LDWA Local Groups

‘The Lifeblood of the LDWA’ is a fair description of the 41 Local Groups in England, Wales and Southern Scotland: Without them the LDWA would not exist. They arrange led Group Walks, often with a pub stop and usually 18-22 miles depending on the season, and other social gatherings. They organise Challenge Events and members (who will often have done the ‘Marshals Walk’) help on the day at walk HQ & checkpoints serving food & drinks and ensuring that all entrants have been accounted for at the end of the day.

All walks in the Group Walks Programme are open to LDWA members, whether or not they live in the area, but it is common practice for visitors to ‘phone the walk leader. Membership of all Groups is open to any LDWA member, whether resident in the catchment area or not. Many Groups publish a Newsletter and levy a small subscription (typically £2-3 p.a.) to cover production and administrative costs. Local Group Newsletters may contain social walks arranged too late for Strider publication.

Local Groups are run by their own committees under the LDWA National Committee which has a Local Groups Secretary and a Group Programmes Co-Ordinator.

You may click on a Local Group on the Right Hand menu to find out about the group in a particular area or you can view the complete list of Local Groups.

You can now buy OS maps for Groups Walks from this site – walks pages will increasingly include clickable purchase links and map links to show where walks start and finish.