The purpose of this free Mini Get-Together is to bring together Walkers are Welcome Towns and Villages in the Southern and Western parts of England and Wales for the purpose of networking and sharing best practice. Dursley is situated in Gloucestershire close to the Cotswold escarpment and also the M5 motorway. For anyone wishing to travel to Dursley by train the railway station on the Gloucester to Bristol main line and is called Cam and Dursley.

Dursley Welcomes Walkers are arranging the event and will give you the opportunity to enjoy either a walk around Dursley to look at some of the town’s old buildings and other locations with a focus on their history or a 3 mile walk to Stinchcombe Hill to walk the Cotswold Way circular walk that has been twinned with route 3 of the Jeju Olle Trail.

The general subject will be “Town meets Country” and a number of Dursley partners will be present.

This will be followed by a lunch after which when you will have the chance to Network with other Walkers are Welcome Towns and villages. This will be followed by presentations by James Blockley on “The Cotswold Way and National Trails” and also by members of the Walkers are Welcome National Executive on the challenges and opportunities for Walkers are Welcome towns all.

If you plan to attend please RSVP before 29^th February 2016 to dursleywaw@gmail.com

For full details of the programme please Click here.

For those wishing to stay overnight and further enjoy the area please see www.dursleywelcomeswalkers.org.uk or accommodation websites such as www.booking.com/Gloucestershire‎