A StoryTrek · Pride and Prejudice

The Walk to Pemberley

Follow Elizabeth Bennet from Longbourn to Pemberley, through the places where first impressions are tested and a famously rocky romance slowly finds its footing. It is a shorter walk you finish at your own pace, on your everyday walks, wherever you are.

Distance
25 miles (40 km)
Waypoints
9
Book by
Jane Austen

Included with StoryTrek+, or buy this journey on its own for $2.99 and keep it.

The 1894 peacock cover of Pride and Prejudice, a gold peacock and fanned tail feathers on dark green, illustrated by Hugh Thomson
IHow long is the walk to Pemberley?

Twenty-five miles to Pemberley.

Pride and Prejudice never says how far Longbourn lies from Pemberley. StoryTrek’s route makes it a 25-mile walk, with 9 waypoints drawn from the story. Every walk, run, or treadmill session your phone records brings Elizabeth a little closer.

How long the journey takes

You walkYou reach the end in
1 mile a day (2 km)about 25 days
2 miles a day (3 km)about 13 days
3 miles a day (5 km)about 9 days
5 miles a day (8 km)about 5 days

A 10,000-step day is roughly 4 to 5 miles, which gets you to the end in about 6 days.

A watercolor-style painting of a honey-colored stone country house with climbing roses, seen past a wooden garden gate and a curving path
An English country house beyond a garden gate, one of the images made for this route.
IIThe road ahead

A shorter road, the same story.

The route starts at Longbourn, the Bennet family home, and follows Elizabeth through the places where she and Mr. Darcy misjudge each other, think again, and finally understand one another, ending at Pemberley. For a longer route with Hugh Thomson’s illustrations, walk the 50-mile Longbourn to Pemberley.

Each waypoint pairs an illustrated scene with a moment from the novel. Complete a stretch, and the next one is ready for you.

Walk it together

Start a company and share the walk with a friend, a book club, or a whole office. Everyone brings their own miles, wherever they live, and you all reach Pemberley together.

The short road to Pemberley

Pemberley is
closer than you think.

Download StoryTrek, choose The Walk to Pemberley, and set out from Longbourn today.

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