Guided Walks

Update: 30/11/23

Countryside Walks January - March 2024 will be available for booking from 01/12/2023 at 10:30am.

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Update: 30/11/23

Weekly Wellbeing Walks:

You're welcome to turn up and join in all of the weekly Wellbeing Walks we support at Bradgate Park, Shepshed, Walk and Talk project (Loughborough), Anstey, Barrow, Gorse Covert (Mondays with Lough Female Fitness & Wednesdays with the Gorse Covert walk leaders), and Loughborough Town (John Storer House, Loughborough). New walkers are welcome.

Walk and talk project

The weekly evening Walk and Talk project in Loughborough supporting health and wellbeing continues. The group have a men's only walk on Monday evenings and women's only walk on Tuesday evenings. Both walks meet at 7pm meeting at the Rushes outside Sports Direct for a stroll and chat of around 1.5hrs. To find out more about the project take a look at their Facebook page here Or contact the project directly by email Thewalkandtalkproject@gmail.com

The project is developing with a women's Walk and Talk group getting going. If you'd like to find out more contact the group using contact details above.

Loughborough Female Fitness walks

Loughborough Female Fitness Club run a range of activities aimed at promoting and engaging in healthy active lifestyles within a safe and fun female only environment. Sessions are welcoming and friendly.

They lead two walks each week.

* The Monday Motivation walk is a steady paced walk up to an hour, meeting each week at Gorse Covert, Loughborough to set off at 10am

* The Nature walks are walks of up to 2hrs, every Wednesday at 10am. Various locations.

For more information and contact details click here

Countryside walks

These walks explore different areas of the Borough and beyond. Often a little longer in length than the Wellbeing Walks. They will follow rights of way across fields and alongside waterways to visit some lovely countryside locations.

Walks for January to March 2024 have now been published.

The details for the countryside walks is separated out onto dedicated timetable which can be found on this page. And all details can also be found on the dedicated countryside walks page here

To help us manage the numbers and keep walkers and leaders safe all of the countryside require pre-booking here.

Prostaid Wellbeing Walks

The Prostaid Wellbeing Walks which support men living with prostate cancer and their families & friends. New walkers are welcome. Contact Ann & Jerry directly to for all the details, to join in and to be kept up to date, email gorsecovertwalkingforhealth@gmail.com or text 07793 056 780

Charnwood Action Group:

The free monthly walks with Charnwood Action Group supporting people with learning disabilities continue with a walk each month. The full timetable of walks can be found here.

Walkie Talkie

The monthly workplace networking walks at Bradgate Park continue into 2024. Walks take place on the first Weds of the month at 08.30am. Booking required at https://bit.ly/3vnlooG

Nordic Walks:

We have weekly free Nordic walks at Queen's Park in Loughborough suitable for new walkers** There are also weekend Nordic walks at The Outwoods with Loughborough Nordic Walking.

** If you are new to Nordic walking and would like to give it a go you're welcome to join in. In order to get involved:

-> We can offer a short term loan of a pair of poles for a 2 month period for a small refundable deposit.

-> You'll need to undertake a short instruction session we call an induction.

Please contact us at active.charnwood@charnwood.gov.uk or on 01509 63 2535 to arrange induction and pole loan.

Accessing our walks by public transport

To find out how to get to our walks without using your car we recommend using the journey planner and walking & cycling maps on the Choose How You Move webpages, click here.

Details of all these walks are on the timetable below, click on the image to open it up.