Swanage and Purbeck Health Walks

With two walks every Tuesday, our walk leaders are a friendly bunch providing all the advice and encouragement a new walker needs to build fitness at a pace that’s right for them.

Tuesday morning walks

The morning walks are ideal as an introduction to our scheme and are perfect for the less able and those recovering from illness or injury. We often split into two groups to suit the varying abilities of those attending, but there is always a walk of about twenty to thirty minutes, on the flat, along the seafront.

Tuesday afternoon walks

The afternoon walks cater for a range of abilities and are often split to allow optimum walking speeds and distances for individuals.

The duration is usually 60 to 90 minutes and we always meet at 2pm. Here is the timetable of locations:

Key information

Key information to make your walk more enjoyable:

• it’s free, it’s friendly and it keeps you fit
• all walks are run by trained and certificated walk leaders
• all routes are risk assessed
• most of the walks are accessible by public transport
• we aim to ensure that there is adequate parking at the starting points
• we encourage car-sharing in normal circumstances
• well behaved dogs welcome but must be under control on a fixed lead at all times

Health questionnaire

If you are a new walker to the health walk scheme, we ask that you complete an annual Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire on arrival. Please allow an extra 10 minutes to complete the form. We ask you to complete this once a year or if your health condition changes.