Walk Active

Walking is great and one of the easiest ways to exercise!

Brisk walking that gets the arms swinging and the heart pumping is a great total body workout.

Walking can be done at any time, is free, and the only equipment you need is a decent pair of footwear.

And if thats not enough, here are some more benefits:

It's fun and suitable for everyone
It can help you manage your weight
It helps protect you against other conditions which may cause ill health, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease
It's a chance to meet new people

Would you like to include a weekly walk as part of your healthy active lifestyle?

Do you enjoy walking outside and being part of a social group?

If so, then our walking programme may be of interest to you..........

Where are the walks?

Weekly Walk Active Health Walks

Our Weekly Health Walks are situated at various locations across the borough and usually start from central points such as community centres, clinics or GP surgeries. Our aim is to get people walking in their own environments.

Click here to download the Walk Active Health programme of walks.

Volunteer Walk Leader

If you enjoy walking, are reliable and outgoing then you could be ideally suited to become a Volunteer Walk Leader.

Being a Volunteer Walk Leader provides the opportunity to make a real difference to peoples’ quality of life. This can be achieved by enabling them to increase their physical activity through walking in sociable led groups, in the green spaces within their local environment. The walks are aimed towards people who do little exercise or who live in areas of poor health. They are suitable for people with a range of abilities.

What does it involve?

Volunteers are given a days Walk Leader training run by trainers from the national Walking The Way To Health Initiative, and also offered training in Emergency First Aid.
On a walk they would need to take a register, get new participants to fill in a Health Walk Questionnaire and generally supervise the walk. You can lead as many or as few walks as you wish, and when not leading you can obviously attend as a participant. Volunteer Walk Leaders are insured for both personal accident and public liability. 

To be a part of Walk Active and help others enjoy the social and health benefits of walking, contact events coordinator on 020 8323 1718. 

Discover London’s green and open spaces on your doorstep with over 40 free led walks on London’s 350 mile Strategic Walk Network of 6 routes. The London LOOP comes in 24 sections and encircles outer London: in Bromley walk sections 2,3 and 4 through several country parks; enjoy Foots Cray Meadows and the shallow river Cray; discover the Wilberforce Memorial to the abolition of slavery; find the source of the River Ravensbourne; climb Addington Hills and see Windsor Castle on a clear day. Maybe you’d like to explore other sections over the year – walk the whole 150miles and Walk London will send you a Certificate! Other routes in Bromley include the Green Chain, sections 6-10, and the Capital Ring, the 75 mile inner orbital in 15 sections – Section 3 in Bromley from Grove Park to Crystal Palace overlaps with Green Chain 8 and 10. For the full schedule of walks see (external link)www.walklondon.org.uk