Walking For Health

Walking For Health

Walking is healthy, cheap and easy and readily available to everyone. But even though walking is a great way to keep fit, most of us will find any excuse to get out of this most basic form of exercise.

The Benefits of Walking

It's easy to get started:

  • Almost anyone can do it
  • You can do it anywhere at any time
  • You don't need special equipment
  • It's free and easy
  • You can start slowly and build up gently. If you can only walk for a couple of minutes and then you need to rest that's OK. Where you start from isn't important - it's where you're going that counts!

Walking can bring added benefits:

  • Led walks are a chance to meet people and make friends - they can be fun
  • It's a gentle exercise and its suitable if you are recovering from heart trouble, a stroke or other illness
  • Walking schemes can help improve your local environment by clearing/maintaining local paths and increasing the number of safe areas to walk

Guided Walks

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Charnwood Borough Council is pleased to offer its walking programme for 2008. The walks we have on offer cover a variety of locations across the Borough, and include pleasant walks in beautiful surroundings, with other people, some of whom may well
become your friends.

The walks programme has received the 'Walking for Health' national accreditation.

If you require any further information, please call Nita Pearson Active Lifestyle Development Officer on 01509 634594 or email nita.pearson@charnwood.gov.uk.

Walking For Health

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