You want to get away from it all. But how?

One way to maximise the chance you will never see another human on your travels is to be as far away from roads as possible, from the hum and thrum of traffic and people who create it.

In the age of the automobile you might think this near impossible in Great Britain, but thanks to mapping experts Esri UK, we can reveal how to find yourself at least a kilometre from the nearest road - and there are plenty of spots to choose from.

First of all, best head to Scotland. As you can see from the map below, much more of the country is remote from roads compared to England and Wales.

In fact, overall, 27,520 square kilometres of the UK is a kilometre or more from the nearest road (accounting for 11.7 per cent of total land area). Of that, Scotland accounts for 83.5 per cent, with 28.6 per cent of its land more than a kilometre from the nearest classified road, including motorways, A and B roads and all officially named roads. Book a trip to the Highlands or Highlands, as well as the Cairngorms, to escape the traffic.