Route Bring your favourite GPX routes to life
Any walk, run or ride you can save as a GPX file can have its own stories. We find the places along it and narrate each one. You hear it as you get there.
£29.99 per route. Ready within the hour. Or try one of our ready-made routes.
Illustrative photoYour routes. Your stories. Your earnings.
Turn your favourite walks, runs and rides into narrated experiences. Share them with your friends, followers and community, and earn every time someone buys your route.
Three steps from a file to a story walk
- Find your fileExport the route from the app or watch you use, as GPX or KML. Or plan it in Google Maps and copy the link.
- Upload it hereDrop the file in at routestories.me/create. Pick walk, run or cycle, and check the route on the map.
- Go and listenWe research the places along it and narrate a story for each one. It is usually ready within the hour, and we email you.
A GPX file, a KML file or a Google Maps link
Most route apps and GPS watches can save a route as a GPX file. Look for Export, Download or Share on the route.
GPX or KML
- Open the route in the app you use, or on its website.
- Look for Export, Download or Share, and choose GPX.
- Upload the file at routestories.me/create.
Your file stays on your device until you pay. Guides for Strava, Komoot, AllTrails and Go Jauntly.
Draw it in Google Maps
- Get walking or cycling directions in Google Maps.
- Add stops so the line follows your route. Up to 9 stops, including the destination.
- Tap Share, copy the link and paste it on the upload page.
Anywhere in the world. Our own catalogue is growing, and you can upload a route from anywhere. Around an hour is ideal, and a route can be up to 8 hours.
Routes worth a narrator
The best routes pass lots of places with a past. Old towns, rivers, coasts and old roads are all good.
The walk you always do
Hear the stories of streets and fields you pass every week. You will see them differently after.
A route on holiday
Plan a walk or ride in a new place and learn it as you go. No guidebook needed.
A route for your group
Lead a walk, run or ride with the stories built in. Everyone hears the same thing at the same place.
Any route up to 8 hours of walking, running or riding. However long it is, it gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way.
- A story for each place we find along your route
- A professional voice, with original music between stories
- Stories play by GPS as you reach each place
- Usually ready within the hour. We email you when it is.
Share your route and earn
Share the link with your club, your friends or your followers. When someone buys your published route, you earn 50% of the sale.
- Anyone who buys your published route can share it with 5 people for free
- You earn 50% of each sale, after VAT and fees
- Stripe pays it to your bank
You need the right to share the route. That means it's your own route, or a public right of way route you've drawn yourself. How earning works
Questions about your own routes
Which files can I upload?
GPX and KML files, or a Google Maps route link. Most route apps and GPS watches can export GPX.
How long can my route be?
Any route up to 8 hours of walking, running or riding is £29.99. However long it is, it gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way.
How soon is it ready?
Usually within the hour. We research the places, write and narrate the stories, add music and email you when it is ready.
Is my route private?
Yes. Only you can see it until you share the link. When you share it, we hide the first and last 200 m so your start point stays private.
Can I earn from my route?
Yes. Anyone who buys your published route can share it with 5 people for free, and you earn 50% of each sale, after VAT and fees. Royalties go down to 10% after a route's first 100 sales. Stripe pays it to your bank. You need the right to share it: your own route, or a public right of way route you have drawn yourself.
Give your favourite route a voice
Upload the file. Your stories are ready within the hour.
