How to navigate and not get lost!

Being able to find your way around without getting lost is important for walking or wheeling Slow Ways. Slow Ways is not a navigation tool or app. Many routes can be navigated with a basic ability to interpret street maps.

Here are some tips:

• To follow Slow Ways routes on a phone or device, download them onto a navigation app like OS Maps, MapMyWalk, Strava or Viewranger. 
• Learn how to map read with Steve Backshall.
• Use the Ordnance Survey beginner’s guides to map reading.

Slow Ways route-related information has been contributed by individuals from across the country. Some submitted routes may be unreliable, unachievable, or dangerous - the processes of reviewing, rating and surveying routes aims to root these out. Please be aware that you are entirely responsible for planning and undertaking your own journeys.