Walking Pace

Lots of walk festivals planned for this year, find a list of them here: walkingpace.uk/walking-events…

IOL Adventure for All Conference 2024. 6-8 December, Buxton, Derbyshire. Theme: Idealism to Pragmatism - How to make Accessible Activities work in all centres. Info + book here: outdoor-learning.org/news-events/em… #adventureforall

#LakeDistrictDiary day 0 part 1 Travel day with a picnic and brilliant afternoon at @SizerghCastleNT Lovely staff and wheelchair loan allowing us to have a great ramble around the gardens and the accessible track through the woods 😊 No sun but beautiful colours @keswickbootco

One Mile Walks is launching soon and we are heading to Cumbria! Charities, health workers, land managers & walk leaders who want to get involved can join the exploratory meeting on Tue 5th Nov (via Zoom). Please get in touch if you’d like to join us. walkingpace.uk/introducing-on…

Because women shouldn't have to feel safe, they need to BE safe. #ThisGirlCan #LetsLiftTheCurfew

@gojauntly is bringing #Walktober back! 🚶‍♀️ Join us in taking a walk a day this October – just 30 minutes daily. Get outside and boost your physical and mental well-being this autumn. Rain or shine, let’s walk

Don't forget: it's #WorldCarFreeDay on Sunday. Read our tips on how to walk, wheel and cycle more and use the car less. livingstreets.org.uk/worldcarfreeday

The @YHAOfficial #FestivalofWalking is underway. Find your walk, meet new people, stay, finish at one of their cafes. Happy walking. yha.org.uk/festival-of-wa…

All of the 800+ walking routes on this map need just one more positive review to become a verified part of the @SlowWaysUK network! Know anyone local who could help to check one for us!? The shortest are just 2km! 300 are under 10km. Check them all out on this spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… which includes direct links to the routes on the #SlowWays website. There "primed" routes that need just one more citizen-review in Abercynafon, Abergavenny, Abergele, Abersychan, Abbotsbury, Achnacarry, Alfriston, Alnwick, Alvechurch, Ambleside, Annan, Arundel, Ascot, Ash Vale, Ashbury, Ashton-under-Lyne, Atherton, Bakewell, Banstead, Barnetby le Wold, Barnstaple, Bassenthwaite, Beckenham Junction, Bedford, Bedale, Belper, Bidford-on-Avon, Bideford, Biggar, Billingborough, Billingshurst, Birkenhead, Bishop Sutton, Blackburn, Blackfield, Blackpool, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blaenavon, Blaina, Blaydon, Bletchley, Bolsover, Borehamwood, Bourne, Brackley, Bracknell, Bradford, Bradford-on-Avon, Bradley Stoke, Bramhall, Bramley, Brierfield, Bridlington, Brighton, Bristol, Broadway, Brookwood, Buckhaven, Burntwood, Bury St Edmunds, Byfield, Caerleon, Cambridge, Camelford, Carmarthen, Chard, Chelmsford, Chesham, Chesterfield, Chickerell, Chippenham, Clitheroe, Clowne, Cockermouth, Colchester, Colwyn Bay, Congleton, Coulby Newham, Cramlington, Crowthorne, Croydon, Cruden Bay, Cullercoats, Cumnock, Cwmbran, Darlington, Daventry, Deddington, Denton Burn, Denton, Derby, Desborough, Devizes, Dewsbury, Didcot, Dingwall, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dorking, Douglas, Dover, Downham Market, Droylsden, Dudley, Dukinfield, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dungannon, Dunoon, Durham, Dursley, East Grinstead, Eastleigh, Eastwood, Edgware, Edinburgh, Egham, Ellon, Elmers End, Ely, Emsworth, Enfield, Epping, Erdington, Erith, Evesham, Exeter, Exmouth, Eye, Fakenham, Fareham, Farnborough, Farnham, Faversham, Fleet, Fleetwood, Folkestone, Forfar, Formby, Fort William, Fowey, Fraserburgh, Frome, Gainsborough, Galashiels, Gargrave, Gerrards Cross, Gillingham, Glastonbury, Gloucester, Goole, Goring, Gosforth, Gourock, Grangemouth, Grantham, Gravesend, Grays, Great Dunmow, Great Yarmouth, Greenock, Grimsby, Guildford, Guisborough, Haddington, Halesowen, Halesworth, Halifax, Haltwhistle, Hamilton, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Harwich, Hastings, Hatfield, Havant, Haverhill, Hawkinge, Haworth, Haywards Heath, Heanor, Heckmondwike, Helensburgh, Helmsley, Hemel Hempstead, Henley-in-Arden, Hereford, Hertford, Hexham, High Wycombe, Highbury & Islington Station, Hinckley, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Holmfirth, Honiton, Horley, Horncastle, Horsham, Horsham St Faith, Hove, Hull, Huntingdon, Hythe, Ilfracombe, Ilkeston, Invergarry, Inverness, Inverurie, Ipswich, Irvine, Keighley, Kendal, Keswick, Kidderminster, Kidsgrove, Kilwinning, Kings Lynn, Kingswinford, Kinmel Bay, Kirkcaldy, Kirkintilloch, Knaresborough, Knighton, Lanark, Langport, Largs, Larkhall, Leamington Spa, Leek, Leicester, Leighton Buzzard, Leominster, Letchworth, Levens, Lewes, Leyburn, Lichfield, Lincoln, Linlithgow, Liskeard, Littlehampton, Liverpool, Llandudno, Llanelli, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfairfechan, Llanfyllin, Llangollen, Llanidloes, Llanrwst, Llantwit Major, Lochgilphead, Lochwinnoch, Lockerbie, Longridge, Lostwithiel, Loughborough, Louth, Lowestoft, Ludlow, Luton, Lydney, Lyme Regis, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Lynton, Macclesfield, Machynlleth, Maiden Newton, Maidstone, Malmesbury, Malton, Malvern, Manningtree, Market Drayton, Market Harborough, Market Rasen, Markfield, Marlborough, Marlow, Matlock, Melksham, Melrose, Mere, Merthyr Tydfil, Midhurst, Midsomer Norton, Milford Haven, Milngavie, Minehead, Mold, Monmouth, Montrose, Morley, Morpeth, Mossley, Motherwell, Nairn, Nailsworth, Nantwich, Narberth, Neath, New Alresford, New Barnet, New Biggin-by-the-Sea, Newbury, Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newhaven, Newmarket, Newmilns, Newport, Newport Pagnell, Newquay, Newton Abbot, Newton-le-Willows, Northallerton, Northampton, North Berwick, Northwich, Northleach, Norwich, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Oakham, Oban, Okehampton, Old Kilpatrick, Ormskirk, Ossett, Oswestry, Otley, Oundle, Oxford, Paisley, Peebles, Penicuik, Penrith, Penzance, Pershore, Perth, Peterborough, Petersfield, Petworth, Pickering, Pitlochry, Plymouth, Pocklington, Pontypridd, Poole, Port Glasgow, Portishead, Portree, Portsmouth, Potters Bar, Prescot, Preston, Prestwick, Princes Risborough, Pudsey, Pwllheli, Ramsgate, Rawtenstall, Rayleigh, Reading, Redditch, Redhill, Reigate, Retford, Rhayader, Rhos-on-Sea, Rhyl, Richmond, Ringwood, Ripley, Ripon, Risca, Rochdale, Rochester, Romford, Romsey, Ross-on-Wye, Rotherham, Rothesay, Rugby, Rugeley, Runcorn, Rushden, Rustington, Rutherglen, Rye, Saffron Walden, Sale, Salisbury, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltcoats, Sandbach, Sandhurst, Sandwich, Saundersfoot, Sawbridgeworth, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Sedgefield, Selby, Sevenoaks, Shaftesbury, Shanklin, Sheerness, Sheffield, Sherborne, Sheringham, Shipley, Shipston-on-Stour, Shrewsbury, Sidcup, Skegness, Skelmersdale, Skipton, Sleaford, Slough, Smethwick, Solihull, Southampton, Southport, Southsea, Southwell, Southwold, Spalding, Spennymoor, St Albans, St Andrews, St Asaph, St Austell, St Helens, St Ives, Stafford, Staines, Stalybridge, Stamford, Stanley, Stirling, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stone, Stornoway, Stourbridge, Stowmarket, Stranraer, Stratford-upon-Avon, Strathaven, Stromness, Sudbury, Sunderland, Sutton, Sutton Coldfield, Swadlincote, Swanley, Swansea, Swindon, Tadcaster, Tain, Tamworth, Taunton, Tavistock, Teddington, Teignmouth, Telford, Tenby, Tetbury, Thame, Thatcham, Thetford, Thirsk, Thornaby, Thornbury, Thurso, Tilbury, Tintagel, Tipton, Tiverton, Tonbridge, Torquay, Totnes, Towcester, Troon, Truro, Turriff, Twickenham, Tynemouth, Uckfield, Ulverston, Uppingham, Upton-upon-Severn, Uttoxeter, Uxbridge, Ventnor, Verwood, Virginia Water, Wakefield, Walkern, Wallasey, Wallington, Walsall, Waltham Abbey, Walton-on-Thames, Wantage, Ware, Warminster, Warrenpoint, Warwick, Washington, Watchet, Waterlooville, Watford, Wellingborough, Wells, Wembley, West Bromwich, Westbury, Weston-super-Mare, Weybridge, Weymouth and Whitby! We'd love your help! Get started at slowways.org Explore this map in more detail at slowways.org/progress-map

Lots to catch up on and look forward to in our August newsletter. Articles you may have missed, news from the walking world, walks and festivals. Also introducing One Mile Walks, our new programme being launched later this year. Happy walking walkingpace.uk/newsletters/

Thinking about long distance walking? Here’s something you might enjoy - The South Pennine Triangle from @Scholes1Ron. About 50 miles - Leek to Ilam, to Buxton via Hartington, and back to Leek via The Roaches. walkingpace.uk/thinking-about…

The #Barbican is a wonderful feature along our brand new 18 mile circular London walking route that links 10 of London’s rail stations. Footways have collaborated with @burohappold to create The Great British Engineering Adventure footways.london/rail-heritage-… #Londonwalks

No better way to finish the week off! Impactful feedback from @MikScarlet of @phab_charity having just tried out Woodoaks Farm’s new off road Tramper. More news to follow but in the meantime huge thanks to @ChilternsNL @DefraGovUK #AccessForAllProgramme for making this happen

📣Deadline extended to 17th July 📷Do you want a fundraising role that gets you outside and working with a range of supporters? Do you want to help secure the future of the #SWCP National Trail? Then look no further, apply to join our team and #makeadifference #job

⭐ Could you be Mountaineering Scotland's next Mountain Safety Advisor? ⭐ There's just ONE WEEK left to get your application in for this exciting opportunity to join the well respected and high-profile Mountain Safety team on a part-time basis. ➡️mountaineering.scot/vacancy-part-t…

Walking is magic. Walking provides so many benefits including for health and wellbeing, but is there a risk of over medicalisation and marginalising the very people we want to reach? Five reflections in this article from @MattOverd walkingpace.uk/walking-is-mag…

📢 We have exciting opportunities to join our team and board! 🎉 Are you someone with a passion for #physicalactivity, and want to be a part of an exciting new initiative to get Scots moving more? We want to hear from you! Find out more and apply! 👇 pathsforall.org.uk/about/jobs

@NatTrailsUK new website launches nationaltrails.uk