush of woodland in morning light, it celebrates the space, stillness and connection that only the outdoors can offer.
Access Adventure takes readers from the Lake District to the Kent and Hampshire coast, the Yorkshire Dales to the Brecon Beacons and Wye Valley, and the Isle of Skye to Rendlesham Forest's UFO trail. Each accessible route comes with practical details and ideas for nearby adventures, all specifically written with wheelchair-users in mind.
Alongside route descriptions, Debbie shares moving stories of people whose lives have been transformed by being outdoors. These walks don't just guide you through landscapes - they offer a window into human resilience, welcoming all who seek both adventure and a deeper connection with nature and each other.

Debbie North is a passionate advocate for countryside accessibility. After losing her mobility due to spinal degeneration, she continued exploring the outdoors in a TerrainHopper 4×4 all-terrain wheelchair. With her late husband Andy, she tackled Wainwrights, Munros and created her own Coast to Coast route. She founded Access the Dales in Andy's memory. Debbie is now a writer, speaker, consultant and disability and access ambassador. Her motto is 'making the inaccessible accessible'.

Introduction
Miles without Stiles Grades
The Watercut, Mallerstang, Cumbria | Debbie North
Sutton Bank, North York Moors National Park | Sara Towers
Threlkeld to Keswick, Lake District National Park | Arron Hart
Orrest Head, Lake District National Park | Dawn and Alan Towart
Coniston to Tarn Hows Circular, Lake District National Park | Alex Staniforth
Newborough National Nature Reserve and Forest, Anglesey | Mike Palmer
Beacon Fell, Craig-y-nos Country Park, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park | Karen Harris
The Wye Valley, Redbrook, Gloucester | Bethany Handley
Hergest Ridge, Herefordshire | MariKa Kovacs
Leigh Woods, Abbots Leigh, Somerset | Dee Crute
Kings Wood, St Austell, Cornwall | Pat Smith
River Otter Estuary, Budleigh Salterton, Devon | Isaac Kenyon
Ashdown Forest, East Sussex | Anita Kerwin-Nye
Heartwood Forest, nr St Albans, Hertfordshire | Emma Harrison
Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands | Darren Harris
Stansted Park, Stoughton, West Sussex | Stephanie Jane Quintrell
Folkestone Warren, Kent | Gini Mitchell
Millennium Quay, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Pauline Nixon
Folkestone Coastal Path, Kent | Tina, Cas and Freddie Bush
Holmwood Common, Dorking, Surrey | Genny Brown
UFO Trail, Rendlesham Forest nr Woodbridge, Suffolk | Natasha Sones
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk | Ozzy and Victoria Raynor
Lady Canning's Plantation, Ringinglow, South Yorkshire | Maxwell Ayamba
Cullen to Portknockie, Moray | Georgina Jackson
The Kelpies to the Falkirk Wheel | Chris Butterfield
Edinbane, Isle of Skye | Sarah Lister
Beacon Fell, Goosnargh, Lancashire | Sarah Dornan
Gisburn Forest, Ribble Valley, Lancashire | Declan Fraser-Higgins
Sprotbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire | Andi White
Nateby Fell, Yorkshire Dales National Park | Adam Medlock
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