Lots of choices from where I live without having to use the car
.... and my local wanders (in the White Peak) can be anything from 3 miles right up to 14 miles, according to what my GPS said on Wednesday!
A good mix of lanes, tracks, trails, fields, woodland, moors, dales (some with rivers, some without) and a fair bit of climbing (if I want it) to be had in any direction.
If using the car, I can get to
most of the best Dark Peak walks in well under half an hour, while getting to (say) Edale takes around 35 mins.
I
love living where I do and it would take only living at the coast to beat it