Slow Ways Support

You have a different account and log-in for your Big Slow Ways Challenge profile on Raisely and for Slow Ways - they are different websites. 

Raisely is a fundraising platform that we are using to host the Big Slow Ways Challenge.  You can use Raisely to: keep track of your progress towards hitting your goal fundraise for Slow Ways shar...

It starts on January 1st and finishes on December 31st 2024. You'll need to complete your challenge by the end of December 2024.

A GPX file is a bit like a Word, PDF or MP3 file, but designed for holding information about routes.  Just like Word documents need to be opened in a word processing application, GPX files need to ...

We do not have written descriptions of the routes. There could be for some routes in the future (especially if people want to write them). We are keen for routes to be reviewed and verified before ...

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 ...