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Adur Healthy Walkers - Healthy walking and Health Walks in Adur
Introduction : Get fit - Look fit - Be fit ... - Walks programme details - diary of dates to download
- dates added up to end of June 2012 - Special events walks
- Stride Out for parents
- Adur Healthy Walkers Scheme training days
- Want to know more?
- About the Adur area
- Useful external weblinks
(including links to walking route planner websites)
- See also :
Introduction : Get fit - Look fit - Be fit ...
Adur Healthy Walkers will take you on a journey to a new you! Come along and join in the fun. This new programme offers walks to suit all levels of fitness.
Adur Healthy Walkers is free. You will meet new people and enjoy the fresh air.
The best tonic of all is getting that oxygen into your lungs!
All you need to do is turn up ten minutes before the start. You will be required to fill in a Health walks questionnaire to initially register and to provide insurance cover (see questionnaire below).
Trained leaders will be there to lead you on interesting walks through the local countryside, by the sea or passed places of interest.
There
are four different levels of walk depending on your ability :
Blue
walks = a gentle stroll - takes about 1 to 1.5 hours:
If you haven't done much walking before try the BLUE walks to GET GOING. These involve shorter distances and easier terrain.
Click here to read Blue walks descriptions (.PDF 169kb)
Yellow
walks = longer distance - takes about 1.5 to 2 hours:
If you feel you can do a bit longer distance try the YELLOW walks and KEEP GOING.
Click here to read Yellow walks descriptions (.PDF 193kb)
Green
walks = a challenge - takes about 2 to 3 hours:
Finally if you like more of a challenge go for the GREEN walks and you can GO ON AND ON like Forest Gump! These are longer distances over a wider range of terrain and up on The Downs.
Click here to read Green walks descriptions (.PDF 197kb)
By the end of the walk you should feel relaxed refreshed, re energised and revitalised ... and ready to put your feet up ... until the next time!
So come along and enjoy the sights sounds and smells of the great outdoors.
See the programme details - diary of dates (below).
Walks programme details - diary of dates
We
have wide range of healthy walks lined up for the coming months, so why
not get out in the fresh air and join us. Families are welcome and so are
well behaved dogs.
All you need to do is turn up ten minutes before the start. You will be required to fill in an Outdoor Health Questionnaire to initially register and to provide insurance cover (see questionnaire below).
Walks programmes and information to download :
Diary of dates:
- Diary of
Adur Healthy Walkers programme - to end of June 2012 (.PDF 345kb)
- Summary of walks in December 2011 - poster (.PDF 500kb)
- Summary of walks in January 2012 - poster (.PDF 460kb)
- Summary of walks in February 2012 - poster (.PDF 500kb)
- Summary of walks in March 2012 - poster (.PDF 460kb)
- Summary of walks in April 2012 - poster (.PDF 460kb)
- Summary of walks in May 2012 - poster (.PDF 500kb)
- Summary of walks in June 2012 - poster (.PDF 460kb)
- See also : Special events walks below
Where do the walks start from?
- Blue
walks descriptions and start points (.PDF 225kb)
- Yellow
walks descriptions and start points (.PDF 310kb)
- Green
walks descriptions and start points (.PDF 365kb)
- Healthy walks start point maps for the more remote start points (.PDF 62kb)
- Many of these walks link in with local bus routes - for details of bus services see our buses webpage.
Other useful information:
- What is the difference between a blue, yellow and green route walk?
- Adur healthy walkers programme - benefits of walking (.PDF 170kb)
- Handy pedometer
chart for you to fill in (.PDF 11kb)
Walks organised by other organisations :
- None at the moment - but watch this space ...
Outdoor Health Questionnaire and an explanation of its purpose
The
Outdoor Health Questionnaire is the main tool by which the Walking the Way
to Health scheme can evaluate the benefits of walking. A database has been
established to collect information from the form which can then be shown
to policy makers, health professionals and the public what has been achieved.
Parts A and B can be filled in at the beginning of a walk as it is an essential aspect of leading a safe walk and part C at the end which is important for monitoring who the walks are reaching and whether walkers are 'active' or 'inactive'
This form has to be filled in only on the first occasion of taking part in a health walk.
It has been created in consultation with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. This type of information will enable the WHI to report its success to government and to ensure that funding for health walks continues into the future.
- Outdoor Health Questionnaire to type into (.DOC 94kb)
- Outdoor Health Questionnaire to hand write (.PDF 145kb)
- Outdoor Health Questionnaire (easy read) to hand write (.PDF 2675kb)
Guidance, information and questionnaires in other languages :
- Guidance, information and questionnaires in other languages are available on the Natural England website (see the 'Walker Evaluation' link in the left hand navigation) (www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk)
Special events walks
Details of any special events walks will be detailed here and flyers will be distributed to regular walkers:
- none planned at the moment
Previous special events walks were held, these included :
- August 14th 2011 Goring Green 10:00 - 10th Anniversary walk for Worthing Health Walks
- August 29th 2011 10:00 - Bank Holiday walk – Shoreham Library to the Old Fort
- September 2010 : Walk 4 Life
We
were invited to join the Brighton and Hove Health Walk Scheme on Sunday
26th September for a special two mile Walk 4 Life event which was covered
by ITV. The
Walk 4 Life campaign is being launched in Autumn 2010 by Walk England who
are hoping to identify 2012 way marked walk miles to celebrate the Olympics
being held in London. It is being promoted by ITV as the 'Walk 4 Life Miles'
campaign. See details at www.walkengland.org.uk or
under 'News and Events' on the Walking
for Health Initiative website (www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk) - August 2010 : Sunset Supper Walk
- June 2010 : Sussex Day Walk (16th June) : A joint event involving all of the Sussex walking for health groups - for details see Sussex Day Walk flyer (.PDF 379kb)
- June 2010 : Family Fun walk, part of the Adur Festival
- May 2010 : Bank Holiday Walk : From Shoreham Library to Widewater Lagoon
- April 2010 : Lambing walk, Coombes Farm
- March 2010 : Love your heart walk
See also other local or non-council walks :
- 14th August 2011 : Worthing Walking for Health 10th Anniversary (.PDF 580kb)
- 20th and 21st August 2011 : Hike 4 Hospices www.hike4hospices.co.uk
- 25th September 2011 : Winston’s Wish Sunrise Walk, www.sunrisewalk.co.uk
If you need any further information about these special events walks please contact:
For details of regular walks see Walks programme details - diary of dates (above).
Stride Out for parents
Would your school like to be involved in a new walking
initiative to boost health and fitness?
A successful Stride Out group has been running since spring 2010 from a school in Shoreham.
The walks are led by a parent of the school who attended a Volunteer Health Walks Leader Training Day . The training is FREE.
The routes are brisk, purposeful and cover a distance of two to three miles and they take 45 minutes to one hour. The walks start at approx 9.a.m from the school gate, Monday and Wednesday but the day could be set to suit the parents and the leaders availability.
If you are interested in attending the next training day in 2011 please call (01273) 411203 to register.
Further information on walking for health can be found at
Adur Healthy Walkers Scheme training days
Would
you like to join a happy band of volunteers to lead walks for the new Adur
Healthy Walkers Scheme?
If so training days will be run twice a year in Adur (and also may be offered in other councils nearby). The next training day in Adur will be added here when details are known. On the training days lunch and refreshments will be provided and the training is FREE. More dates will be added here when known - watch this space!
- Next training day - to be arranged
- Pre-course information for volunteer walk leaders - including programme for the day (.PDF 220kb)
They are run under the auspices of the Walking for Health Initiative (see their website at www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk). This is a great organisation which has trained over 31,000 volunteer leaders in the past eight years.
Please note that if you are interested in attending a training day you must register beforehand, you can't just turn up on the day.
If you would like to train to lead walks in Adur, or know someone who might be interested, or would like more information, please contact:
Want to know more?
If
you need any further information or want to train to be a volunteer Healthy
Walks leader please contact Communities Team
(see contact details above right)
Other useful pages on our website :
About the Adur area
The
Adur District covers an area between the South Downs and the coast and lies
between Worthing and Brighton & Hove. Towns in the district include Shoreham-by-Sea,
Southwick, Lancing, Sompting and the smaller areas of Coombes, Fishersgate,
Kingston by Sea (or Kingston Buci).
The north of the Adur District falls within the newly formed South Downs National Park and many of our walks are in this area of outstanding natural beauty. There are also three Local Nature Reserves (LNR) within the Adur District which include: Mill Hill LNR, Lancing Ring LNR and Shoreham Beach LNR.
Other long distance routes pass through the district include:
- The Monarch’s Way (a 615-mile (990 km) long-distance footpath in England that approximates the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 that runs from Worcester to Shoreham-by Sea after being defeated in the Battle of Worcester)
- The South Downs Way which runs for 99 miles (160 km) from Winchester in Hampshire, to Eastbourne in East Sussex
- The Coastal Link runs from the coast all the way to Guildford via Horsham and links with The Downs Link which is a 36.7 mile (58.7 km) footpath and bridleway linking the North Downs Way at St. Martha's Hill in Surrey with the South Downs Way near Steyning in West Sussex and then on via the Coastal Link to Shoreham-by-Sea.
The Adur District also includes places of interest such as Shoreham Old Fort, Shoreham Tollbridge, Shoreham Port, Shoreham Airport, RSPB Wildfowl Reserve, Widewater Lagoon and the River Adur. There are also numerous historic churches to visit.
For maps of the area see Where is Adur and the River Adur webpage.
For other information about local places see the following webpages :
Useful external weblinks
- Walking
the way to Health (WHI) website (www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk
or www.whi.org.uk)
- which includes their on-line walk finder tool (www.whi.org.uk/walkfinder/home) - Natural England website (www.naturalengland.org.uk)
- British Heart Foundation website (www.bhf.org.uk)
- Accessible Countryside (www.accessiblecountryside.org.uk)
- BBC Southern Counties : Walks in Sussex (www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/community/walks/sussex_index.shtml)
- Countryside Access website (including the Countryside Code) (www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk)
- GPS Cycle & Walking Routes - including a section on routes in Sussex (www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/walking-in-england)
- Ramblers Association website (www.ramblers.org.uk)
- Rural Ways website : Walking (www.ruralways.org.uk/walking/intro)
- Sussex Pathfinders Rambling Club website (www.sussex-pathfinders.co.uk)
- Sussex walks and talks website (www.sussexwalksandtalks.co.uk - website temporarily unavailable)
- Walking in Sussex website (www.walkinginsussex.co.uk)
- West Sussex County Council : Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7785)
- Walking Pages website (www.walkingpages.co.uk)
- Walks with buggies website (www.walkswithbuggies.com)
- Walks
with wheelchairs website (www.walkswithwheelchairs.com)
- London : Transport for London (TFL) website - Walking routes (www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/walking/default.aspx)
Further walking schemes across Sussex on other local council websites :
- Brighton & Hove : Healthwalks (www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1115507)
- Brighton & Hove : Longer walks (www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1156603)
- ESCC : Walks (www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/countryside/walks/default.htm)
- ESCC : Circular walks in East Sussex (http://frs.accesseastsussex.org/pathstoprosperity/)
- ESCC : Walks on other websites (www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/countryside/walks/websites.htm)
- Horsham DC (www.horsham.gov.uk/leisure/2103.aspx)
- Mid Sussex DC (www.midsussex.gov.uk/page.cfm?pageID=3744)
- WSCC : Long distance trails (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=9502)
- WSCC : Tourism, leisure, walking and cycling (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8777)
Links to on-line walking route planner websites :
If you want to plan a route to walk to the Adur Civic Centre the postcode is BN43 6PR.
- Walk Jog Run
website : route planner (www.walkjogrun.net) :
allows you to input your start location by postcode (or zoom into the map to the right area). If you then click on 'create a route' , you can click out the route you want to take on the map, it then tells you how far it is, how long it will take (you can set your walking pace) and how many calories you will use. - Weight
loss resources website : Walking Route Map Planner (www.weightlossresources.co.uk/exercise/walking/route-map.htm) :
zoom in on the UK or the part of the world you are interested in (using the tools in the map panel) and then plot your walk by double clicking on the map to plot points on your route - it will then tell you how long your route is. - Walkit
website (http://walkit.com/cities/london/) :
you can input a UK start location or postcode and a UK finish location or postcode (and a mid route point - ignore that it says London in the top pull down menu), choose a direct or less busy route and it will then give you a map and directions and it will also give you distance and calorie burn and how much CO2 you have avoided creating. - Via
Michelin website (www.viamichelin.com/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm) :
zoom in on the UK or the part of the world you are interested in, enter the start and finish points of your route and then in the 'driving directions' section select the ‘pedestrian’ option and then click search. - Journey On : Walking route planner in Brighton and Hove (www.journeyon.co.uk/walking.asp)
See also our plan walking routes to Adur District Council buildings webpage.
Copies of booklets of guided walks are also available to buy or borrow at your local libraries. West Sussex produce one and so do East Sussex. You can also find them in local book shops.
