Welcome to The South Pennines
Our fourth Walk and Ride Festival promises to be another great event in the UK outdoor’s calendar, establishing the South Pennines as an area that can match many better known areas when it comes to stunning scenery and outdoor activity. Moreover our excellent public transport means that everyone can enjoy the countryside and leave their car at home.
Our opening event is being hosted in Ilkley by the local Walkers are Welcome group. The Walk and Ride Festival Programme 2010 hopes to provide something for everyone – short, medium and long walks, various cycle rides and horse rides and for the first time there will be backpacking walks that span two days and include a night out under canvas!
This year is special because we are celebrating Watershed Landscape Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and managed by Pennine Prospects which focuses on the story of the South Pennines uplands. We are also taking the opportunity to celebrate The Ramblers 75th Anniversary year and the Year of Biodiversity through special events marked in the Programme.
There are interpretive walks to places of geological and archaeological interest, various talks, and themed events focusing on special aspects of South Pennines life and landscapes such as built heritage and wildlife recording as well as how to pick and cook mushrooms (cooking session included!)
Most events are free although for some, places are limited and you may need to book – please check the programme before you set off.
Enjoy!
Featured Events
Over 100 walks, cycle rides, horse rides and countryside events in the heart of the South Pennines.
Seven Summer Wine Reservoirs
Boulsworth & Beyond
Lakes of the Little Don
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The funding for the Festival and this website is being made available through the South Pennines LEADER programme (Rural Development Programme for England), which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union, and is managed by Yorkshire Forward in the Yorkshire and Humber region.