1. health and fitness

Walk This Way
Health Walks for
all abilities in
Blackburn with
Darwen
April to June
2015
Monday
10:30am *PROGRESSION WALK*
A moderate pace walk lasting 1 ½
to 2 hours covering a distance of
approximately 4 to 4 ½ miles. The
walks may involve hills and stiles.
Meet at the start point below (given to
the nearest known postcode).
April
May
June
6
Bank Holiday - No Walk
13
Leeds and Liverpool Canal -Nr Butlers Arms, Pleasington
BB2 5JH
20
Sunnyhurst Circular - Salisbury Road entrance, Darwen
BB3 1HZ
27
Under Billinge - Witton Park, main car park
BB2 2TP
4
Bank Holiday - No Walk
11
18
Darwen Moor - Whitehall Park Gates, Darwen
Roddlesworth Woods - Vaughn’s Café, Roddlesworth
BB3 2LH
BB3 0PA
25
1
8
Bank Holiday - No Walk
Edge of the Moors - Bold Venture Park gates, Darwen
Oswaldtwistle Wander - Hope Centre Watson Street
BB3 2SE
BB5 3HH
15
Ramsgreave Circular Nr Bull’s Head, Wilpshire
BB1 9BQ
22
Yellow Hills - Witton Park main car park
BB2 2TP
29
Darwen Tower - Nr Sunnyhurst pub, Darwen
BB3 1JX
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
1:30pm First Steps Blackburn
Ideal for beginners. An easy pace stroll around Corporation Park lasting 30 to 45 minutes. The walk may
involve gentle gradients. Meet at West Park Lodge Gate,
West Park Road entrance to Corporation Park.
For further information call: 01254 682 037
Email: [email protected] or visit: www.refreshbwd.com
Tuesday
♥HEALTH WALK ♥
10:30am Bank Top Community Walk
An easy pace stroll lasting up to 90 minutes. Meet at Bank Top NLC,
Arthur Way, Blackburn. BB2 1QP
Please Note: On the first Tuesday in the month we meet at 10 am and
car share to a different starting point
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:30am First Steps Darwen
Ideal for beginners. An easy pace stroll lasting 30- 45 minutes. Meet at
Sunnyhurst Woods Salisbury Road entrance. BB3 1HZ
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
12:30pm Town Centre Lunchtime Walk
A short 30 minutes walk to Corporation Park and back. Take a break
from the office desk! Meet outside Blackburn Town Hall.
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
1:00pm Mill Hill Community Walk
An easy pace stroll lasting about 90 minutes. Meet at Mill Hill Community
Centre, New Chapel Street, Blackburn. BB2 4DT
For further information call: 01254 682 037
Email: [email protected] or visit: www.refreshbwd.com
Wednesday
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:00am ‘Wheelyfit’ Pram Push Blackburn
A low level walk and tone session for new
mothers lasting up to 90 minutes.
Meet at Witton Park main car park.
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:00am Bangor Street Community Walk
LADIES ONLY. An easy pace stroll lasting about
60 minutes. Meet Bangor Street Community Centre, Norwich Street, Blackburn. BB1 6NZ
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
11:00am Walk and Talk
Energy Zone Newfield Drive, BB2 3UA An easy
paced walk approx 60 minutes with a brew afterwards.
*PROGRESSION WALK*
7pm Evening Stressbuster
A brisk paced walk which involves hills and stiles. Meets at the following
venues on Wednesday nights
April
Sunnyhurst Woods lychgate car park (near the Sunnyhurst pub)
BB3 1JX.
May
Memorial Park, Great Harwood BB6 7PU.
For further information call: 01254 682 037
Email: [email protected] or visit: www.refreshbwd.com
Thursday
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:00am ‘Wheelyfit’ Pram Push Darwen
A low level walk and tone session for new
mothers lasting up to 90 minutes. Meet
at Darwen Leisure Centre.
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
11:00am Age UK Sunnyhurst Woods
Walk
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:30am Motivate Project Walk
A moderate pace walk lasting about 90
minutes. Provided by Blackburn with Darwen’s Motivate Project for adults with
learning disabilities.
Two walks provided - an easy pace walk and
a moderate pace walk - lasting around 90
minutes. Meet at the Falcon Avenue
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
(bottom entrance) Sunnyhurst Woods,
12:30pm Town Centre Lunchtime Walk
Darwen.
A short 30 minutes walk to Corporation
Contact Alison Hartley at Age UK:
Park and back. Take a break from the
01254 266 620
office desk! Meet outside Blackburn Town
Hall.
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
12:30pm For Unpaid Carers and the
loved ones they care for.
Ideal for beginners plenty of support
available. An easy pace walk lasting
40 minutes.
Meet by the Pavilion, Witton Park,
Blackburn. BB2 2TP
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
2:00pm Witton Weekly Wander
Ideal for beginners. An easy pace
walk lasting 60 minutes. Meet by the
Pavilion, Witton Park, Blackburn.
BB2 2TP.
For further information call: 01254 682 037
Email: [email protected] or visit: www.refreshbwd.com
Friday
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
Easy Pace Friday Walk 10.30 am
An easy pace walk lasting 90 minutes covering
approximately 3 miles. The walk may involve hills
and stiles. Meet at the start point below (given to the
nearest known postcode).
April
May
June
3
10
17
24
1
8
15
22
29
5
12
19
26
Bank Holiday - No Walk
Witton Woodlands - Witton Park main car park
Darwen Valley - Whitehall Park gates
Tockholes Circular - Vaughn’s Café, Roddlesworth
Entwistle Reservoir - Batridge Road car park
Old Railway line walk -Nr Hare and Hounds, Abbey Village
Sunnyhurst Woods - Salisbury Road entrance, Darwen
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Witton Park main car park
Around Wayoh - Barlow Institute, Edgworth
Jumbles Reservoir - Ousel Nest car park
Roddlesworth Woods - Vaughn’s Café, Roddlesworth
Edge of the Moors - Bold Venture Park gates
Over to Witton - Nr Butler’s Arms, Pleasington
BB2 2TP
BB3 2LH
BB3 0PA
BL7 0LZ
PR6 8DP
BB3 1HZ
BB2 2TP
BL7 0AP
BL7 9AN
BB3 0PA
BB3 2SE
BB2 5JH
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
10:30am Shadsworth Community Walk
An easy pace stroll lasting up to 60
minutes. Meet Shadsworth Temporary
Community Centre, Arran Ave, BB1 2ET
♥ HEALTH WALK ♥
12:45pm Motivate Project Walk
An easy pace walk lasting about 60
minutes. Provided by Blackburn with Darwen’s Motivate Project for adults with learning
disabilities.
For further information call: 01254 682 037
Email: [email protected] or visit: www.refreshbwd.com
*Progression Walk*
Saturday &
Sunday
11:00am Lancashire LGBT Walk Meets at different locations on the
third Saturday of each month.
Contact Les Walmsley on 07891 299805
Spring Vale Ramblers, Darwen
This long established local rambling club provide Saturday and Tuesday night rambles throughout the spring and summer months.
Contact: 01254 671269
Blackburn Ramblers
The Blackburn Ramblers provide Sunday rambles of various grades
throughout the spring and summer months.
www.blackburnramblers.co.uk
**The John Dixon Memorial Walk**
Saturday 18 April 2015
Meet at the Boatyard Inn car park, Riley Green 10 am
A five mile walk around Hoghton Tower and the River Darwen. Remembering the Lancashire guidebook writer John Dixon.
Supported by the British Heart Foundation.
For more information to become a Walk This Way volunteer or you want to set up your
own walks please contact;
Helen Hindley: 07525616613
For this years Walking and Cycling Festival, 6th-21st June
visit our website for details: www.refreshbwd.com
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Blackburn with Darwen Health Walks are ideal for all ages and abilities.
They will help you improve your general health and wellbeing, may introduce
you to new friends and help you discover new areas to walk on your doorstep.
Just 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise
like walking can benefit your health and our
walks are designed to help you increase your
Health benefits to be gained from
short brisk walking include:
level of exercise gradually - you can progress
from short gentle strolls on flat ground to
Lower blood pressure
brisk country walks with stiles and hills. You
Reduced risk of coronary heart
do not need any expensive equipment to take
disease, strokes and type 2
diabetes
part in the walks, just sturdy footwear and
Reduced risk of certain cancers
appropriate dress for the British weather!
involve field paths, stiles, gradients and
Improved flexibility and
strength of muscles, joints and
bones
rough ground. If you are unsure of your
Improved mental health due to
ability to join a particular walk please
reduced risk of depression,
anxiety and stress.
Please note that some of the walks will
contact the walk leader who will be
happy to advise you.
For up to date public transport information and to find out more
ways you can choose healthier, greener ways of travelling around
Blackburn with Darwen, please contact the CONNECT campaign at
www.bwdconnect.org.uk
For general enquiries on the Walk This Way Project or for more information
on Blackburn with Darwen’s re:fresh programme of activities please contact
the Wellbeing Service: 01254 682037.