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

Advice from Highway Code expert »» Every day, hundreds of health walks take place in both urban and rural areas. Recently, questions have been asked about which side of the road groups should walk on when there is no pavement. WHI now has the definitive answer from John Doyle, compiler of the Highway Code.

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. WHI evaluation - great success story »» Six months ago we knew walking for health was popular, effective and represented excellent value for money but we didn’t have the statistics to prove it. Now, thanks to the WHI evaluation system, reliable data is pouring in.

Podcast of WHI co-ordinator »»

Stroke survivor's triumph on WHI mountain walk »»

Job vacancy for Green Health Officer, West Sussex »»

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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.