Make this the year you get out with your pet and discover just what amazing dog walks Britain has to offer. To get you in the mood, here are 10 of the best to inspire you.

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Get out and explore this year.

Taking your dog for a walk not only provides your four-legged friend with physical and mental enrichment, it can improve your own fitness, and boost your well-being. It allows you to access amazing views, and experience sights you can only see on foot. All that, and it also strengthens your bond with your dog.

Here, walking expert and dog-lover Andrew White, host of ‘Walks Around Britain’, highlights 10 walks around the country that you and your dog can enjoy this year.

Andrew is a Get Outside champion, an Ordnance Survey initiative where a range of outdoor people engage with the wider community to encourage them outside. “The outdoors is there for you, and it’s whatever you want to make out of it,” Andrew enthused.

Andrew and his dog Mac.

The Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus.

Image: Julie Hill.

Caledonian Canal, INVERNESS

Stretching from Fort William to Inverness, the canal was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1822. Four lochs, including the famous Loch Ness, feed into the canal.

Andrew says: Spanning some 60 miles from the west to the east coast of Scotland, the Caledonian Canal provides some fantastic walking along the towpaths, with some magnificent scenery, amazing engineering, and wondrous wildlife along the way. The towpaths are mainly flat and are very well maintained, along with easy access for all.