The Lake District has been named the UK’s wildflower walking hotspot in 2025, according to new data, as Brits look for new floral footpaths to explore this summer.

UK trails experience their busiest period of the year from March to October when the days are longer, and with Google searches for wildflower walks up by 300% over the past year alone, finding the right floral trails with less chance of a crowd can be tricky.

To help wildflower enthusiasts find the best floral routes, the research by Flying Flowers has uncovered some of the top-rated, but less-visited wildflower trails across the UK for 2025, by analysing data from AllTrails and Tripadvisor.

Looking at the top 20, over a quarter of the best wildflower trails were revealed as being in the Lake District, at six overall.

Making it into the top ten are the Lake District’s Rydal to Buckstones Jump trail, the Bleaberry Fell via Walla Crag trail, and the Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Circular walk - taking second, sixth and tenth place respectively.

The highly-rated 3.7 km walk from Rydal to Buckstones Jump had the least reviews of all trails in the top 20, meaning it may offer a quieter experience than others. Short yet diverse, it offers the chance to see bluebells, daffodils, cow parsley, and wild garlic, among many other species.

The beautiful 8.2 km trail passing Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell takes you through woodland and moorland to overlook Derwent water. Many wildflowers can be seen across the rocky cliffs and woodland carpets, including bell heather, foxglove, bog cotton, and parsley fern.

Rounding up the top ten, is the Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Circular walk. Its mix of ancient woodland, lakeside shores, and grassland make the 14.3 km trail a botanical delight, where you can expect to see a range of wildflowers such as buttercups, foxgloves, rhododendrons, cow parsley, yellow rattle, and bluebells, among others.

Topping the list is Pentire Headland Walk in Cornwall, with an average AllTrails rating of 4.9 stars. This trail offers the chance to see fields exploding with red poppies and yellow corn marigolds along the way, as well as blue squill, thrift, and many other wildflower species.

The top 10 wildflower walks in the UK, in 2025
Pentire Headland Walk, Cornwall

Rydal to Buckstones Jump, Lake District

Padley Gorge, Peak District

Seaton to Beer Head, Devon

Howgill, Trollers Gill, and Appletreewick Circular, Yorkshire Dales

Bleaberry Fell via Walla Crag, Lake District

South West Coast Path: Exmouth to Sidmouth, Devon

Revelstoke Park and Noss Mayo Circular, Devon

Salcombe and Bolt Head Extended Route, South Devon

Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Circular, Lake District

Sandra Varley, Head of Flying Flowers, says: “In the busier summer months, you probably won’t have a trail entirely to yourself, but choosing lesser-reviewed, highly-rated routes gives you a better chance of enjoying wildflower walks with fewer crowds.

“Wildflower enthusiasts will have the best experience visiting floral trails between April and August, as this tends to be the peak time for botanicals to bloom, improving chances of seeing a wide array of wildflowers.

“If you’re planning to explore some of the UK’s beautiful wildflower trails, iPhones have a great built in feature for identifying plants, all you have to do is take a picture and scroll up on the image to its details, and you’ll get an instant wildflower ID.

“But if you can’t find the time to hike floral trails, or are unable to, you can get beautiful bouquets of flowers by post to brighten up your home instead.”

You can see the full research, here.