Walking Festivals
In recent years walking festivals across the UK have become firmly established on the walkers’ map. They are a great way for both locals and visitors to get to know an area. We have been privileged to be part of our local festivals since their inception;
the Chilterns Walking Festival, coordinated by the Chilterns Conservation Board;
the North Wessex Downs Walking Festival, coordinated by the North Wessex Downs Partnership; and more recently
the Reading Walks Festival, coordinated by Reading’s Economy & Destination Agency.
These Walking Festival, which usually take place in May / June, offers a huge variety of amazing walks and events to help you discover what makes the area so special. We get busy planning our walks in January and they are usually published and available for booking via the respective Festival websites from March. Our programme of Festival walks for the current year is set out below with links to further detail and booking. We hope you enjoy them!
Reading Walks Festival (10-18 May 2025)
Wed 14 May - Coming Up for Air! (Discovering George Orwell) | What's On Reading
Thurs 15 May - Nature Notes - Stories in the Plants | What's On Reading
Chilterns Walking Festival (17 May - 1 June)
Sun 18th May - Chill Out in the Chilterns (Hambleden Explorer) (1103) | Chilterns National Landscape
Thurs 22nd May - '3-Ways' Traverse of the Chilterns (3301) | Chilterns National Landscape
Sun 25 May - Hike Smart - step out and up-skill your walk! (3501) | Chilterns National Landscape
Mon 27th May - Ghostly Tales from the Riverbank (1101) | Chilterns National Landscape
Thurs 29th May - Dipping into the Wells (1102) | Chilterns National Landscape
For a flavour of some of our past festival walks enjoy some perambulations from the sofa with our Chilterns Walking Festival — Blog.
North Wessex Downs Walking Festival (June)
This festival is taking a break this year, so enjoy a stroll down memory lane with our North Wessex Downs Walking Festival — Blog.
Private Guiding
All these walks can be booked for Private Guiding - perfect if you are a small group and the Festival walk dates don’t work for you. Get in touch if you would like to book.
