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Surrey Group Contacts

  Contact details for Surrey group Committee Members and Strider Entry. If you have a query about a specific social walk or challenge event then you should contact the walk leader/event organiser given in the Walks Programme or Challenge Event as appropriate

Constitution

  The Constitution of the Surrey Group can be seen here

LDWA bulk emails

Surrey Group uses the National Group's bulk email facility to send emails to its members and associates. This facility is only available to LDWA members.  How to ensure you receive emails from your local and associate groups. To ensure you receive emails from Surrey (and your associate…

Dogs on Walks

Surrey Group adopts the LDWA's national guidelines for dogs on walks. In essence these say:- The decision to allow dogs on walks rests with the walk leader or event organiser. On SOCIAL walks: if the walk leader decides to accept dogs then he/she will check with the dog owners that each dog is…

Expenses Claim Form

  If you incure expenses on behalf of our group, for example marshalling on one of Surrey's challenge events or helping on a 'Surrey' organised checkpoint on another group's event, we would strongly encourage you to submit an expenses claim form. By so doing not only are we able to at least…

Accident & Incident Reporting

  The LDWA's Accident_and_incident_reporting document decribes the procedures that should be followed in reporting any accidents and/or incidents occuring on LDWA organised events. The document is formed of two parts:- Part 1 - covers th Guidelines for completing the form Part 2 - the report…

Walk Leaders page

Welcome and thank you for volunteering to lead a walk for the Surrey group. We are gathering together everything you need to know in one place on this page to make life simpler. Thinking of offering a walk?  Talk to the Walks Secretary about suitable dates and give them a rough idea of the…

Walk Grades

Surrey Group social walk gradings can be seen here

The Walking Partnership

Surrey LDWA has recently joined The Walking Partnership. This partnership, supported by RWH Travel Limited, provides direct financial contributions to local walking groups to help with organising group walks, encouraging people to get out walking, helping to clear and improve footpaths, providing…

Frequently asked questions

  I've not been on a social walk before - can you explain the format? Can I bring my own food rather than eat in the pub at lunchtime? How long do you stop for lunch? I can average 3mph when I walk. Will I be able to keep up? Are dogs welcome on social walks? What time do social walks…

GPX files

If you would like to find the gpx files from past Surrey social walks they can be found here!  Enjoy!!

Social walks register

This form is for the leaders of social walks to print off and use to gather the necessary details from walkers before setting off.  After the walk has finished please give it to the walks secretary if present, or if not email her/him the names and number/email addresses, NOT the emergency contact…

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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