Walk Nottingham Please Visit: May 2016
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If you would like to find out more about walking, ParkLives, any other sport and leisure activity in Nottingham or Nottingham’s parks, Walk Nottingham please visit: www.parklives.com www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/parkactivities May 2016 Contact us at: [email protected] [email protected] or [email protected] /ParkLivesNottingham @parklivesnotts parklivesnotts /Nottinghamparks @nottinghamparks nottmparks Best Foot Forward guided health walks A programme of guided health walks in Nottingham, called Best Foot Forward, has been funded by Walk Nottingham Nottingham City Council and is managed by Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire. There will be two Nottingham City Council is celebrating National Walking Month this May by making all its walk leaders present at each walk, one leading from the front and the other following at the back of the ParkLives activities walking-related to help you be more physically active. All the activities in group. The walks offer you the opportunity to improve your health, make new friends, have fun and get this guide are FREE to attend, led by qualified instructors and can be found online at to know your local environment. www.parklives.com. Walks are FREE and everyone is welcome. Children under 14 need to be accompanied by an adult. Walking is free, simple and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight Walks take place whatever the weather. You will need to complete brief health and registration forms before your first walk but you do not need to prebook a place - just turn up at the meeting point and and become healthier. This ‘Walk Nottingham’ guide will also show you that walking the walk leader will introduce themselves to you. can be a great way to try a new activity, meet new people and enjoy your local park. All the walks with a ParkLives logo next to them can be Regular walking has been shown to reduce the risk of chronic illnesses, such as heart found at www.parklives.com. disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma, stroke and some cancers. It is an underrated form of exercise, but walking is ideal for people of all ages and fitness levels who want to be more active. Getting started In other words, it needs to be faster than a stroll. Moderate-intensity aerobic activity means you’re All you really need to start walking is a comfortable MONDAYS TUESDAYS walking fast enough to raise your heart rate pair of shoes. Any shoes or trainers that provide and break a sweat. One way to tell is that you’ll adequate support and don’t cause blisters will do. BESTWOOD WALK NUTHALL RAILWAY WALK be able to talk, but not sing the words to your A walk offering a variety of routes around the Part of the old Great Northern line, this is a Loose-fitting clothing allows you to move freely. favourite song. Try to aim for 10,000 steps a day. Bestwood area. All the walks are in the Green new footpath which passes fields of barley, Choose thin layers rather than heavy, chunky On average most of us walk between 3,000 and Flag areas of Bestwood including some in rapeseed and corn. Stop halfway for a clothing which might cause you to sweat a lot. 4,000 steps a day anyway, so reaching 10,000 Southglade Park. coffee at the Three Ponds pub at Nuthall. isn’t as challenging as it might sound. If you’re walking to work, you can just wear your Meeting place: Southglade Access Centre, Meeting place: Snapewood Community usual work clothes with a comfy pair of shoes. If, to begin with, you can only walk fast for a Southglade Road, Bestwood Estate, NG5 5GU Centre, Mansfield Rd, Nuthall, NG6 7GH For long walks, you may want to take some couple of minutes, that’s fine. Don’t overdo it on at 1.15pm at 10.30am water, healthy snacks, a spare top, sunscreen your first day! You can break up your activity into Grade: Easy to moderate Grade: Moderate and a sunhat in a small backpack. If you start 10-minute chunks, as long as you’re doing your Walk length: 1 and 3 miles Walk length: 3 miles taking regular, longer walks, you may want to activity at a moderate intensity. Duration: 40 to 60 minutes Duration: 2 hours with a stop invest in a waterproof jacket and some walking Terrain: Relatively flat Terrain: Includes a walk through fields or boots for more challenging routes. Begin every walk slowly and gradually increase woods if it is dry your pace. After a few minutes, if you’re ready, WOODTHORPE GRANGE try walking a little faster. Towards the end of your PARK WALK WEDNESDAYS walk, gradually slow down your pace to cool The Grange is a 19th century Grade II-listed down. Finish off with a few gentle stretches, manor which sits amidst a mix of landscapes and ST ANN’s aND SNEINTON WALK which will improve your flexibility. From walking to formal gardens. There is also an innovative train A walk along the boundaries, passing through the shops or for part of your journey to work, to sculpture and ‘sunken garden’ with water feature. Victoria Park Conservation Area, King Edward walking the dog and organised group walks, try to Meeting place: Sherwood Community Centre, Park and Stonebridge City Farm. make every step count. Mansfield Road, Sherwood, NG5 3FN at Meeting place: Victoria Leisure Centre, 10.30am Bath Street, Sneinton, NG1 1DB at 10.30am For more information on the ParkLives project in Grade: Easy to moderate Grade: Easy to moderate Nottingham please visit Walk length: 1.5 to 2 miles Walk length: 1 and 2 miles www.parklives.com Duration: 60 minutes Duration: 40 minutes or email [email protected]. Terrain: Varied inclines and some steep steps Start slowly and try to build up your Terrain: Mostly flat walking time gradually. To get the /parklivesnottingham health benefits from walking, it needs to @parklivesnotts be moderate-intensity aerobic activity. /parklivesnotts 02 | Walk Nottingham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - May 2016 May 2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Walk Nottingham | 03 Walking Sports Did you love playing football, netball or basketball? There is no reason why you can’t enjoy similar games with the new walking versions of the sports. For all sessions you can book at www.parklives.com or just turn up on the day. WEDNESDAYS CONTINUED... WALKING NETBALL WALKING FOOTBALL Walking netball is a slower version of the game; Dribbling, passing and scoring remain it is netball, but at a walking pace. The game important elements of the walking version STRELLEY WOODLAND AND has been designed so that anyone can play it of football. Although you’ll still get a good COUNTRYSIDE WALK (this walk runs on the regardless of age or fitness level. From those workout by having to move from one end of first Wednesday of each month) FRIDAYS who have dropped out of the sport they love the pitch to the other, you won’t exert yourself Taking in the stones of Monks Way, Strelley Hall due to serious injury to those who believed they to the same extent as in standard football, nor and All Saints Church, a path through Oldmoor had hung up their netball trainers many years will you run such a great risk of spraining a Wood takes us into open fields, before continuing WOLLATON PARK ago, it really is for everyone. limb or bumping into other players. up Catstone Hill to the underground reservoir. WALK A number of pleasant walking routes in When: Every Wednesday starting 4 May Every Tuesday starting 3 May Meeting place: Broad Oak Pub, Main Street, When: Wollaton Park, with its 16th Century Hall, lake Where: Clifton Playing Fields – meet in the car park Where: Harvey Hadden Sports Village Strelley Village, NG8 6PD at 10am and deer park. Grade: Moderate to hard Time: 10am to 11am Time: 11am to 12pm Walk length: 4 miles Meeting place: Wollaton Park first car park, Duration: 90 minutes Wollaton Road entrance, Wollaton, Terrain: Open fields and hilly at times NG8 2AE at 10am Grade: Easy to moderate Walk length: 1.5 and 3 miles THURSDAYS Duration: 60 minutes Terrain: Gentle incline at times FOREST AND ARBORETUM WALK OLD BASFORD WALK A varied walk around the Forest Recreation A flat walk with benches at intervals and lots of Ground and Arboretum, following established interesting wildlife along the way. pathways, with extensive views of the city from lovely wooded areas. Meeting place: Garage on Mill Street, Old Basford at 10.30am. We park our cars at The WALKING BASKETBALL WALK, RUN AND YOGA Meeting place: Inside Mary Potter Mill, Bagnall Road, Old Basford, NG6 0JY and Health Centre (North Entrance), return there for refreshments afterwards. Walking basketball sessions are for anyone, A beginners’ introduction to running Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green, Grade: Easy whether they have played basketball before or and yoga, following the ‘Couch to NG7 5JD at 10.30am Walk length: 2 miles not. All sessions are tailored to suit the people 5K’ running programme and basic Grade: Easy to moderate Duration: 40 to 60 minutes taking part, whether that be the court size or yoga techniques. Each session will Walk length: 1.5 and 3 miles Terrain: Flat the speed of the game. It is ideal for people be split into thirty minutes of walking Duration: 40 to 90 minutes who are unable to run or jog due to injury or and running, followed by thirty minutes Terrain: Wooded areas VICTORIA EMBANKMENT fitness but are able to get around the court at of yoga either outdoors or WALK a walking pace.