Slow Ways Support

A review is an appraisal of a Slow Ways route, contributed by someone after walking or wheeling that route. Reviews are key to creating a network of trusted walking routes - they collect user fe...

Slow Ways a national network of walking routes connecting all of Great Britain’s towns and cities as well as thousands of villages. It’s helping to get more people walking, further, more often, for...

The ambition is to create a nationwide network of Slow Ways walking routes that is trusted and used with confidence. To do that requires ‘verifying’ each specific route to make sure it merits in...

A Slow Way is a route for walking, or wheeling, between two places - neighbouring cities, towns and villages - using a wide variety of existing paths, ways, trails and roads. Their key principle is...

A survey of a Slow Ways route collects key information to help potential users decide if it is suitable for them or not. It’s a vital and specialised undertaking. The process includes counting and ...

Yes, that’s true, but they don’t form a coherent and comprehensive country-wide network. Slow Ways walking routes – drafted by volunteers and reviewed by people using them – suggest ways to walk an...

The towns, cities and villages at the end of routes are vital elements of Slow Ways. Without them you wouldn’t know where or when to stop! Place surveys collect and share information that users may...

We're planning to create a network for the island of Ireland after we've going Great Britain going. We've learnt a lot by developing the initiative in Great Britain, so the roll-out for Ireland wil...

  The ambition is to establish a national network of mapped, reviewed, rated, verified and surveyed walking routes that connect all of the United Kingdom’s towns and cities. Over 7,000 are alrea...

The average route in England is 12km and 18km In Scotland. Hundreds are around 5km long, and thousands are under 10km. Their length is determined by factors such as local landscape, path options, d...