The analysis of more than half a million routes created by outdoor lovers using Ordnance Survey (OS) online products placed Keswick at the top of the charts, with Ambleside in close second.

The new league tables were compiled by the Ordnance Survey (OS) using ten years of routing data from its digital mapping products. More than 500,000 historic routes, created by users of OS’s digital products and publically shared, were analysed to draw up the league table.

The top ten cities, with the number of routes OS users have created, are:

• Keswick – 1,746
• Ambleside – 1,619
• Guildford – 1,146
• City of Westminster – 1,129
• Richmond upon Thames – 1,099
• Winchester – 1,089
• Leeds – 1,072
• Sheffield – 1,043
• Bath – 1,041
• Bakewell – 1,006

The data analysis has been illustrated by OS cartographer Charley Glynn. He said: “What I find amazing is that the people who have created these routes for their outside adventures have logged almost every bit of British coastline, neatly framing the rest of the data and giving the illusion you are looking at a map of Great Britain.

“People have been finding new ways to use our products. I’ve noticed several instances where people have used our products to route their car journeys and spotted a couple of people using our products at sea to record their movements. All public routes can be viewed and used in OS’s digital map app, OS Maps, so there’s no excuse not to get outside.”

With the exception of Leeds, all of the top ten trekking cites have nearby Club Sites providing a great base for a walking or cycling holiday.