Calorie Walks in Wrexham's Country Parks (Alyn Water & Ty Mawr)
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Calorie Walks in Wrexham’s Country Parks Alyn Waters Country Park • Tˆy Mawr Country Park Walking is enjoyable, relaxing and good for your health, so happy walking! Location Calorie Walks Alyn Waters Country Park • Tˆy Mawr Country Park in Wrexham’s Country Parks Alyn Waters and T ˆy Mawr Country Alyn Waters Country Park Alyn Waters start point one Parks are perfect places for a Mold Road, Gwersyllt, healthy walk. A number of routes Alyn Waters start point two Wrexham LL11 4AG at these Country Parks have been Tel. 01978 763140 A541 professionally surveyed to B5102 Llay A483 3 miles north of Wrexham measure how many calories are N nr Gwersyllt, Bradley & Llay used to walk them. This leaflet Gwersyllt gives details of routes together Parks have trim trails, ideal for an Gresford Buses: 26, 32 & 33 Arriva with their calorie count. outdoor workout. T ˆy Mawr has a B5425 Centre off A451 Mold Rd BMX track for the more A534 beyond Gwersyllt The number of calories you will adventurous! Coedpoeth Llay-side B5425 to Llay use by walking depends on the A525 Follow brown/white signs Wrexham path surface, the hilliness of the For further information on activities route, your weight and the in Wrexham’s Country Parks: Ty√ Mawr Country Park A483 distance walked. Coloured Rhos Cae Gwilym Lane, 01978 763140 footprints mark each route on the Cefn Mawr, maps, and a round calorie disc 01978 822780 Wrexham LL14 3PT tells you how many calories you Tel. 01978 822780 Cefn Mawr Ruabon will burn, for your body weight, for 5 miles south of Wrexham A539 each route. It will make no B5605 in Cefn Mawr difference how fast you walk or Cae A483 Gwilym Lane Buses: 2,2a,2c Arriva, 2v how long your legs are! Vale of Llangollen The Country Parks are great TˆyMawr walks start here Follow brown/white signs locations for healthy activities. At at Llangollen/Ruabon exit Alyn Waters many miles of cycle For more information go to: off the A483 path make cycling safe and fun. www.wrexham.gov.uk/countryside The park also has a specially www.wrexham.gov.uk/walks designed orienteering course, Email: [email protected] orienteering packs are available Bus timetable enquiries: 01978 266166 from the Visitor Centre. Both Burn some calories at Alyn Waters ig We ht alories Gwersyllt side C Coloured footprints mark each route on the map, and the round calorie discs tell you how many calories you will burn, for your body weight. Yellow route 0.6 miles Trim Trail Visitor Centre Weight The routes on this map all start alories C from the car park in front of the Visitor Centre (start point one - as shown on location map). Facing Skylark Meadow the Visitor Centre in the car park, take the footpath to your left. The routes are way-marked with coloured Orange route 1.4 miles footprints carved onto wooden posts. Community Tel: 01978 763140 Weight Woodland alories C Green route 0.9 miles © This orthophotography has been produced by COWI A/S from digital photography captured by them in 2006. Licensed by the Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside Burn some calories at Football Pitch Local Nature Alyn Waters Llay side Reserve Coloured footprints mark each route on the map, and the round calorie discs tell you how many calories you will burn, for your body weight. Enter the park through the cycle barrier (start point two - as shown on location map), from the main car park and walk up the tarmac path to the right. At the top of the hill turn left to follow the purple route or turn right to Golf Course follow the red and blue routes. The routes are marked with coloured footprints on wooden posts. Tel: 01978 763140 eigh Weight W t Weight alories alories alories C C C © This orthophotography has been produced by COWI A/S from digital photography captured by Blue route 0.7 miles Red route 1.6 miles Purple route 1.8 miles them in 2006. Licensed by the Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside Weight Visitor Centre alories C & Toilets Ty Mawr Trail 0.9 miles Burn some calories around Ty Mawr Coloured footprints mark the route on the map, and the round calorie disc tells you how many calories you will burn, for your body weight. Starting from outside the Visitor Centre (start point Viaduct three - as shown on location map), walk back towards the main entrance and then turn right down the track, After 200 metres join the tarmac path by the dovecote. Follow this path all around the park back to River Dee © This orthophotography has been produced by COWI A/S from digital photography captured by the Visitor Centre. them in 2006. Licensed by the Welsh Assembly Tel: 01978 822780 Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside Burn some calories walking to the aqueduct Coloured footprints mark the route on the map, and the round calorie disc tells you how many calories you will burn, for your body weight. Starting from outside the Visitor Centre (start point three - as shown Aqueduct on location map), walk away from the road entrance, past the side of the barn. Go through the gate next to the play area and turn Weight r right. Follow the tarmac path to the bottom of the hill and then turn Calo ies right down the steps at the ‘Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’ signpost. Follow the path alongside the river until the base of the aqueduct. Climb the steps to the top, enjoy the fantastic views, before retracing your steps back to the Visitor Centre. Tel: 01978 822780 Aqueduct Trail 2.6 miles Visitor Centre & Toilets River Dee © This orthophotography Viaduct has been produced by COWI A/S from digital photography captured by them in 2006. Licensed by the Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside Calorie Walks in Wrexham’s Country Parks Is a 200 calorie walk worth it when the energy could be replaced by one cream cake? difference to the energy required But imagine you added five to walk. walks each week to your normal How much exercise do I need? activity. That is 1000 calories a The latest scientific evidence week or 52,000 calories a year shows that health benefits will which means nearly 15 lbs. of begin if you accumulate at least body fat. It all adds up! 2,000 calories worth of exercise Isn’t walking too easy? a week, or do 30 minutes of Shouldn’t I join a gym and something active at least five exercise hard to get fit? It times a week. depends on how fit you want to Will I burn more calories if I walk get! If you want to get fit for fast? No. It is the distance that sport then yes you do need to matters not the time. If you walk work hard. But the major health faster you will burn calories at a benefits of exercise can come faster rate but you won’t be with relatively mild exercise as walking for as many minutes. long as you do it regularly and do enough. Happy walking! My legs are short. Will I burn more calories because I take more steps? Unfortunately not! You might take more steps but each step is shorter and needs less energy than the longer steps of a taller person. It all pretty much balances out and leg length makes only a tiny .