Useful Links
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USEFUL LINKS
NATIONAL PARKS AND ASSOCIATIONS
With 15 National Parks spread across England, Scotland and Wales, the UK's National Parks welcome over 100 million visits every year. Discover incredible landscapes, wildlife, lifestyles and adventures. Find your self.
MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND AND WALES
Mountain rescue team members are on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to recover climbers from precipitous crags, reunite lost walkers with their pals and ensure injured and sick casualties are safely delivered into vital hospital care. But they also regularly help search for missing children and vulnerable adults, on and off the hills, whilst administering sympathetic support to their families. They search river banks and swift water, and wade chest-deep through flooded urban streets aiding swimmers, kayakers and devastated homeowners.
Ramblers is a charity, that’s committed to expanding people’s access to nature, protecting our precious paths, improving walking opportunities for everyone and championing walking for greater health and happiness.
THE BRITISH WALKING FEDERATION
The British Walking Federation's member clubs organise events designed for people of all ages and abilities. You don't have to be a member of a club to take part, all you need to do is come to an event and register and take the opportunity to have fun, make friends.
The UK charity for everyday walking. Their vision is a nation where walking is the natural choice for everyday local journeys. Their mission is to achieve a better walking environment and inspire people to walk more.
MAPS AND TRAIL GUIDES
My go to app, where you can discover millions of routes to walk, run & cycle. Or you can plot your own routes with Ordnance Survey mapping and via the route planner tools on web and app.
Global outdoor trail website and app, with over 75 million explorers who contribute to building routes anyone can follow around the world.
With over 1.85 billion routes created! You can easily track your workouts, set training plans, and discover new workout routines to crush your goals.
PUBLICATIONS
LIVE FOR THE OUTDOORS
Live for The Outdoors is created by the teams behind Trail and Trail Running, the UK’s biggest and most influential hillwalking and hiking magazines. Plus Country Walking, the UK’s leading magazine for walkers.
Trail Magazine has been the leading authority on UK hillwalking and backpacking for more than 30 years.
Country Walking From breath-taking landscapes to hidden gems, we'll inspire you to explore, connect with nature, and improve your well-being.
WALKING WEBSITES
Find the best places to walk in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. From coastal paths to tracks through ancient woodland and accessible trails, there’s something to suit everyone.
The Walking Post was founded by Lucy Maddison and Emily Morrison, enthusiastic weekend walkers who regularly head out of London by train to explore the varied countryside of Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire and beyond. Their website has tons of useful and accessible ideas for walking routes out of London, particularly using public transport.
I featured one of their long distance trails which they created - the North to South London Trail, and soon i’ll be heading out with Lucy and Emily for a walk in my beloved Epping Forest!
Walk just 2.74 miles per day and you can clock up an amazing 1000 mile total in 12 months from the day you start. Newsletter & Facebook group
With over 2,500 walks and 23,000 pages of free walking information, "Walking Britain" offers a wide range of walks in England, Wales and Scotland.
RAIL AND TRANSPORT
Details of all Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line, Trams and buses services for London.
Online train tickets & railcards, plus live train times across the UK and Europe.
Save up to a third on leisure travel within London and the South East with a Network Railcard. Covers all of Walking Post routes.