Northants Ramblers(1) are rallying on Wednesday (9 June) to demonstrate the need to add the secret path at Lilford to the official (definitive) map of public paths.(2) They will be joined by Kate Ashbrook, trustee and former chairman of the Ramblers, and Keith Roberts, director of campaigns and policy, and they will walk the secret path. (more…)

A Sussex Rambler has been inspired to create an innovative, comprehensive online county-wide guide of disability accessible walks, that is online FREE and available for everyone to use. (more…)

The beautiful Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire has several dedicated picnic sites with stunning views in and around the World Heritage Site to set out your hamper, packed full with some of the region’s finest local food and drink. (more…)

For many, nothing says ‘Spring’ like baby lambs and the first flowers coming into bud. But it is the blossoming of one particular, much-loved flower that has traditionally been the best mark of Springtime and that flower is the bluebell! (more…)

Roll up, roll up, it’s the bargain of the Century: for one weekend only, the Ramblers will be offering £1 membership to new walkers who join them to celebrate Get Walking Day (1). A £28.50 saving! (more…)

By Jude Palmer

A truly beautiful new book for all lovers of walking and the countryside –
It will be treasured as a source of pleasure and practical tips for years to come (more…)

The UK’s leading guided walking holidays’ operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is offering an 11 day holiday in Basque country – straddling the borders of both France and Spain. (more…)

With over 3,000 kilometres, or 1,864 miles, of official footpaths on its doorstep, Leicestershire is just perfect for walkers.

Offering routes for every level, from short one-mile hop, skip and jump routes for the amateur rambler to the more adventurous 35-mile hike to suit the experienced trekker, Leicestershire boasts some of the UK’s friendliest walks through stunning open countryside. (more…)

After waving good-bye to the last of the snow, it’s time to say hello to one of the most spectacular displays of snowdrops in the North West, at Rode Hall and Gardens in Scholar Green, Cheshire from 30th January until 7th March 2010. (more…)

Walk away the blues, amongst Britain’s prettiest flowers (more…)

The publicity spotlight has certainly fallen on the Lake District recently – firstly, with an inspiring series dedicated to Wainwright’s walks and now a light-hearted sojourn led by comedian and commentator, Rory McGrath. (more…)

The Ramblers has objected to a retrospective planning application for a high, galvanised-steel ‘gate’ at Turville, Bucks, on a hilltop in the heart of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. (more…)

Across the country, thousands of people are making a new year’s resolution to get fit and work off all those extra calories consumed over the festive period. Getting fit doesn’t have to mean an expensive gym membership; you could take advantage of the free British countryside, and use OS Select to help you plan walks or cycle routes. (more…)

Following the release of new data, national and regional environmental groups have today called on the world-famous Glyndebourne Opera House to abandon their plan to build a giant wind turbine in the South Downs National Park. (more…)

Are you itching to walk more, but don’t know how to get started? Want to explore your area, but stuck for routes? Want to get healthier, without paying expensive gym fees? Well the solution to all these questions (and more!) are literally the click of a button away at the all-new Ramblers ‘Get Walking’ site; a ‘one stop shop’ for people who want to work walking into their every day lives. (more…)

77% of UK adults, or about 38 million people, say they walk for pleasure at least once a month. (more…)

Huw Irranca-Davies, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will celebrate bringing the nation one step closer to a round-England coastal path that will reach places currently out of bounds to the public. This follows the smooth passage of Coastal Access clauses of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill through the House of Commons last night. The bill will finish its remaining Commons stages later today. (more…)

A new bridleway bridge allowing a safe way of crossing the A2 near Canterbury is to be built from November and ready for use by next February 2010. (more…)

This October the Ramblers, in association with Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, will be holding an unmissable three week walking festival to celebrate London’s world-class film heritage. (more…)

This October, the 3rd annual Walkers Are Welcome conference in Shropshire will celebrate a near trebling of towns who have attained the walk-friendly accreditation status over the past year. (more…)

Despite claims to want to create a ‘pedestrian friendly public space’ in Poundbury in Dorset, the Duchy of Cornwall is instead creating ‘an urban ghetto’ forcing the public onto busy roads and cutting off access to the countryside – so claims the Ramblers. (more…)

Walks galore! * Free! *All levels! * Join in!

Don’t just sit around on the couch this Boxing Day, instead wrap up, pull on your boots, and prepare to blow away the cobwebs surrounded by beautiful countryside and like-minded people at Britain’s biggest walking event: the Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks with Nature Valley. The Festival is supported by TV Presenter Ben Fogle. (more…)

Friday 18 – Monday 21 September 2009
Ten Walks Mark North Devon Coast Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty 50th Anniversary

The first North Devon & Exmoor Autumn Walking Festival will take place between Friday 18 and Monday 21 September with over thirty guided and speciality outings over the four days. Ten of the walks will be linked with the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in celebration of their 50th anniversary. (more…)

GPS helps visitors to Redesdale’s Nature-Watch Holiday Cottages in Northumberland to adventure further into the remote countryside for wildlife watching

One of the joys of walking in Northumberland’s spectacular uplands is knowing that you’re unlikely to see another soul. This is especially true of two newly-established walks – one in (more…)

The Ramblers, Britain’s walking charity, calls for an end to ‘no-go’ areas, access blackspots and diversions on the day Natural England (Thursday 30 July) publish new maps of England’s coast. The English coast is awash with holidaymakers in July and August yet a lack of clarity on where people can walk often muddies the waters. And makes it harder for people to leave the deckchair and explore the coastline. (more…)

Walk around them...

During the early summer months, as cows and calves graze together, walkers are asking about the risks of being attacked by cattle.

Tom Franklin, CEO of the Ramblers, comments: “The British countryside is healthy, working land which is why it’s such a pleasure to walk in. The chance to see animals up close is (more…)

Leading guided walking tour operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays is offering a one week holiday in Puerto de Soller – one of the most beautiful and remote parts of this glorious island. This land-locked bay, gives the appearance of a placid lake and the holiday hotel ‘Marbell’ is situated on the sea front – literally yards from a small beach. (more…)

Upper Coquet Valley – Flowering Now!
The ancient haymeadows of Northumberland National Park are in glorious full bloom now. Meadows with hundreds of flowers can be enjoyed in the Upper Coquet Valley, in the North Tyne Valley and at Greenlee Lough National Nature Reserve north of Hadrian’s Wall.

Upland hay meadows are internationally rare and Northumberland National Park has some of the best in Europe.
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What could be better than a weekend of great walks, beautiful countryside, fantastic beer and excellent entertainment?  The Black Sheep Brewery has opened entry to its 8th annual Boots and Beer Festival in anticipation of what is expected to be the “biggest and best” yet.
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Britain’s leading guided walking tours operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays has been awarded the coveted Most Innovative Product to Norway for 2009 by Innovation Norway – The Norwegian Tourist Board, in London on Thursday 11 June.
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A weekly guided tour of the Stade*, Hastings’ historic fishing quarter, has just been launched. The tour takes in a number of attractions which include not only the picturesque fishing beach but the Fishermen’s Museum and the Shipwreck & Coastal Heritage Centre.
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Well off the tourist trail
Though well off the tourist trail, the Forest of Dean offers visitors surprises around every corner, from the scenic wonders of Symonds Yat to the fascinating remnants of its industrial past.
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Rounded hills, fringed by trees and brushed with gorse, back a coastline of dark volcanic cliffs. The Atlantic breakers pound over long, golden-sanded, dune-backed beaches. Further round the coast, via storm-tossed headlands, the sea has cut curving bays and secret coves.
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Boston – America’s walking city
A red line on the pavement, beginning at the Visitor Center on Boston Common and ending out at Charlestown Navy Yard, links 16 historic sites on a three-mile walking route through the city. Most of the sites relate to the Revolution and early US history.
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North Kent may not be the first place that comes into your mind when thinking of a walk at this time of the year but if you have never walked here before you may be in for some pleasant surprises.
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Lewis Carroll

A walk along the beach at Whitby is an uplifting experience for any visitor to the stirring Yorkshire coast, but fo the Rev Charles Dodgson it was inspiration for the vivid fantasy of his poem ‘The Walrus and The Carpenter’.

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand:
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
“If this were only cleared away,”
They said, “it would be grand!”
-Lewis Carroll, ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’
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Want to see the best of Lincolnshire this spring? Just step into the fifth annual Wolds Walking Festival (Saturday 16th – Sunday 31st May 2009). Added onto the last year’s popular scenic walks around the rolling Lincolnshire Wolds are new routes which include the county’s historic towns, ghost stories, award winning food and wildlife. (more…)

Stride out… and help stop child cruelty with the NSPCC

The NSPCC is calling for would-be hikers across the country to get their walking boots on and sign up for the NSPCC’s HACK – ‘Hike Against Cruelty to Kids’ – a 25 mile hiking challenge through some of the most stunning countryside in the UK. The NSPCC’s HACK takes place in June and September. The routes pass through England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (more…)

This Spring/ Summer, the Ramblers is urging people to join a ‘Blue-tiful’ bluebell walk, and help save one of the countryside’s best loved flowers; the delicate British bluebell.

Bluebells – under threat

The Ramblers ‘Blue-tiful’ bluebell walks season will (more…)

Age Concern and Help the Aged are calling on everyone to ‘get walking’ the week of Monday 11th to Sunday 17th May, to give their support to the high profile national fundraising event, The Big Spring Walk and help generate vital funds for disadvantaged older people. The popular event will see people across the UK logging how far they walk that week, whether it involves pounding the pavements to get to work, swapping the school run for a leisurely stroll, or even totting-up miles on a treadmill at the gym!
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The Ramblers, Britain’s walking charity, has devised an easy-to-follow walking programme to help people save money on costly gym membership during the credit crunch. With most household budgets overstretched this year, the charity at the heart of walking in Britain, wants to make it easy for people to introduce exercise into their everyday lives.
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Britain’s walking charity is changing its image to reflect the breadth and variety of its current activities. A rise in membership from the under 40s, greater range of urban and specially themed walks such as love hikes and film strolls has called for a more up-to-date image for the 74 year old organisation.
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Celebrating 60 Years of National Parks and Access to the Countryside

Since prehistoric times, the great sandstone ridge of the Simonside Hills and the Coquet Valley below have echoed to the gathering of people for the summer solstice. This year, the first ever Rothbury and Coquetdale Midsummer Walking Festival will be drawing crowds of walkers and country-lovers to the this beautiful part of Northumberland National Park.
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Funkyfogey Special Offer!

Have you heard of the Couserans? The Mercantour? The Majella? The Rhinogs? You have heard of Gran Canaria, but probably not for a walking holiday. Award-winning tour operator Upland Escapes really does reach the parts that other tour operators don’t reach. They specialise in finding beautiful corners of mountain Europe that very few, if any, people have heard of – all very different but all offering spectacular upland walking to make your soul sing.
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Don’t drag feet on walking

The Ramblers has today cautiously welcomed government plans to give walking a key place in its Be Active Be Healthy strategy, but warned ministers that the funding is still a drop in the ocean given the vast cost of inactivity to the nation.
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Walkers in Somerset are celebrating being able to walk freely along an ancient drovers’ way once more, after a judge at Bristol Crown Court this week ordered local landowners to remove the gates that have obstructed Barcroft Lane since 2004.
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Walking specialist operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays is offering a 6 day, half board tour of Amsterdam, with accommodation aboard ‘Botel Amstel’ – the perfect base for exploring this fascinating city.
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and support cancer charity, Myeloma UK

Tired of big tour groups, ‘one size fits all’ operators and impersonal package holidays? Bespoke walking and cycling holiday company, High Point Holidays, offers customers made-to-measure tours off the beaten track in Europe and Africa, including two mountain treks in unspoilt areas of Spain and Bulgaria – new for 2009.
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“The coastal path around Britain is paved with gold”

As concerns about Britain’s fragile economy escalate, On January 22nd The House of Lords heard that the benefits to tourism from fully opening up the coast to the public are needed more than ever. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill, currently under discussion in The House of Lords, could see walkers giving an annual boost of up to £128 million pounds to coastal businesses, when the new all-England coastal trail becomes a reality2 .A report commissioned by the Ramblers into the economic and social value of coastal walking also found that over 11,300 jobs could be generated by better walking facilities on the coast. (more…)

Walk In The Footsteps Of Christ, Mohammed, David And Solomon

Walking specialist operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is offering a one week, half board tour to the heart of ancient Jerusalem. With its fascinating 4000 years of history, one can literally walk in the footsteps of David and Solomon, Jesus and Mohammed. Using Jerusalem as a base, one can explore the Old City visiting the major sites including, the Temple Mount, the Via (more…)

Hiking at the top of the world

Fewer than 100 brave souls will journey each year through Nunavut’s Quttinirpaaq, North America’s northernmost national park. When you’re standing amid glaciers and icecaps 900-m (2,953-ft) deep oozing over jagged peaks, the diminishing drone of your plane’s engine sends a fleeting tremor through you. Suddenly, it’s clear that you’re truly alone. And in the middle of nowhere. (more…)

… with VisitScotland’s Build up an Appetite Campaign

With spring just round the corner, VisitScotland is giving visitors to Scotland the perfect opportunity for guilt-free indulgence this February with a series of ten downloadable walks which take in great eateries.

New Year’s resolutions are still on our minds at this time of year but as there’s still a nip in the air, everyone needs to treat themselves. VisitScotland has put together easy-to-print walks including details on great places to eat: from top notch fish and chip shops and gastro pubs to luxurious restaurants so that visitors can build up an appetite with something tasty to look forward to. (more…)

A landmark trail around England’s stunning coastline may be just a step away, following the inclusion of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill in the Queen’s Speech (3 December 2008), which for the first time ever will allow the public to walk from one end of the English coast to the other unhindered.
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We’ve just been through that time of year again… Office parties, tins of chocolates on every desk, after work drinks and mince pies… a time of year when most us gain a pound or two. But that’s just on the negative side.
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New Guides to walking the Camino – A life changing experience for times of profound change
In their search for a deeper meaning to life and to balance the stress and anxiety of western lifestyles, increasing numbers of people today are taking time out to go on a pilgrimage. Findhorn Press is launching three newly revised guides to the Caminos, Europe’s oldest pilgrimage routes, to support the pilgrims.
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