| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: |
Derek Harwood
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| Group email: | Walks: Longer - 8 to 14 miles group |
| When: | One walk a week on different days of the week |
| Venue: | Various locations |
The Longer Walks Group has a programme of full-day walks of 8 to 14 miles, usually with options to shorten. We explore a wide range of routes across Greater London and the Southeast, all accessible by public transport. Expect varied terrain, from parks and woodland to canals, riversides, open countryside and hills. Walks include a lunch stop at a pub or café, or a picnic, and numbers are typically 6–12. Suitable for reasonably fit and active members. When sign-up opens, click the blue ‘sign-up open’ link below for each walk. If your plans change, simply resubmit the form and enter your details again but with a 'No' instead of 'Yes'. The walk details are provided in good faith but may change. Please check your own travel times and costs.
Our Next Longer Walks
Friday 28th August (RI) Welwyn North to Welwyn Garden City (sign-up open): 10 mile walk through pretty Herts countryside. Drop out possible after lunch at 7 miles. Details here: Welwyn Walk Details.
Thursday 3 September (JF), details to follow.
Thursday 10th September (DMH),
Tuesday 15th September (SH),
Friday 18th September 2026, Sedbergh: We are going to HF Holidays House, Thorns Hall in the West Yorkshire Dales. We last went there in October 2023. We've booked on the basis of 'exclusive use' ie we take over the whole house, as we did last time we went there. This means we need a minimum of 30 to be attending. Room allocation and balances now paid. If you want to go on a waiting list, please email Derek (details at the top of this page). Details here: Sedbergh
Tuesday 29th September (KM)
2026 Lookahead: provisional schedule ie dates might change. * leader required
October:
Wednesday 7 (DMH),
Thursday 15 (SH), Battle: this is the day after the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. This is a lovely, interesting walk. Draft Walk Details-Battle.
Friday 23 (*),
Thursday 29 (KM)
November: Wednesday 4 (DMH), Tues 10 (SH), Mond 16 (KM), Tues 24 (*)
December: Wednesday 2 (SH), Thurs 10 (DMH) Christmas social, Friday 18(KM)
2027 Lookahead:
Friday 3rd September 2027, Exmoor (sign-up open), 4 days Extended Walking Weekend. We've a booking already for 25 places. Deposits are now due.
Other Information
The Long Walks group is wonderfully balanced; some join walks regularly, others less frequently. To help the Walk Leader in their duty of care and to ensure safety we have a few rules. In summary the rule is 'respect others and stick together' but see the fuller Guidelines to be observed.
To join the group, please either drop me an email (address as above) or register through Beacon. Having joined the group, to join a particular walk click on the relevant walk 'sign up' link above. If you are not a member of Islington u3a then you must firstly join this before joining any Group. Go to the Join Us page and there click on the Membership Form.
If you want to look up any of our previous walks you can view our main LW Register. Quote the walk number to Derek and he can send you the relevant Walk Details sheet. To see reports from some of our previous walks have a look in our archive: LW Archive.
We are part of the u3a Walking Exchange. When you visit anywhere else in the UK, you can request the local u3a if you can join one/ some of their walks. You can view the map here: Walking Exchange - Home - u3a Subject Advisers and Subject Networks You should be able to zoom in using the + at the bottom of the map. Click on the pins to locate a u3a in the area you are visiting.