Promoting walking

These pages cover our work to promote walking for health, leisure and transport to everyone, of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, in towns and cities as well as in the countryside. To find out more, use the links on the left, read an overview of our work, or see what's new below.

Why walk? Information for people new to walking

If you plan to do more walking yourself, you'll find extensive information, advice and support tools at www.getwalking.org/why-walk.

What's new

• Much improved and updated information for people who want to start walking more is now available at www.getwalking.org/why-walk.
• View a great new video about the Get Walking Keep Walking project, which has been shown to return £3.61 of health, social and environmental benefits for every £1 spent. See under Independent evaluation at Get Walking Keep Walking: the BIG-funded project.
• The Summer 2011 issue of walk magazine includes an article that asks, with the government looking to the charity sector to take on its Walking for Health scheme, whether the Ramblers could offer more a true sofa-to-summit experience. Read more.
• A new Get Walking project joins the family with the launch of Get Walking Keep Walking Durham as part of County Durham's Changing the Physical Activity Landscape initiative, targeting people at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. See Get Walking Keep Walking Durham.