The Mid Ulster Sports Arena is situated 2 miles from the centre of Why Walk? Cookstown on the Tullywiggan Road. Walking is one of the The Arena is a £2.5 million Cookstown District simplest, safest and most Council initiative designed to accommodate a effective forms of physical wide range of sporting activities. Its primary activity - it is also one of the objectives are to increase participation in sport cheapest. It can be done and to raise performance standards. The facility alone or with a group and fits is surrounded by a 1400m walk/run with flood- into almost any lifestyle. lighting allowing it to be used all year round. You don’t need any specialist Use of the walk is FREE and provides a safe Highway equipment or clothing to get started - just a good pair of and secure environment for general walking or To Health running. walking shoes and comfortable clothing. Mid Ulster A regular programme of Facilities Include: Sports Arena walking: •Reduces the risk of • 3rd Generation Synthetic Turf Surface coronary heart disease and (FIFA and UEFA Approved) stroke •5 Multi Use Grass Pitches Pitch 2 • Lowers blood pressure • Reduces high cholesterol • Outdoor Physical Endurance Area Pitch 1 levels • Sports Pavilion with 8 Changing Rooms • Enhances mental well-being • Strength and Conditioning Room Pitch 3 • Increases bone density, • Car Parking Facilities for 200 Cars hence helping to prevent osteoporosis • Committee Room and Kitchen •Reduces the risk of cancer of the colon • Reduces the risk of non- insulin dependent diabetes Directions to • Helps osteoarthritis MUSA Pitch 6 Pitch 5 Pitch 4 • Helps flexibility and co-ordination hence reducing the risk of falls MUSA Dungannon A29 Walking improves the 10 Miles condition of heart and lungs B520 Pavilion (cardiovascular fitness), and Stewartstown works the muscles of the lower 1 Mile Length of Walk: 5 Miles Car Park body. It’s a weight-bearing 1.4 Km activity, so it may improve Sandholes : Walk bone density, yet it’s also low 2 Miles impact, putting less stress on Cookstown A29 : Steep Ground the joints than some other 0.5 Miles forms of exercise. Guide Dogs Only : Other Roads/Paths Let’s Go Walking... Let’s Go C O O K S T O W N D I S T R I C T C O U N C I L Walking...