Walking the Way to Health Bristol

Latest news and information

Lockleaze and Horfield Strollers - a new walking group for North Bristol

This new group will be striding out together over the summer months both in the local area and using buses to explore other parts of Bristol. All the walks are between 1 and 4 miles and many will provide a long and shorter walk option.

Lockleaze and Horfield areas are well connected to many of Bristol's fabulous green spaces including The Downs, Seamills, Purdown, Stoke Park and Snuffmills to name but a few. We will be exploring all of these places over the next few months and we welcome new, local members.

Just turn up 5 minutes before the meeting time stated on the programme and look for the leader who will be wearing a yellow tabard. All walks are free, please bring money for bus fares and refreshments.

For further information please download the programme from the "Latest health walks programmes" link at the top of this page or call Nicola Ferris on 07810 506 738.

Walk to your breast screening appointment in the Easton Ward

Our Walks Development Officer has been working with the Bristol Primary Care Trust (PCT) to promote walking to breast screening appointments in the Easton Ward. Below is a downloadable walking map with routes from Charlotte Keel Health Centre and Lawrence Hill to the Central Health Clinic in the city centre. 

Walking to your appointment from these areas will take you approximately half an hour, will be great exercise for you and you will not have to pay parking fees or bus fares. Why not ask a friend or relative to walk with you if they have an appointment around the same time.

Translations in Hindi, Punjabi,Traditional Chinese, Urdu and Somali are available at the bottom of the map.

Download: Charlotte Keel and Lawrence Hill to Central Health Clinic walking map (PDF, 468 Kb)

Walkit

Walkit is an award-winning route planner aimed at encouraging people to walk, and which provides essential information for anyone considering a journey on foot within a five-kilometre radius of the city centre. Walkit is the only dedicated online walking route planner for urban areas. It is an easy to use, pedestrian centered, resource which offers clear benefits in terms of promoting and supporting active city travel, improved health and well being, and environmental benefits.

You can use Walkit to plot your walk through the city's beautiful green spaces, plan trips to and from the city's many attractions, and link up with existing public transport systems to make your walk even more enjoyable. You will be offered a direct route between two points, or a quieter off-main-road route, with estimates of route length, time taken, CO2 saved and calories burnt on your healthy walk. You can also print out easy to follow maps and route instructions.

Volunteer with the Joint Local Access Forum (JLAF)

Would you like to be involved in the development of access to the outdoors in the Bristol area?

Are you interested in being a voluntary member of the Joint Local Access Forum (JLAF), which gives independent advice to councils on paths, public rights of way and access land both in the countryside and in urban areas? Would you be able to advise councils on how to attract new users to the network of paths in this area?

For more details, please contact Chris Hogg, Secretary to the JLAF on 01225 394 161 or look at www.jlaf.org.uk

Health walks bulletin

The Walking the Way to Health Bristol team are now producing a quarterly newsletter with all the latest news and information about Bristol walking groups. Download the latest walks bulletin below:

Download: Spring bulletin (PDF, 122 Kb)

City centre walks

Work near the centre of town? Weekly Wednesday walks are available on your lunch hour. Walks start from the Cascade Steps, City Centre at 12.30pm every Wednesday. Walks last approximately 30 minutes and include brisk walking on various routes around central Bristol.

Bedminster and Southville walking group

Due to a large increase in numbers the group are unable to take on any new members at present.

[back to top]