There are numerous books on walking and exploring e.g. ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxbury, which you could use as inspiration for a walk.
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9 Classic children’s Book Destinations.
As you will see from the blog below:
Winnie the Pooh. West Sussex.
Harry Potter. Shambles, York.
Treasure Island, Edinburgh and North Berwick
Paddington Bear, London
Gruffalo – Forest of Dean
Tarka the Otter, the Tarka Trail North Devon
TOLKEIN’s Middle Earth – Moseley Bog and Joy’s Wood, south Birmingham.
https://www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/moseley-bog-plan-visit
https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/sarehole-mill
This Birmingham and Black Country website claims this area inspired Tolkein’s Middle Earth.
Scottish Islands – Hebrides
Cressida Cowell, How to Train your Dragon spent her summers on an uninhabited island in the inner Herbrides, close to Mull.
https://www.coastmagazine.co.uk/people/coast-celebrities/my-coast-cressida-cowell/
I have not included Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Dylan Thomas’, Thomas Hardy, Shakepearse’s home, but here is an article if you feel moved.
https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/famous-writers-homes-you-can-visit-in-the-uk/
Roal Dahl
You can visit the museum in Great Missenden, Berkshire
https://www.roalddahl.com/museum/
And then go for a walk in the Chilterns
Anthony Horowitz
Writer Anthony Horowitz, (Diamond Brothers, Alex Rider series, Magpie Murders) lives in London however, has a home in Orford, Suffolk. Below he talks of walking on The Spit.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21451423.anthony-horowitz—destined-orford-eternity/
An actual book about children walks is “100 Great Walks with Kids” by Jen and Sim Benson
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-great-walks-with-kids-9781844865758/
I am hoping to grow this website and am keen for readers to contribute their favourite writers’ walks. We shall be adding in the Comments in due course however, for now please send your thoughts to Contact.