Find the way to Booby’s Bay with new National Trust silly walks guide

The National Trust has launched a collection of online walking guides based around some of the silliest place names found on its land.

Ten new ‘Silly Walks’ have been created at places such as Kiss me Arse Steps in Cornwall and Scrubby Bottoms in Pembrokeshire.

The walking guides will be available to download for free from 1 April 2011 and have been launched as part of a wider initiative by the National Trust to encourage the nation to get outdoors and closer to nature.

Jo Burgon, Outdoors Programme Director for the National Trust, said: “The National Trust looks after a hugely an extremely diverse range of places from green urban spaces to remote islands and for too long these places have been one of the Trust’s best kept secrets.

“We’re finding that more people want to get out into the great outdoors but often need to be pointed in the right direction. Part of the joy of being outdoors is having a great experience and these silly walks are designed to tap in to the British love of a real sense of humour.”

The walks vary in length from one to four miles and anyone taking part will be invited to share their experience by uploading photos of the walk to Twitter with the hashtag #NTsillywalks.

The English Places Names Society based at Nottingham University would also like walkers to get in touch to report on the state of more remote spots around the country.