Write for us

We publish a small number of guest pieces each year from walkers who know a corner of Britain well. If you have a walk you keep coming back to, or a quiet piece of local history you can tell in plain English, we would like to hear about it.

What we are after

• Village or town walks with a strong sense of place and a piece of local history to anchor them.
• Short, specific essays on practical walking in Britain: a local right of way question, a stretch of a National Trail, a seasonal observation.
• Honest pieces about getting lost, going the wrong way and finding somewhere better. We are not looking for guidebook polish.

What we will decline

• Thinly disguised adverts for tour operators, kit brands, holiday lets or any other commercial product. We do not take paid placements.
• Generic ‘best walks in Britain’ listicles. There are enough of those.
• AI-generated copy. We can tell, and we will not publish it.
• Pieces on gambling, adult content, pharmaceutical products or cryptocurrency, regardless of angle.

Length and shape

Aim for 900 to 1500 words. A good piece has an early, specific answer to a specific question (‘What is the quietest way up Mam Tor?’), a few paragraphs of grounded observation and one or two outside links to authoritative sources where a reader might usefully go next. We are relaxed about voice; we are strict about accuracy.

Originality, sources and corrections

Copy must be original and unpublished elsewhere. Any factual claim should rest on something you can point us to; we will ask. If a route includes a specific pub, cafe or bus route, we will check it is still there before publication. If something later changes on the ground, we welcome corrections from readers.

Images

If you have photographs of your own that you are happy to license to us under a Creative Commons licence, send them. Otherwise, we will source commercially usable images from Wikimedia Commons or Openverse and credit them under the photographer’s name.

How to pitch

Send a short email to [email protected] with:

• A one-paragraph summary of the piece and the walk.
• A link or two to anything you have written before, if you have.
• A rough word count and a timeframe.

A pitch is faster for both of us than a finished draft. We usually reply within a week. If you have not heard back in two, assume the email was lost and send it again.