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LIST: WALKING FESTIVALS
These are walking festivals and organised walking events held in the UK and overseas. | |||||
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| Anglesey Walking Festival | UK June |
Organised walks on the island of Anglesey, North Wales. | |||
| Aviemore Walking Festival | UK May |
Annual mountain and (serious) hill-walking festival. | |||
| Bishop's Castle Walking Festival | UK June |
Four days of walks in South Shropshire. | |||
| Blairgowrie Walking Festival | UK Sept-Oct |
Walking in the mountains and glens of Scotland. | |||
| CowalFest | UK Oct |
Cowal Walking & Arts festival held in the Cowal Peninsula (West Highlands of Scotland) every autumn. | |||
| Crieff and Strathearn's Drover's Tryst | UK Oct |
Walking festival in Perthshire centred on the routes of the cattle drovers of the 18th Century. There are hill walks and other outdoor activities including climbing the local Munros, treasure hunts, abseiling and mountain biking. | |||
| Herefordshire and the Wye Valley Festival | UK June & Dec |
 A fortnight of 60 organised walks on the Welsh borders starting on the third Saturday in June. The festival programme attracts more than 1,500 participants, with a range of walks from short, level routes accessible for wheelchair users, to challenging 14-mile hill walks and parts of a new long-distance footpath, the 154-miles 'Herefordshire Trail', which was opened in 2005. They also have a mini Winter Walking Festival held between Christmas and the New Year. |
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| Isle of Man Walking Festival | Isle of Man June & October |
Organised walks in the early summer and autumn. | |||
| Isle of Wight Walking Festival | UK May |
Huge programme of graded walks all over the Isle of Wight. | |||
| Lewisham Walking Festival | UK May |
Discovery walks in SE London. | |||
| Mourne International Walking Festival | UK June |
Walks in the Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland. | |||
| North Devon and Exmoor Walking & Cycling Festival | UK Apr - May |
Moorland and coastal walks in North Devon. | |||
| Richmond Walking Festival | UK Sept |
Walking in the Yorkshire Dales. | |||
| Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival | UK May |
A series of organised walks in the peak district. | |||
| Strolling in Gloucestershire | UK June |
A 4-day programme of short walks all over Gloucestershire. | |||
| Vancouver Discovery Walk Festival | Canada April |
Annual walking festival (2007 will be the tenth) with walks around the city of Vancouver and environs. | |||
| Victoria International Walking Festival | Canada Apr |
Large walking festival on the island of Victoria, British Columbia. | |||
| West Cork Walking Festival | Ireland April |
Annual walking festival since 2000. | |||
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| Research Tips: | * | Walking Pages is a comprehensive guide to walks in the the UK, and has details of forthcoming walking festivals. |
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