Find a woodland walk near you

Regular exercise is great for physical health and can help fight the effects of heart and liver disease. Walking in natural surroundings like woods can have a real positive impact on mental wellbeing too.

By linking up with Walking for Health and bringing together organised health walks with nature, VisitWoods aims to give you more ways to enjoy woods and an easy way to stay healthy – whether you’re retired, a young mother or you’re feeling the stress of your day-to-day job.

Search for your nearest woodland walk by using the Woodland WalkFinder above. Our woodland health walks are free and are led by trained walk leaders.

Find your motivation here by reading about the stories of others and how walking and woods have changed their lives…

Get healthy		Meet friends
The health walks were started by a GP and are based on health guidelines. Many of the schemes offer walks of different lengths but all walks are on easy terrain with trained walk leaders. G. Dale tells how woodland walking helped recovery from a back injury		By walking regularly there is the chance to meet others from the community, which is a great way to discover new places to walk. A walk and a chat helps people with dementia rediscover nature
Discover nature		Relax and unwind
Woodland walks are a great way to discover woodland wildlife. All walks happen regularly, giving you the chance to see how your local woods change through the seasons.  Jenny Walker certainly thinks visiting woods can keep you young.		Walking in woodland is good for your mental wellbeing as well as your physical fitness. Many walkers use our walks to beat the stresses and anxiety of their daily lives. Rob McBride firmly believes that trees saved his life