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Walking

Haringey Walks

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Special Events for Walking

Throughout the year there are some extra ideas to add to your diary that encourage individuals and families to get out and walk a bit more.

We recommend you search the Internet for additional information for these special events as they change often.

A great source is the Living Streets website (external link).

Table: Walking events

DatesEvents
First week of AprilWalk to Work Day
Third week of AprilOn Your Feet Britain
1-21 MayNational Walking Month
Third week of MayWalk to School Week
OctoberInternational Walking Month
Anytime

Create your own special walking day out with friends and family by finding a treasure hunt or geocaching nearby:

  • Try the Treasure Trails website (external link) - there is a fee to access the information
  • Or contact us for Xplorer Orienteering activities that are available in our parks during school holidays - email: smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk

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Benefits of Walking

  • It's quick and reliable
  • It's good for your health
  • It makes a greener planet
  • It's good for our economy

Taking a frequent walk is one of the most effective ways of improving your health.

Just 30 minutes of brisk walking a day can improve your physical health, increase your fitness and help manage your weight by burning off those excess calories. .

If 30 minutes exercise at one time is inconvenient, shorter bouts of 10-15 minutes exercise spread over the day can be just as good.

Walking is the ideal exercise to build into your daily routine and is easy to do. You could leave the car behind for a short journey or think about getting off the bus one or two stops earlier and walking to work or school.

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Walking guides

You can download the Smarter Travel Walking Guide (PDF, 3.5MB), which has information on local routes, led walks, and lots of useful contacts in the borough. It also contains a full size version of the trails around Haringey map.

Smarter Travel Walking Guide (PDF, 3.5MB)

You can request print copies by email: smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk, or by calling 020 8489 5351.

Walk London

Around 41 routes to choose from at Walk London including the Lee Valley walk where you can join the walk at Tottenham and follow the river up to Waltham Abbey or down into Limehouse Basin. Find your walk on the Walk London website (external link).

Walk 4 Life

Find new routes, upload your own routes and record your progress on the Walk 4 Life website (external link). You can also use the website to find out about your local walking groups and take a charity challenge.

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Walk your way to Health with NHS Haringey

Join one of our regular local led walks. Walking as a group can be beneficial and more encouraging, giving you an opportunity to meet and chat with other people while you get fitter. These walks are led by trained leaders - you can find out more about walks and other ways you can keep healthy on our Active for Life page.

Burning calories

WalkersWalking for 20 minutes will use approximately 100 calories for someone weighing 62kg (9st 11lbs). And walking a mile in 20 minutes burns approximately the same amount of energy as:

  • Running a mile in 10 minutes
  • Swimming breast stoke for 10 minutes
  • Doing aerobics for 16 minutes
  • Playing football for 12 minutes
  • Cycling for 16 minutes
  • Weight training for 17 minutes…and walking is considerably easier to achieve

Walking is virtually injury-free and has the lowest drop-out rate of any form of exercise, making it a highly effective work-out.

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For more information on walks in Haringey see the list of websites in the external links section below.

Please note: some of the attached files below are large, and so may take a while to download.

If you require travel information, please visit TfL's Journey Planner (external link) or call London travel information on 020 7222 1234.

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Attached files

FilenameFiletypeSize
Walk the Capital Ring - Walk 11PDF 735.08 KB
Walk the Capital Ring - Walk 12PDF 602.75 KB
Highgate Wood LeafletPDF 1.4 MB
Hampstead Heath LeafletPDF 1.27 MB
Hampstead Heath TrailPDF 4.81 MB

Useful external links

Ramblers association (Britain's biggest walking organisation)
Walking in London
London's Journey Planner
Walk It - London walking directions and maps

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4 January 2021

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