The following towns currently have Walkers are Welcome status:

Hebden Bridge
Moffat
Dumfries and Galloway
Prestatyn & Meliden North Wales coast
Mytholmroyd
West Yorkshire
Church Stretton Shropshire
Market Weighton,
E Yorks
Kilsyth
Lanarkshire
Pentrefoelas
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
Richmond,
North Yorks
Otley, West Yorkshire
Cilgerran,
Pembrokeshire
Martley, Worcs
Tadcaster
Rhuddlan
Haltwhistle
Llanfairfechan
Penmaenmawr
Kirkby Stephen
Holywell
Deal
Malvern
Kingsbridge
Llangollen
Leyburn
Pickering
Llandrindod Wells
Winchcombe, Glos
Ross-on-Wye
Ilkley
Llandysul & Pont Tyweli
Wiveliscombe
Newton Stewart
Huntly
Pateley Bridge
Corby
Tomintoul
Chesham
Marsden
Bradfield
Cleobury Mortimer
Dunster
Hayle, Cornwall
Kirkintilloch
Longborough, Glos
Wellington, Shrops
Knaresborough Melrose
Kings Stanley & Leonard Stanley Dufftown
Guisborough
Tregaron

Walkers are Welcome towns and villages are places
which have something special to offer walkers.

Planning a walking trip? Come and discover the 52 Walkers are Welcome towns and villages across Britain. All have joined this innovative new community-led scheme, to demonstrate their commitment to making your visit an enjoyable one. Use the links on the left to get more information.

Interested in finding out more for your own town? Obtaining Walkers are Welcome status, as a growing number of communities across Britain are doing, brings a number of benefits. It helps strengthen a town's reputation as a place for visitors to come to enjoy the outdoors, bringing useful benefits to the local economy.  It helps to ensure that footpaths and facilities for walkers are maintained in good condition, benefiting local people as well as visitors. It can contribute to local tourism plans and regeneration strategies.

It also allows communities to benefit from the regular networking opportunities with other Walkers are Welcome towns, when experiences are shared informally and new ideas discussed.

We're pleased broadcaster Julia Bradbury is supportive of what we're doing. Here's what she wrote recently to one Walkers are Welcome town:

"The Walkers Are Welcome Scheme is a truly innovative project. It's
such a simple concept; set up an accreditation scheme for walk-friendly
towns, then encourage the towns to network together for support, advice
and ideas.

That simplicity has led to jaw dropping success; 47 towns and villages
have signed up to the scheme in just three years. This is partly due to
the unique grass-roots way that the scheme is proposed, then set up, in
the towns – it involves all the local community and leads, of course,
to the community really engaging and welcoming the walkers that they
attract as a consequence. More broadly, it shows that people genuinely
love welcoming walkers to their ‘homes'; to show off what lies on their
back doorstep, to share the pleasures people themselves feel from
walking, and also because walkers make the perfect guests! "

Please contact us for further information.

Our marketing leaflet (PDF) is here (hard copies also available, on request). Our latest newsletter (May 2010) is available. Our first (Feb 09), second (May 09) and third (Nov 09) newsletters are also still available. Check out the other resources we have available.