We promote walking as a form of exercise. Walking is a fun, free and natural exercise that’ll help you to get fit, improve your health, lose weight, burn calories and make friends.

Get Walking and Get Healthy!

Get Walking Keep Walking provides free downloadable walking routes, advice and information for people who want to start walking to improve their health and fitness. In some areas we also lead free guided walks to help you get started.

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This website is your walking resource centre with everything you need to:

  • Explore your community using our walking routes
  • Learn more about how walking can change your life – for good
  • Complete your 12 week walking plan online with My Get Walking
  • Join a local programme of led walks
  • Volunteer and share your enthusiasm for walking

Join Get Walking Week

Walking events in your area

Get Walking News

A new report shows how walking and cycling organisations, including the Ramblers, engaged two million people in being more physically active in just four years.

See more news

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Health benefits of walking

Walk to better health

Walking regularly is an easy way to keep fit, lose weight, burn calories and stay healthy. It's also a great way to fight stress and protect your body against illnesses.

Free Walking Routes

Looking for some inspiration for places to walk? Download free maps of all our best walking routes in England.

Walking Routes

They did it! - Success stories

Get Walking has helped lots of people to lose weight, improve their health, make friends and have fun. It can do the same for you!

For more: click here

Success Stories
Sign up for My Get Walking

Complete your 12 week walking programme online with My Get Walking

  • Schedule walks
  • Set personal goals
  • Save your favourite walks from across the web
  • Keep track of how many steps you have
    walked so far

Join the Ramblers today!

The Ramblers is Britain's Walking Charity with 500 local Groups.  As well as promoting walking, we protect and enhance the places you walk and offer over 30,000 walks a year.

Join the Ramblers today!

Walking in your area

Looking for ideas and inspiration to help you start walking in your area? Click here to search for short led walks and information about walking near you.

Join a local walking programme

Walking Information

'Why Walk', the Ramblers' free online resource of informaton specially written for people new to walking.

Join a local walking programme

Walking Routes & Maps

Discover the hidden gems of your local community on one of our high quality walking routes, with free printable A4 route cards.

Join a local walking programme
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Get Walking Keep Walking is a Ramblers project funded by the Big Lottery Fund through the Active Travel Consortium of leading walking, cycling and health organisations, and supported by councils, NHS trusts and the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust. Copyright © 2009 Get Walking Keep Walking. All Rights Reserved.