LDWA Local Groups
There are currently 41 local LDWA groups in England, Wales and Southern Scotland and being a member of one of these is great fun! Indeed, without them the LDWA would not exist.
Local groups host regular Group Walks, led by one of their experienced members, often encompassing a pub or cafe stop for socialising. They vary in length between 15 - 25 miles, depending on the season and offer both a challenge and a chance to explore new areas, whilst making new friends.
Some local groups also organise social evenings such as pub suppers, quiz nights and local planning evenings - something to keep you out of mischief on those dark winter nights when you can't go walking. Some groups enjoy weekends or short holiday breaks together, sharing their common interest in walking and travel. Some venture far outside their local patch, incorporating trains and boats and planes!
Very importantly, groups organise Challenge Events, where members design the route and help marshal at checkpoints on the day, serving food and drinks and making sure all entrants get round safely, and are accounted for at the end of the day. These are hard work but fun and rewarding.
As a member, you are welcome to try any walk in the Group Walks Programme, whether or not you live local to that area, but it helps if you 'phone the walk leader to let them know to expect you.
LDWA members can join any local group, whether you live within that postcode area or not. Many Groups publish a Newsletter and charge a small subscription designed to cover administrative costs.
Local Groups are run by their own committees and host an Annual General Meeting for all their members to attend. The National Committee has a Local Groups Secretary, to keep in touch with all the local groups, and a Group Programmes Co-ordinator, who makes sure their walks programmes get into the Strider magazine.
Click on the drop down menu at the top of this page, and find a group of interest to you. Or you can view the complete list of Local Groups.
You can now buy OS maps for Groups Walks from this site - walks pages will increasingly include clickable purchase links and map links to show where walks start and finish.
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In order to join the LDWA and take advantage of all the benefits click the button below.
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The LDWA maintains an online database of over 1000 long distance paths, with brief route summaries, lists of maps and publications, cross references to linked routes and much more. The LDWA’s new UK Trailwalker’s Handbook provides similar information in book form.
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