Walks Programme July – December 2017
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Walks programme July – December 2017 Supporting you to get active and stay active If you would like to know more, call our Leisure and Libraries helpdesk on 01454 868006 Stepping Forward, our programme of slightly longer progression walks, is at the back of this programme or http://www.southglos.gov.uk/documents/Stepping-Forward You can also download this programme at www.southglos.gov.uk/walking-for-health P lease help us to save paper and the planet by only taking this copy if you don’t have access to the internet. Welcome to the July to December 2017 programme Welcome to our new extended walks programme. We are now going to publish two walks programmes per year, January – June and July – December, thank you as always to our amazing walk leaders for being so helpful in making these changes happen. During the past programme we have been joined by a further eight new walk leaders, which is fantastic. Thank you so much to all the volunteers who came forward. This means that some of our walks which were seriously under threat can now continue. But we always need more help. If you walk regularly and think you would like to be involved in becoming part of the team then please do contact me. Training is fun, friendly and free! Without our walk leaders there would be no walks, and the difference they make to so many lives is invaluable. Which brings me nicely to another venues and organising the programme enormous THANK YOU to two of our and always being there ready to welcome Sodbury Yate Dodington leaders. Mary walkers, come rain or shine. Thank you Wright and Eileen Riley have been both so much – you will be missed. absolute mainstays of the weekly walks. Eileen has been leading since 2006 Some of our leaders came along to a and Mary since 2010. They have both training day as part of a project called given an enormous amount of their time, Know Your Place, which is a free online checking walks beforehand, booking research tool that is putting South 2 Gloucestershire’s heritage on the map. Discover the new free You can find out more by visiting www.kypwest.org.uk. We are aiming online research tool to add walking routes, archive images that is putting North and points of interest to the maps. It is designed for everyone to use and will be Somerset’s heritage a great tool to enhance our walks. on the map. As always our programme is packed with a varied array of walks. There are short gentle strolls around the park, familiar favourites in both urban and rural areas, as well as new routes to explore. There should be something for everyone and, if you would like something longer, please look at our Stepping Forward programme of walks over three miles. I am always interested in hearing from you, and would love to be able to include your stories and feedback in these programmes. So please, if you would like to let me know how much digital mapping difference joining one of our walking groups has made to you, email me at heritage project [email protected] Happy Walking Christina No specialist equipment is needed for our walks, other than sturdy footwear and rainwear. Please make sure you bring water and a hat, especially in the warmer weather. www.kypwest.org.uk 3 How to contact us Tel: 01454 868006 Email: [email protected] Web: www.southglos.gov.uk/walking Address: South Gloucestershire Council, Public Health and Wellbeing division, PO Box 1955, Bristol BS37 0DE Facebook: www.southglos.gov.uk/facebook Twitter: @sgloscouncil All our walks are graded so you can be sure of finding the right walk for you. Look out for the footprint icon at the head of each listing. Grading Key Grade 1 walk Toilets Suitable for people who are looking to be more active, or are returning from injury or illness. They are on flat Refreshments ground or gentle slopes with mainly firm surfaces and available no steps or stiles. Walks last around 30 mins but can Uneven ground be extended on the day if the walkers wish. Steps Grade 2 walk Stiles Suitable for people who are looking to increase their activity levels. They are between 30 - 60 mins and May be muddy may include some moderate slopes, steps, uneven surfaces and possibly stiles. Inclines Wheelchair friendly Grade 3 walk For people looking for more challenging walks and Rest opportunities increasing their level of physical activity. They are generally 60 - 90 mins and may include steeper Buggy friendly slopes, steps, uneven surfaces and stiles. No dogs please Progression walks This symbol indicates that a walk is more strenuous Dogs are welcome and over 90 mins in length. When it appears within a unless otherwise Walking For Health listing it indicates that there is a stated. Please keep progression walk available alongside the shorter walk. them on a lead. 4 Meet our groups Each walking group offers something slightly different. This tells you a little more about them. Look out for their initials at the head of each listing. BBRP FC F Bristol and Bath Frampton Cotterell Filton – Nutfield House Railway Path This group of walkers set See the regular walks See the regular walks out twice a month for walks section for dates. section for dates. around rural Frampton Cotterell and Coalpit Heath. Fortnightly walks, ideal Every other Tuesday at Tuesdays or Wednesdays for people who are new 11am. The starting points 10.30am. Long and short or returning after a long alternate between Bitton walks are usually offered. absence. The walk starts Station and Warmley (Walks over three miles and finishes at Nutfield Station. The beauty of this are listed in the Stepping House, Nutfield Grove in walk is that it is ‘there and Forward Section). Filton. The walk is at 2pm back again’ on the flat every other Thursday and Railway Path so walkers is up to one mile in length. can go as far as they feel KM Kingsmeadow able before returning to one of the cafes. See the regular walks FPS section for dates and Filton/Patchway/ directions. Stokes CSRFC – NEW WALK A weekly walk setting Chipping Sodbury Ideal for people who off at 11am lasting Rugby Club Walk are new or returning approximately 45 mins. to walking. Sets out See the regular walks Usually the starting from Kingsmeadow section for dates. places alternate between Community Flats on the Alternate Tuesdays to the Bradley Stoke and Filton. first Wednesday of the Railway Path walk. Set month at 10.30am. off at 11am. Gentle, flat SYD walk on the hard surface Sodbury Yate and around the rugby ground. PP Dodington Page Park Walk once around the track This group meets every Twice weekly gentle which is just over a mile, or Friday at 10.30am. walks around Page Park. twice if you feel like it! Walks are often around Every Tuesday and Friday three miles in length, but at 10.30am. Lasts around sometimes slightly longer, KC 30 minutes. Go at your Kings Chase so you will find these own pace. Also suitable This group meets weekly listed in the Stepping for people with walking on either a Wednesday or Forward section. aids. After the walk enjoy Thursday at 2pm. Long and a cuppa and a chat. short walks often offered. 5 Regular Walks The following walks always start at the same time and place. They don’t appear in the listings so if you would like to join in please take a note of the dates. These walks are ideal for people who are new or returning to exercise. Every other Tuesday Walk for as long as you like, (anything Bristol Bath Railway Path Walk between 10 minutes and an hour) at Set off at 11am your own pace, along the flat, easy access Railway Path. After the walk Warmley Station Waiting Rooms, enjoy a cuppa and a chat at the café. 1 London Road, South Gloucestershire BS30 5JB. Small car park by station or park in nearby residential streets 19, 19A, 35, 43, 634 Every other Tuesday Avon Valley Railway. Bitton Station, Chipping Sodbury RFC Walk Bath Road, Bitton BS30 6HD. (Opposite weeks to the BBRP Walk left) 19, 19A, 37, 42, (5 min walk), 684 Set off 11am Chipping Sodbury Rugby Club, Wickwar 4 July Warmley Road, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6BH. 18 July Bitton 47, 82, 84, 85, 202 (5 min walk) 1 August Warmley 11, 25 July 15 August Bitton 8, 22 August 29 August Warmley 5, 19 September 12 September Bitton 3, 17, 31 October 26 September Warmley 14, 28 November 10 October Bitton 12 December 24 October Warmley (café This gentle grade 1 walk is ideal for people then closes for the season) who are new or returning to exercise. Walk for as long as you like at your own pace, 7, 21 November Bitton around the flat, easy access hard track. 5, 19 December Bitton (please The route is 1.5km and takes around 30 mins at an easy pace. Walk around the wear a piece of tinsel) field once or twice and then to one of the cafes nearby to enjoy a cuppa and a chat. 6 Every 1st Wednesday Every other Thursday of the month Filton Nutfield House Kingsmeadow Community Flats Up to 1 mile approx. 20 – 30 mins 2pm Up to 2 miles / 1 hr 10.30am Nutfield House, Nutfield Grove, Filton BS34 7LJ. Kingsmeadow Community Flats, 19 Barrington Close, Kingswood Buses 70, 71, 73 BS15 4QD.