Stepping forward November 2016 – February 2017

For further information visit: www.southglos.gov.uk/walking Please see the front of this leaflet for theWalking for Health programme of shorter walks.

www.southglos.gov.uk Welcome to the Stepping Forward programme of walks for November 2016 - February 2017

Stepping Forward walks are perfect for people who prefer something slightly longer and more strenuous than our Walking for Health walks but who might not want to go on a day long ramble. Most of these walks are between three and four miles so take between 90 minutes and two hours. There is usually somewhere to go for refreshments after the walk.

This season’s front cover shows our Our walk leaders are fully trained lovely / Stokes group on and insured, but you do walk at your a varied and interesting walk along the own risk. Dogs are welcome unless Severn Way at . This walk otherwise stated, but please do keep was part of the National Walking Festival them on a lead. in September. For information about the key symbols, As always, a huge thank you to all the please see the front of our Walking For volunteer leaders for their commitment Health programme and the warm welcome they always give to the walkers. I know I say this every Several of the groups have a mobile programme, but some of our walks phone so you can contact them if really need more volunteers. The leaders needed. Please only ring to check give up so much time and energy and if a walk is happening if there is bad we could just share the load to support weather, or if you require more details. them that would be wonderful. There’s no need to let organisers know if you can’t make it. Training is free, informal and friendly. If you think you might be able to spare a few hours each programme to be Christina part of a hugely rewarding project then Please note all walks are at the please contact me on 07766 780087. leaders’ discretion on the day.

You will see the following initials for each group at the top of each listing.

FPS SYD Filton/Patchway/Stokes Sodbury, and Dodington 07724 627107 No mobile

FC T Thornbury 07840 237733 07724 627104

2 The key to symbols is at front of the Walking for Health section.

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Friday 4 Nov Wednesday 9 Nov Oldbury on Severn Village 4 miles 3.5 miles 11am 10.30am The Anchor Inn, Church Road, Opposite Gingerbread Man café, Oldbury on Severn, BS35 1QA Church Rd, Frampton Cotterell, BS36 2JX No service Toilets and refreshments available 82 after the walk. Fields, woods, country lanes and views across pretty Frome Valley - Park in Frampton End Rd. FPS

Monday 7 Nov T Three Stokes Park 3.6 miles 11am Friday 11 Nov Community Hall, Little Stoke Lane, BS34 6HR 4 miles 19, 82, 625 11am Taking in parks and green areas Outside The Ship Inn, Thornbury Rd, around the Stokes. Mostly on flat Alveston, BS35 3LL surfaces. Parking available in pub car park. 77, 78, 79, 622 Toilets and refreshments available after the walk.

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Monday 14 Nov Monday 21 Nov River Frome to Eastville Park Duchess Park Woodland 3 miles Wander 11am 3.5 miles Snuff Mills Car Park, River View, off 11am Broomhill Road, Stapleton, BS16 1DL Sainsbury's superstore car park, Fox Den Road, , BS34 8SS 5 ,16, 48a (opposite side of car park to store A walk to Eastville Park and back along entrance). the Frome on paved surfaces. X5, 16, 18, 18A, 19, 73, 77, 625 A circular walk through quiet T residential streets and woodland paths taking in three woods along the way.

Friday 18 Nov FC Thornbury 4 miles 11am Tuesday 22 Nov Thornbury Leisure Centre Car Park, Frampton Wander Alveston Hill, BS35 3JB 3 miles 77, 78, 79, 622 10.30am Opposite Gingerbread Man café, Church Rd, Frampton Cotterell, BS36 2JX 82 Interesting meander in historical village back lanes. Optional steps. Park in Frampton End Rd.

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Friday 25 Nov Friday 2 Dec Littleton-on-Severn Alveston 4 miles 4 miles 11am 11am Outside The White Hart Public House, Outside The Ship Inn, Thornbury Rd, The Village, Littleton-on-Severn, Alveston, BS35 3LL BS35 1NR Parking available in pub car park. No service 77, 78, 79, 622 Toilets and refreshments available Toilets and refreshments available after the walk. after the walk.

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Monday 28 Nov Monday 5 Dec Abbey Wood Patchway to Over 3 miles 2.5 miles 11am 11am Filton Leisure Centre Elm Park, Coniston Community Centre, Coniston BS34 7PS Road, BS34 5LP 18, 18A, 75, 78, 79 75, 625 A flat circular walk to the MoD and A circular walk to Over. back via Splatts Abbey.

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Wednesday 7 Dec Monday 12 Dec Frampton beside the Frome Winterbourne Wander 3.5 miles 3.5 miles 10.30am 11am St Peter's Church, Church Rd, Shops, Flaxpits Lane, Winterbourne, Frampton Cotterell, BS36 2AB BS36 1JY 46, 82, 202 46, 202 Easy, pleasant walk on fields and A walk through fields, bridle paths and footpaths. Park in Mill Lane (when tracks. May be cattle in fields so no full, use pub car park). Coffee & Xmas dogs please. bites - bring £1.50.

T T Friday 16 Dec Friday 9 Dec Thornbury 4 miles 4 miles 11am 11am Thornbury Leisure Centre Car Park, Old Down Cricket Club, Sports Alveston Hill, BS35 3JB and Social Club, Alveston Road, 77, 78, 79, 622 Old Down, BS32 4PH 622 FPS

Monday 19 Dec Sims Hill and Purdown 3.5 miles 11am Sainsbury's car park, Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, BS34 8SS X5, 16, 18, 18A, 19, 73, 77, 625 A walk through Sims Hill Woods to Stoke Park and back via Hermitage and Barn Woods.

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Monday 26 Dec Wednesday 4 Jan Wander Blackberry Brake Boxing Day Walk 3.1 miles 4 miles 10.30am 11am Miners Village Hall, Badminton Rd, Opposite the bus stop outside of , BS36 2QB Domino's, The Willow Brook Centre 46, 47, 86, 202, X47 (Tesco) Savages Wood Road, Bradley Attractive fields, pretty ponds, country Stoke, BS32 8BS lanes. Park on right in car park – or 73 side roads if not using Hall. A longer walk around the Three Brooks Nature Reserve with great views from the tumps. SYD

T Friday 6 Jan Lilliput/Kingrove Friday 30 Dec 3.25 miles Thornbury 10.30am The Ridings, RFC, 4 miles Road, BS37 6BH 11am 47, X47, 84, 85, 202 Thornbury Leisure Centre car park, An energetic walk passing through Alveston Hill, BS35 3JB lovely Sodbury. Toilets and drinks 77, 78, 79, 622 available in Waitrose or nearby High Street.

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Friday 6 Jan Friday 13 Jan Alveston 4 miles 3.25 miles 11am 10.30am Outside The Ship Inn, Thornbury Rd, The Codrington Arms, 261 North Rd, Alveston, BS35 3LL Yate, , BS37 7LG Parking available in pub car park. X46 (5 min walk), 622 77, 78, 79, 622 Exploring some of the quiet lanes in Toilets and refreshments available and around Engine Common. Toilets after the walk. and refreshments at pub after the walk.

FPS T Monday 9 Jan Harry Gifford Friday 13 Jan 3.6 miles Tytherington 11am 4 miles Sainsbury's Car Park, Fox Den Road, 11am Stoke Gifford, BS34 8SS The Swan Inn at Tytherington, Duck X5, 16, 18, 18A, 19, 73, 77, 625 Street, GL12 8QB Around Stoke Gifford and Harry 622 Stoke, incorporating footpaths, quiet Toilets and refreshments available residential streets and fields. after the walk.

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Monday 16 Jan Friday 20 Jan Severn Beach Kingsgate/Stanshawes 4 miles 3.25 miles 11am 10.30am Shops on Beach Road, Severn Beach, Outside the Pop Inn Café, West Walk, BS35 4PQ Yate Shopping Centre, BS37 4AX Parking available in shopping centre car 623 (Mon, Wed & Fri only), 625 parks. Includes parts of the Severn Way. 46, X46, 82, 622 This walk follows peaceful routes FC through Kingsgate Park and the Frome Valley Walkway.

Tuesday 17 Jan T Frome Valley and Algars Manor 3 miles 10.30am Friday 20 Jan St Peter's Church. Church Rd, Thornbury Frampton Cotterell, BS36 2AB 4 miles 46, 82, 202 11am Delightful river scenery, woods and Thornbury Leisure Centre Car Park, fields. Park in Mill Lane (when full, use Alveston Hill, BS35 3JB pub car park). Coffee & cake £1.50. 77, 78, 79, 622

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Monday 23 Jan Monday 30 Jan Patchway Plod Blaise Castle 2.7 miles 3.5 miles 11am 11am Coniston Community Centre, Coniston Main car park off Kings Weston Road, Road, BS34 5LP Lawrence Weston, BS10 7QS 75, 625 1, 3, 4, 18, 76, 623 A mainly flat walk through fields, parks Walk through the beautiful grounds of and a variety of streets. One small set the estate. of steps.

FC T Wednesday 1 Feb Friday 27 Jan Ram Hill Lanes and Lake Alveston 3.5 miles 4 miles 10.30am 11am Badminton Arms, Badminton Rd, Outside The Ship Inn, Thornbury Rd, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2KJ Alveston, BS35 3LL 46, 47, X47, 86, 202 Parking available in pub car park. Pretty paths, country lanes and 77, 78, 79, 622 Dramway. Buggy diversion to avoid Toilets and refreshments available stile. Park in Woodside Rd if not using after the walk. pub.

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Friday 3 Feb Monday 13 Feb Oldbury on Severn Filton Golf Course 4 miles 3 miles 11am 11am The Anchor Inn, Church Road, Oldbury Filton Leisure Centre, Elm Park, Bristol, on Severn, BS35 1QA BS34 7PS No service 18, 18A, 75, 78, 79 Toilets and refreshments available A walk through residential streets, after the walk. BAWA and golf course.

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Monday 6 Feb Friday 17 Feb Bradley Stoke Roads and Rodford round and About Reserve 3.25 miles 3.5 miles 10.30am 11am St Nicholas Family Centre, off Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, Fiddlers Chargrove, Abbotswood, BS37 4LG Wood Lane, Bradley Stoke, BS32 9BS Centre has its own car park 73 47, 620 A mainly flat walk around parts of the Exploring areas in Southern Yate Three Brooks Reserve and Bradley including Common. Stoke using footpaths and roads.

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Friday 10 Feb Thornbury 4 miles 11am Thornbury Leisure Centre Car Park, Alveston Hill, BS35 3JB 77, 78, 79, 622

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Friday 17 Feb Tuesday 21 Feb Alveston Pye Corner & Bradley Brook 4 miles 3.75 miles 11am 10.30am Outside The Ship Inn, Thornbury Rd, Golden Heart pub in Down Road, off Alveston, BS35 3LL A432 at , BS36 1AU Parking available in pub car park. 47, X47 77, 78, 79, 622 Varied scenery in wooded Frome Toilets and refreshments available Valley and lanes. Park at bottom of after the walk. pub car park.

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Monday 20 Feb Friday 24 Feb and Snuff Mills Circuit West Yate and Frome Valley 4 miles 3.5 miles 11am 10.30am Snuff Mills car park, River View, off Morrisons car park - Station Road, Yate, Broomhill Road, Stapletone, BS16 1DL BS37 5PW 5, 16, 48A 47, X47, X49, 82, 84, 85, 86, 202, 622 A circular walk through Frenchay Exploring west Yate and the Frome returning via Snuff Mills. Valley.

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Friday 24 Feb Littleton-on-Severn 4 miles 11am Outside the White Hart Public House, The Village, Littleton-on-Severn, BS35 1NR No service Your local path to health Toilets and refreshments available after the walk. and wellbeing services www.wellaware.org.uk FPS Freephone: 0800 808 5252

Well Aware is the free health and wellbeing Monday 27 Feb information website for and South and 4 miles the surrounding area. It has more than 11am 6,000 entries with categories ranging from ‘support around the home’ and Easter Compton Farm Shop, Main ‘socialising’ to ‘getting around’ and Road, Easter Compton, BS35 5RE ‘personal health services' as well as a 623 wealth of other useful information. A walk through Easter Compton and There is a calendar of events so that you Pilning using quiet lanes, bridle paths can find activities in your area. Those and fields. without internet access can ask the Well Aware team for help by telephoning (free) during office hours on 0808 808 5252 Well Aware is run by The Care Forum in partnership with the councils and NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in and the surrounding areas, the Avon & Somerset Police Commissioner and local Healthwatch projects.

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