Whether you're an old hand or a complete beginner, we can help you get the best out of walking. Our online information draws on years of experiences as Britain's biggest walking organisation to provide you with the help and advice you need on walking anywhere in England, Scotland and Wales.
Use this page to find your way around. If you still can't see find what you want, try searching the site. You can contact us by emailing ramblers@ramblers.org.uk.
If you're a Ramblers volunteer looking for information and advice to help you in your volunteering work, please see www.ramblers.org.uk/volunteer.
Getting started walking?
If you're just getting started, and particularly if you're trying to get more active by walking more on an everyday basis, our Get Walking Keep Walking website at www.getwalking.org is packed with information, advice and tools to help you, including our interactive 12-week walking plan My Get Walking. In some areas there are even easy downloadable walks.
General information and advice
- Benefits of walking (Get Walking Keep Walking)
How walking can help you stay healthy, control your weight, keep happy, learn more about your local area and even help look after the environment. - Get Walking! (Get Walking Keep Walking)
Simple and practical information and advice to get you started. - Keep Walking! (Get Walking Keep Walking)
More hints and tips to keep you motiveated. - Walking in Britain
Access arrangements, planning a walking visit, information sources accommodation, transport, the Countryside Code. - Practical advice for leisure walkers
More detailed advice for people taking longer walks including in the wider countryside, including, navigation and route planning, footwear, clothing, safety, first aid, health and hygiene. - Advice for people with disabilities
Covers epilepsy, diabetes, deaf and hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired, asthma, limited mobility and wheelchair users.
Walking ideas
- Places to walk (Get Walking Keep Walking)
Finding local places to walk including green spaces, routes, and introductions to map reading and walking in the countryside. 
Paths and routes
Details of over 200 promoted walking routes and long distance trails with advice on long distance walking.* - Parks and countryside
National parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, community forests, areas of protected countryside and public parks and open spaces. - Walking events
Major Ramblers events and our comprehensive rolling diary of walking festivals and other events across Britain. - Ramblers local Area and Group publications
* Note this section is currently maintained only intermittently. A good source of information about long distance walking routes in the UK is the Long Distance Walkers Association.
Walking resources
- Walking facts and figures
A digest of statistics and other useful facts about walking including health benefits, popularity, walking for transport, economic benefits and walking provision. - Contacts and Links
including local authorities; government departments; outdoor and conservation organisations; gear shops; transport and more.
Walking outside Great Britain.
We are only able only to give detailed information and advice about walking in Great Britain. For information about walking elsewhere in Europe, see www.era-ewv-ferp.com.
Why do we provide this service?
These pages are provided to forward our charitable aim of promoting walking. We work to encourage and support regular walking for health, leisure and transport in both urban and rural areas. To learn more about this work, see our Promoting walking pages.
