Useful Info

Walks Register & In Case of Emergency (ICE) Contact Details

The social walks register has been updated and now contains a column where the location of participants’ ICE details or the emergency contact number must be added.You can provide details of:-1. Where your emergency contact details can be located (rucksack, wallet, phone etc) or2. The emergency…

About Social Walks

What is a Social Walk?A social walk is a group walk solely for the enjoyment of members as a social event, and will be led by one of the group. A social walk is the opportunity to meet and chat with group members, so do come along and try one. What happens on a Social Walk?We usually have walks…

Leading a Walk - some useful hints & tips for walk leaders

Well beforehand Decide an outline route, approximate mileage, date and start time, and a suitable start/finish location with adequate parking. Give brief essential details of the walk to your group secretary in time for inclusion in Strider and on group web pages. Work out a detailed route on…

Future Walks

Future Walks

Click here to be taken to the upcoming social walk programme for this Local Group.

Past Walks

Past walks

click here to be taken to an interactive database containing details of all the social walks this Local Group has organised since January 2008

Local Group News

Long Distance Paths

click here to be taken to the latest news updates for this Local Group.

National LDWA

National LDWA

click here to be taken to the home page of the LDWA National website

LDWA Walks

The LDWA organises many challenge events and local group social walks, as well as listing many more organised by other organisations. Challenge events are normally between 20 and 100 miles and must generally be completed within a defined time limit. Social walks are normally led walks of around 20 miles.

Click here to go to the LDWA website.

Challenge Events

Social Walks

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