May is National Walking Month
In 2012 the County Council is supporting National Walking Month, which is promoted by the charity Living Streets and the social enterprise Walk England.
National Walking Month includes Walk to Work Week from 14-18 May and Walk to School Week from 21-25 May
As part of National Walking Month the County Council will be working with our partners in a selection of locations to highlight reasons and opportunities for walking everyday, for school, for work, and for health and for leisure. We'll be publicising some key developments and launching several new routes and publications.
This year there won't be a separate programme of public guided walks and rambles as there has been previously with Leicestershire Walking Weeks, as a wide range of such walks are already available from other organisations, details of many of these are included on the other web pages listed below.
In addition, the County Council is supporting the National Forest Walking Festival which is from 19-31 May.
Walking opportunities throughout the year ...
- Walking Groups and other Country Walk Providers Details of friendly and welcoming and friendly groups you can join across Leicestershire.
- Guided Walks providers Find shorter walks led by experts on subjects like heritage, archaeology, architecture, woodlands or wildlife.
- Health Walks Short, sociable, regular and local walks that help improve your fitness and mood, organised by the NHS and local councils.
- Big Charity and Challenge Walk Events A selection of walk events for good causes happening in 2012 in Leicester and Leicestershire.
- Family Walks Make walks fun for kids and find routes and locations for short trips and days out that are entertaining and affordable.
Page Last Updated: 1 February 2012
