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The National Forest Walking Festival 2012 19th - 31st May Walks for all ages and abilities www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk The best way Why not take a healthy break to see the Forest is on foot! to walk with us this Spring? So why not join us for more than 80 varied walks between There are lots of comfortable places to stay, from friendly 19th and 31st May, for an excellent opportunity to explore this fascinating area. pubs and B&B’s, timber lodges and cosy campsites, to the country’s newest YHA and welcoming hotels where you can Back for a 5th year, our popular Festival really Exciting additions include our first ever Night be pampered. Wine and dine in award-winning pubs, does offer something for everyone. Discover Walk and a Photography Walk - pick up tips restaurants, cafes and tea rooms. And do consult the rolling English countryside dissected by that might make yours the masterpiece that National Forest Food Guide for locally produced food & meandering rivers & canals, dotted with wins the photography competition! You can drink – sure to whet your appetite. picturesque historic villages. And at its heart also:- The National Forest, Britain’s boldest • visit the site of the largest ever explosion in It’s a fantastic time of year to get out and enjoy the spring environmental project where 8 million trees Europe weather, so what are you waiting for? have been planted - a massive “Forest for the • try one of the newest forms of walking nation” being created across 200 square (Geo-caching) in a most ancient landscape Need more information? miles of gentle countryside. – see page 18. • or, bringing you bang up to date, explore a Our friendly TIC staff can help you find and book the perfect From a gentle stroll, walks for the whole grand circuit through the site of the largest accommodation for your visit, and provide full details of family, walks suitable for wheelchair users, to wood being created to celebrate Queen attractions, events, and transport and travel information. longer more strenuous rambles for keen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Please contact: Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre, walkers, this packed programme has Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, something for you! NEW: Do join us on at the national Derbyshire, DE11 9DG Tel: 01283 222848 forest walking festival 2012 for exciting All guided walks are led by local experts keen Email: [email protected] information and updates to pass on their knowledge about this special or visit www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk to area’s rich & varied history, flora & fauna, And don’t forget, you can win fantastic download the 2012 Visitor Guide. geology, myths & legends. And why not try prizes by entering our Photography something different, such as Nordic Walking, Competition or telling us what you think Walks all year round or a pushchair walk? about the Walking Festival – see page 5. There are many other walks you can enjoy on your own, and at any time of year, all available from Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre (see above). These include the recently published Horseshoe Trail, and Swadlincote: from Pits & Pots to Parks & Woods. The National Forest Company has a series of 17 circular walks, from 3.5 to 22 miles, downloadable from www.visitnationalforest.co.uk The area has a wealth of “Walking the Way to Health” groups that meet weekly for short walks suitable for beginners. Most last less than an hour. There is a small charge for some walks. Get Active in the Forest offer over 70 walks each month. Some are included in the Festival, and all are run throughout the year: most are suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Ring 01283 563483 or visit www.south-derbys.gov.uk/getactive Schemes are also run by Charnwood Borough Council 01509 634594, East Staffordshire Borough Council 01283 508191, and North West Leicestershire District Council 01530 454606 2 www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk 3 What you • Remember to bring any medication you may need Key to Symbols: Photography Competition need to know during the walk • All walks are circular unless Public transport • Most walks are free and do not Sponsored by stated need to be booked. Where No parking there is a charge or booking is • In poor weather the leader Free parking required, details are listed may modify the walk, or in We would love you to send us your photographs of the under each walk extreme conditions cancel it Parking fee • Please wear suitable footwear • For longer walks it is Children welcome 2012 National Forest Walking Festival - and clothing and have a suggested you bring a packed Not suitable for children the best entry wins a year’s Family Membership waterproof, as the weather lunch, and it is always can be unpredictable. We advisable to carry a drink Dogs allowed of the National Trust worth £88.50! reserve the right not to take a • Walkers 16 and below must be Dogs not allowed You’ll be free to visit over 300 houses and gardens! person who is not properly accompanied by an adult equipped Toilet available en route • All those taking part do so at Winner 2011, Richard Sanville Winner 2010, Tony Summers • Dogs are allowed on some their own risk Take a packed lunch & drink walks but must be kept on a lead to avoid inconvenience to • Check the key to each walk to Pushchair accessible other walkers or disturbance find out if the start point can Wheelchair accessible to farm animals or wildlife. be reached by public Dogs are not permitted on transport, and whether the some walks – check the key to walk is accessible for each walk wheelchairs and pushchairs • Walks will start promptly Walks have been colour coded as Winner 2009, L Hextall Walk grading shoes or trainers can be worn. follows: • Leisurely: Walks for Walks are graded as follows: reasonably fit people with at L Launch Event • Beginners Walk: A short walk least a little country walking 1 Sponsored Walk under an hour suitable for experience. May include everyone including those un-surfaced rural paths. 4 Guided Walk recovering from ill health or Walking boots and warm, 12 Beginner/Health Walk those new to exercise. This not waterproof clothing are a guided walk but is recommended. 14 Nordic Walk accompanied by trained 53 Photographic Walk 'Walking For Health' • Moderate: Walks for people Winner 2008, D Tidy volunteers. Comfortable with country walking 82 Geo-caching experience and a good level of shoes or trainers can be worn. Please contact Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre fitness. May include some • Easy Access: Walks for for details of how to enter steep paths and open country, Important: Grades are provided as everyone, including people and may be at a brisk pace. a general guide: if you doubt your by ringing 01283 222848, or see with conventional wheelchairs Walking boots and warm, fitness for a walk please contact the www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk and pushchairs, using easy waterproof clothing are organiser or leader in advance. Bear Photographs submitted may be printed in local newspapers, access paths. Comfortable essential. in mind the distance, regional used in material to promote future Festivals, shoes or trainers can be worn. differences in terrain, and the and published on the Walking Festival website. Assistance may be needed to • Strenuous: Walks for possibility of bad weather which can push wheelchairs on some experienced country walkers make a walk more difficult than sections: please enquire. with an above average fitness planned. If unsure of your fitness level. May include hills and level, try a short easy walk first: it's • Easy: Walks for anyone who rough country, and may be at better to find a walk too slow and does not have a mobility a brisk pace. Walking boots easy than to make yourself miserable Free Prize Draw - Win £50 difficulty or a specific health and warm, waterproof and exhausted. Leaders may refuse participants who in their opinion are problem or is seriously unfit. clothing are essential. People Easy - just join any of our walks, complete an Suitable for pushchairs if they inadequately equipped or unfit. in doubt about their fitness Photographs taken may be entered evaluation form afterwards, then hand it to the walk can be lifted over occasional are advised to contact the into the photography competition leader or send it by Freepost! obstructions. Comfortable organiser or leader in advance. and used in future publicity. 4 www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk 5 SATURDAY 19 MAY 3 ‘Walk to the Wall’ 7 Bus Ramble: Swarkestone restored Moorish Temple and Golden Gates. Plenty of time to Hartshorne to talk about trees, earls and people of the park’s history. Festival Launch Event Circular Route No stiles. SPONSORED WALK 4 miles. Easy GUIDED WALK 7 miles. Moderate Adult £3 / Concessions £1.50 Rosliston Forestry Centre DE12 8JX Booking essential: National Memorial Arboretum Starting Point: Crewe & Harpur Public House, Start time: 10:00am Finish time: 11:00am 01283 792333 www.thenma.org.uk Swarkestone DE73 7JA Start time: 11:00am The Festival kicks off with South Derbyshire’s locally Starting Point: National Memorial Arboretum DE13 7AR Finish time: 3:00pm 11 Guided History Walk to designed Olympic Torches on the 1 mile “Wild and Woody Grid ref: SK 183 144 Start time: 11:30am-12:30pm Linear walk from historic Swarkestone Causeway, passing Grace Dieu Priory Sculpture Trail” – join them and make a donation to the Finish time: 2:00pm-3:00pm through Stanton by Bridge, Robin Wood, Ticknall, Carver’s GUIDED WALK National Memorial Arboretum.Then see the torches off as A walk entirely within the National Memorial Arboretum, Rocks and new woods above Hartshorne.