This walking guide contains 20 circular routes, covering the very best of Bristol and Bath’s wide-ranging landscape - from high in the Mendip Hills down to the Somerset Levels; through stunning Cotswold villages and along meandering waterways right out to the shoreline of the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel. Walks range in length from 3 to 6 miles, with recommendations for autumn, winter, spring and summer.

Highlights include:

Spring: A carpet of bluebells in Leigh Woods and Hawkesbury Upton in the Cotswolds;

Summer: A seaside stroll at Sand Bay;

Autumn: Dramatic colours at Westonbirt Arboretum and the deer park at Ashton Court;

Winter: Wintering wildfowl along the banks of the River Severn and the starling murmuration over the Somerset Levels