Active Together Harborough

Walking Groups
Location	Day	Time	Walk Leader
Lutterworth Starts: The rear of the Shambles pub in Lutterworth town centre Finishes: Wycliffe rooms cafe in George Street	Mondays (Not Bank Holidays)	1:30pm	Carol Scholes Janette Walters Ann Newmark
Broughton Astley Library, Main Street, Broughton Astley	Thursdays	1:30pm	Liz Bellamy Judith Barehead
Market Harborough Medical Centre, 67 Coventry Road, LE16 9BX	Mondays	10.30am	Active Harborough Team
Wellington Place, Harvest Road, Market Harborough (by the Davidsons Show Home)	Tuesdays	12:30pm	Active Harborough Team

Benefits of Walking

Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier.

Sometimes overlooked as a form of exercise, walking briskly can help you build stamina, burn excess calories and make your heart healthier. You do not have to walk for hours. A brisk 10-minute daily walk has lots of health benefits and counts towards your recommended 150 minutes of weekly exercise.

Before you start:

Any shoes or trainers that are comfortable, provide adequate support and do not cause blisters will do.
If you're walking to work, you could wear your usual work clothes with a comfy pair of shoes and change shoes when you get into work.
For long walks, you may want to take some water, healthy snacks, a spare top, sunscreen and a sun hat in a small backpack.
If you start going for longer walks regularly, you may want to invest in a waterproof jacket and some specialist walking shoes for more challenging routes.

You can also use the Active 10 app to monitor how much you are walking.

Walk Together Leicestershire Walks

Walk together Leicestershire is a walking scheme designed to provide beginner to advanced walking groups across our district. Before attending a walk, please complete and submit the registration form below and you're then ready to join a walk. Scroll down to see the locations and times of our walks.

Registration Form

Name:

Age:

Postcode:

Telephone:

Email:

Gender:

Ethnic Group or Background:

Do you have a long-term illness, health problem or impairment that limits your daily activities? (yes, no, prefer not to say):

In the past week, on how many days have you done a total of 30 minutes or more of physical activity, which was enough to raise your breathing rate? This may include sport, exercise, and brisk walking or cycling for recreation or to get to and from places:

In the past week, on how many days have you done exercises that strengthen your muscles? This refers to exercises that made your muscles feel some tension, shake or feel warm and that were carried out for 10 minutes or more?

Participant Declaration: It is your responsibility to seek medical advice before taking part in any physical activity if appropriate. It is your responsibility to provide and administer your own medication if appropriate. It is your responsibility to inform the walk leader if there is a change in your health. It is your responsibility to abide by COVID-19 guidelines. Please enter YES to confirm you have understood this.

Data Protection: Harborough District Council complies with all relevant statutory obligations. Personal information is processed by Harborough District Council and will be handled in accordance with the privacy statement, which can be accessed at www.harboroughsport.org

Harborough Walking Routes

Below are some walking routes in the district for you to follow! If you know of any more routes in the district please let us know by emailing activetogether@harborough.gov.uk

Route 1 - Market Harborough (PDF, 397 Kb)
Route 2 - Kibworth (PDF, 290 Kb)
Route 3 - Union Wharf (PDF, 392 Kb)
Route 4 - Foxton (PDF, 429 Kb)
Route 5 - Welland Park (PDF, 301 Kb)
Route 6 - Houghton (PDF, 326 Kb)
Route 8 - Scraptoft (PDF, 331 Kb)
Route 9 - Wistow (PDF, 406 Kb)

Volunteer Walk Leaders Wanted

Are you interested in becoming a walk leader in the Harborough District? We will provide you with the free resources and training to get your walking group started! Register you interest here.

Harborough Active Together

Email: activetogether@harborough.gov.uk