What we do

Social events

Skittles Friday 3 May

A Skittles evening will be held at the Ship Inn in Redbridge on Friday 3 May. Numbers are limited to 40 bookings. See the Newsletter for further details and contact Kim Golder for booking.

Southampton Ramblers 70th Anniversary Saturday 6 July

Flowerpots pub in Cheriton. Lunch is available (numbers are limited to 42 spaces). There will be a walk in the morning and possibly also one in the afternoon. There will be a celebratory cake and (brief) speeches. If you wish to have lunch please register with Kim Golder as soon as possible. See the newsletter for more details.

Coach Trip Sunday 15 September

Save the date in your diaries for a coach exchursion to Polesden Lacey near Dorking. More details and a booking form will follow in the next newsletter.

Walking Partnership

This is a scheme operated by Ramble Worldwide (formerly Ramblers Worldwide Holidays). When members of a Ramblers group book a holiday with them and nominates a group, the company donates to that group’s funds; groups receive the donations twice a year. In the year ended 30th September 2023 Southampton Group has benefitted by £520. In October a further £350 was received covering the April to September 2023 holiday period. Thank you to Ramble Worldwide, and to our members who nominate our group when making their bookings.

Footpaths

We hope to replace a stile in the Durley parish towards the end of April

Could you lead a walk?

If you are interested in leading a walk or would like support in walk leading, please contact us. Training is available. Please contact the Membership Secretary. We can also help with ideas for a walk, practical help with planning and recceing and support on the walk itself.

Local walk sources:

Ramblers Routes (on the Ramblers website and Ramblers App)
Walking Apps e.g. Outdooractive, OS Maps, Komoot, Alltrails
Pub walk books
OS Maps; the main ones for our area are OL22 (New Forest), OL3 (Meon Valley), OL32 (Winchester) and EX131 (Romsey Andover and Test Valley)