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Dacorum Hertfordshire Health Walks September - December 2017 Welcome to the Dacorum Health Walks programme, part of a countywide programme of FREE, led walks, helping everyone get outdoors, get more active and reap the benefits Why walk? Health Walks are an ideal way of taking exercise: • Suitable for all ages and abilities • Local, short and free • Sociable - walk in groups and meet new people • Strengthen your heart, muscles and bones • Good for your wellbeing – de-stress and increase your confidence Walk Grading The walks are graded so you can choose our easiest walk, 20 - 30 minutes, 1st STEPS the most suitable walk for you. flat and even ground, gentle pace, no stiles, regular stopping places Accessible by Public Transport easy walk, 30 minutes, about 1 1.5 miles, gentle hills, no stiles Wheelchair friendly 2 easy/moderate walk, 45 minutes, about 2 miles, moderate hills, no stiles Refreshments available nearby moderate walk, 1 hour, about 3 3 miles, moderate hills, faster Type of walk – level based on pace, possible stiles estimated time it takes to walk, hills, stiles - unless otherwise moderate plus, up to 90 minutes, 4 stated possible steep inclines and stiles What you need to know • Current medical advice suggests adults should aim to take moderate exercise • Start slowly and always walk at a pace for 150 minutes a week. you are comfortable with, you should still • Rarely, leaders may cancel individual be able to chat to the person next to you! walks for safety reasons • All walks are led by trained volunteers. • Dogs are welcome at the leaders’ discretion. Please ensure your dog is • Brisk walking brings the most benefits on a short lead, and you walk to the (brisk is feeling a little warmer and rear of the group if fellow walkers are breathing a little harder). uncomfortable around dogs. NEW! Find a Health Walk near you using our postcode search online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/healthwalks Timetable of walks September to December 2017 Walks and Meeting Point Day / Time Date Information Mondays Every 2 3 Gadebridge Park 10am Hemel Hempstead. The White Bridge by the public car park, 1st STEPS 1 Mondays Every Leighton Buzzard Road HP1 1AE 11.15am Buggy friendly Warners End Tuesdays Parkwood Doctors Surgery, 1st STEPS 10am Every Hemel Hempstead HP1 2LD Kings Langley Alternate 5, 19 Sep 2 (1 hour duration) Car park by Cricket Pavilion on KL Tuesdays 3, 17, 31 Oct 14, 28 Nov 3 Common, Vicarage Lane, WD4 9HS 10am 12 Dec Kings Langley Alternate 13, 27 Sep 2 (1 hour duration) The Nap car park behind library, Wednesdays 11, 25 Oct 8, 22 Nov 3 off A4251, WD4 8ET 10am 6, 20 Dec Potten End Alternate 6, 20 Sep The Green near the Village Hall, Wednesdays 4, 18 Oct 3 1, 15, 29 Nov HP4 2QG 10am 13, 27 Dec Little Hay Golf Complex, Wednesdays Every 3-4 Box Lane, Bovingdon HP3 0XT 1.30pm Alternate 3 Berkhamsted Thursdays 10am 7, 21 Sep at public car park, Broadwater off 5, 19 Oct Lower Kings Road, HP4 2AL 2, 16, 30 Nov 1st STEPS Alternate 14, 28 Dec arrive early (over canal footbridge opposite Waitrose) Thursdays for refreshments at the 11am bowls club prior to walk Tring Alternate 14, 28 Sep Outside the Zoological Museum, Thursdays 12, 26 Oct 3-4 9, 23 Nov Akeman Street, HP23 6AP 10am 7, 21 Dec Markyate 3 Fridays This is 75 mins The Baptist Church garden, Every 10.30am Buckwood Road, AL3 8JF 4 Grovehill Open Spaces Alternate 8, 22 Sep 2 6, 20 Oct Beside Tesco, Henry Wells Square, Fridays 3, 17 Nov Aycliffe Drive, HP2 6BJ 10am 1, 15, 29 Dec This is a 1 hour walk Apsley Alternate 1, 15, 29 Sep Hemel Hempstead. Canal side of Fridays 13, 27 Oct 3 10, 24 Nov Sainsburys’ entrance, HP3 9QW 10am 8, 22 Dec Dates exclude Bank Holidays SUNDAYS – Sept to Dec 2017 these walks are 75 – 90 mins Walks and Meeting Point Day / Time Date Information Apsley at public car park, Durrants Hill Sunday off A4251 HP3 9RW (parking fees may Sep 3 3-4 2pm be payable) Potten End at the Green opposite Sunday Sep 10 3-4 Village Hall, HP4 2QG 2pm Bulbourne, Tring at The Garden Centre, Sunday Sep 17 3 Bulbourne Road B488 HP23 5HF 2pm Piccotts End at Hilliers Garden Centre, Sunday Leighton Buzzard Road B440 (formerly Sep 24 3-4 2pm A4146) HP1 3BA Tring at The Forge public car park off Sunday Tring High Street, HP23 5AG (parking Oct 1 3-4 2pm fees may be payable) Bovingdon at Bovingdon Library, Sunday Oct 8 3 High Street, HP3 0HJ 2pm Markyate at public car park Hicks Road Sunday Oct 15 3-4 off A5 AL3 8LJ 2pm Ashridge Estate meet at the Sunday Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Park, Oct 22 3-4 2pm Ringshall, Berkhamsted B4506 HP4 1LX Redbourn at public car park, West Sunday Oct 29 3-4 Common AL3 7NG (off B487) 2pm Little Hay Golf Complex, Sunday Nov 5 3-4 Box Lane, Bovingdon, B4505, HP3 0XT 2pm Abbots Langley at public car park, off Sunday High Street behind the parade of shops Nov 12 3-4 2pm opposite Methodist Church WD5 0AY Little Gaddesden at car park near Sunday Nov 19 3 Village Hall, Church Road HP4 1NX 2pm Hemel Hempstead at Woodhall Farm Sunday Nov 26 3 shops, Shenley Road HP2 7QH 2pm Boxmoor at public car park, Park Road, Sunday by Sports Centre HP1 1JS (parking fees Dec 3 3-4 2pm may be payable) SUNDAYS – Sept to Dec 2017 these walks are 75 – 90 mins Walks and Meeting Point Day / Time Date Information Berkhamsted at public car park, Broadwater off Lower Kings Road Sunday Dec 10 3-4 canal side opposite Waitrose 2pm HP4 2AL Hemel Hempstead at Gadebridge Park by The White Bridge the public Sunday Dec 17 3-4 car park Leighton Buzzard Road 2pm HP1 1AE No Walk – Christmas Eve - Dec 24 Hemel Hempstead at Top of the Sunday World PH, Warners End Road Dec 31 3 2pm HP1 3QF Hemel Hempstead at Henry Wells Sunday Square, Aycliffe Drive, Grove Hill Jan 7 3 2pm HP2 6BJ Volunteer Health Walk leaders wanted! We’re looking for new leaders to join our teams in Dacorum and across Hertfordshire. • It’s flexible • We provide free training and all resources • It’s fun and rewarding Interested? Join a Health Walk to find out more, or contact the team on01992 588433 Getting started • Are you ready to walk? Before you join your first walk, please fill in our simple online form on our website and then bring your reference number with you. Or just turn up 10 minutes early for your first walk and fill in a copy from your leader. • You don’t need special equipment – just some suitable shoes and waterproofs. We also recommend bringing a bottle of water. • If you are in any doubt about joining a Health Walk contact your doctor. For information on getting to the walks via public transport call Traveline on 0300 123 4050 (open 8am to 8pm) or log on to www.intalink.org.uk Ready for the next step? For self-guided walking maps or details of themed and longer walks visit the Countryside Management Service website www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/cms For details of guided walks visit hertfordshire.gov.uk/walksandmore. Get involved We have lots of opportunities for volunteering with Hertfordshire Health Walks whether you are interested in leading, promoting or developing the walks. Get in touch or visit the website to find out more. Other Walks For more Health Walks including Watford and Abbots Langley please see the Watford and Three Rivers Programme. Design Ref: 080378 For more information about Health Walks contact us at w: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/healthwalks e: [email protected] t: 01992 588433 facebook.com/hertfordshirehealthwalks twitter.com/hertshealthwalk This information can be made available on request in other formats including large print, Braille, audio and in other languages. Please contact 01992 588433. Hertfordshire Health Walks are supported by Hertfordshire County Council through its sponsorship of the Countryside Management Service..
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