Healthy Walks

Joining a Healthy Walk is a great way to improve your health and fitness, whilst enjoying fresh air and meeting new people. Different walks of varying distance and pace take place around the Borough. The walks last from 30 minutes to 3 hours and are all free.

To find out where and when these walks take place you can download a healthy walks programme and take the first step to looking after your health. |Find out more about how walking can benefit your health.

Healthy Walks Programmes

Healthy Walks and Cycle Rides: Choose carefully according to speed and length. If you are a novice please choose a slow flat walk.

|Healthy Walks Calender (with facility to insert events into your personal calendars Outlook/Google/iCal)

|Healthy Walk and Cycle Ride Programme for October to December 2011

|Healthy Walks and Cycle Ride Programme January to March 2012

Weekend Walks: We have walks on most Saturdays and Sundays, rain or shine. Join us and and take your mind off your busy week.

Guided Countryside Walk: If you enjoy the Healthy Walks, you may also enjoy our guided Countryside walks.
|Guided Walks in the Countryside

Healthy Walks Volunteers: Why not become a healthy walks volunteer?
|Healthy Walks Volunteer information

If you are unsure where the meeting points are, please look on the |Events Diary to see a map

Top marks for Healthy Walks Scheme

We know the Elmbridge Healthy Walks Scheme is popular and effective, and now the Scheme has been assessed by the Natural England (previously Countryside Agency) Walking for Health Initiative, for their Quality Mark and has come through with flying colours!

Healthy Walks is run in partnership with the |Walking the Way to Health Initiative.

More Healthy Walks

Elmbridge is not the only Council who organise Healthy Walks, Richmond, and Kingston both run programmes throughout the year. Why not have a look at the links below and join them for a walk.

|Epsom and Ewell Health Walks Programme

|Richmond's Health Walks Programme

|Kingston's Healthy Walks Programme

|BBC online - Health news from the BBC.