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Kent LDWA - Group News

Group News

Dates, Details and Documents

Last updated 21 April 2026 For our Kent Group walks programme, see Future Walks - and here's a Map.  Go to Dates.  Go to Documents.Get easy access to Nearby Challenge Events complete with entry details and results. Please send any contributions or suggestions for our Kent Group Newsletters to…

Nearby Challenge Events

Last updated 12 June 2026 Search for a Challenge Event on the national website.You may be able to enter a number of LDWA events online using SiEntries or Fabian4.  When available, it usually costs more to enter On The Day (OTD) than in advance. You may be able to follow the progress of some…

Kent Group Newsletters

Last updated 12 June 2026 Thanks to the late Bryan Clarke for preserving so many back numbers of our Kent Group Newsletters.Please be aware that links to web pages in older editions may no longer work correctly or may now be out of date. Please send any contributions and suggestions for future…

Brian Buttifant 1937-2024

Brian ButtifantKent Group Life Presidentphoto: Sarah Turner   The funeral of Brian Buttifant (member 2021) who died on Christmas Eve aged 87 was held at 11am on Friday 24th January at St. Mary's Church in his home village of Kemsing, where he served on the parish council for over 50…

Volunteers' Expenses

Last updated 20 April 2026 Volunteering with Kent LDWA Group   This page in PDF formatnow with new criteria and increased claim amountsClaim Form Extract from Kent GroupNewsletter - April 2023   The Principle A volunteer is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want…

Kent Group Photograph Albums

Last updated 12 June 2026 This page lists Kent Group's photograph albums covering the years 1982 to 2006.They were scanned in early 2020 and are now available here.Some of the PDF files are large so may take a while to download.Neal O'Rourke and Brian Buttifant have been able to identify many past…

Les Preston 1942-2021

Les Preston receives his award from White Cliffs Ramblers group secretary Helena Trevelyanphoto: East Kent Mercury Kent LDWA members will be saddened to learn of the death from Covid of Les Preston, who organised car parking arrangements at Dover’s Duke of York’s Royal Military School during…

Pauline Barnett 1930-2018

Pauline Barnett1930-2018 Kent members will be very saddened to hear of the death of Pauline Barnett at the age of 87. Pauline had been a dedicated Kent Group member since the early 1980s. After the death in 1999 of husband Peter – a fantastic walker who completed 12 LDWA Hundreds –…

Conrad Power 1937-2016

Conrad Power1937-2016 Kent members will be saddened to hear of the death of Conrad – known as Con – Power, at the age of 78.  Con died on 6 May 2016, after a short battle with cancer.  He lived in Hastings with his wife, Claire. The couple have two sons, two daughters and six…

Survey - April 2016

Survey - April 2016Your Group Needs You Please have a look at this survey which we are hoping as many Kent Group members as possible will fill in. A paper copy was posted to everyone on our Kent Group mailing list with Newsletter 99 - April 2016. You may find it easier to use this interactive…

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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