These journeys will lead you through the UK’s most awe-inspiring scenery. There’s inspiration and adventure here for everyone.

Take a refreshing coastal walk around Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsular. Hop on board The Jacobite steam train (the ‘Hogwarts Express’) for a unique view of the Highlands. Buckle up for Northern Ireland’s exhilarating Causeway Coastal Route – a road trip fit for giants. Enjoy a relaxing River Wye boat ride along the borders of Wales and England.

The views get even better every time you turn a corner. And you can slow down and connect with our landscape and heritage in ways our hurried world rarely permits.

Most of these journeys can be done in a day, so you don’t have to wait forever to enjoy the trips of a lifetime.

Richard Madden has been a travel writer specialising in 'Adventure Travel' for more than 25 years, ten years of which as Adventure Travel Editor of The Telegraph. He has visited all seven continents and crossed the Andes on horseback, crewed a Whitbread Round the World boat, cycled across America and skydived with the Red Devils. Now his next challenge is to find Britain’s greatest journeys.