Walking the way to Health (WHI) is the largest national body promoting and setting the standards for led health walks. It is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation.

WHI aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities. We support over 525 local health walk schemes – find your nearest using our Walk Finder.

News

Encouraging families to walk »» Change4Life is a new Department of Health campaign that aims to prevent people from becoming overweight by encouraging them to Eat Well, Move More and Live Longer. Change4Life can be seen on TV, in the press, on billboards and online. Young families are encouraged to walk more.

Photo competition winner »» Congratulations to Susan Blake, Walks Leader, Secretary and Treasurer of Dorchester Strollers who sent in this great photo and won our December ˜Photo of the Month’ competition. Finding a walk is now even easier »» NEW WALK FINDER LAUNCHED: WHI is all about health walks so it comes as no surprise that Walk Finder is the most popular part of our website. More than 14,000 of you visit Walk Finder each month! You have told us how useful it is when you are searching for a health walk scheme in your area and we hope the launch of a new, improved version will make this even easier. You can now search for a health walk scheme by postcode or browse by region - see the green box on the right.

200th health walk accreditation »»

Being active outdoors in Shropshire »»

Walk off Winter Blues »»

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WHI Learning Network 
The WHI Learning Network is for volunteers and professionals who are already involved in health walks. On the Network you can:

• share good practice;
• air problems or views;
• learn more about walking for health and the various strategies which influence the initiative; and
• communicate with other members working in this field.

You will need to register to become a member of the Learning Network.