Hawkdean Hike Links

Useful links to organisations and clubs, and other web sites.

Hawkdean Organisation:

Hawkdean Hiker's .


UK National Walking Organisations:

British Walking Federation (BWF) web site, clubs, events, awards and more.

IVV (International Federation of Popular Sports) web site

Long Distance Walking Association (LDWA) web site

IML International Marching League (IML) web site

Ramblers Association web site, lots of walking info and links. (Home and abroad, organisations, holidays, equipment lots of links.

Ramblers Association Scotland web site, lots of walking info and links.

Ramblers Association Wales web site, lots of walking info and links.

The Association For International Sport for All - TAFISA, Global all sports.


UK Regional Info:

South Gloucestershire Council, Walking to Health, Programme of events, local walks and more.

Bristol City Council, 30 Countryside walks, maps, routes, descriptions.

Mourne International Walking Festival.

Walking routes with maps Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Exmoor, Bath & NE Somerset.


Other Walking Clubs and Events UK:

Wellingborough (Waendel 2 day walking event, Englands IML event)

The Great Barrow Walk (4 day walking event, Help The Heroes event)

The Irregulars a non-geographically located LDWA walking group.

Walking Gloucester-and-Sharpness Canal Maps route description.

New Web Site: British Dutch Walking Fellowship (BDWF), Nijmegen 4 day March, Netherlands.

South Petherton Walking Group, Somerset. Excelent walking and local information.

LangportWalking Festival, Somerset. (SLAMS).

Royal Air Force Walking and Road Marching Association (RAFWARMA).

Amesbury Walkers (very active club).

Havac Walkers.

North London Walkers.

London Walking Forum.

Fire Service Walking Section

Spirit Of Adventure, Walking and Navigation BMC courses on Dartmoor, Devon, England

Parish Walk 85 miles in 24 hours, the longest walking race in the British Isles that takes place on the Isle of Man each year around June.


Walking Clubs and Events Abroad:

An amazing resourse of International Organisations from the Ramblers Association Web Site

Nijmegen 4 day March, (Biggest 4 day walk in the world Nijmegen, Netherlands)

New Web Site: British Dutch Walking Fellowship (BDWF), Nijmegen 4 day March, Netherlands.

Nijmegen 4 day Festival, (runs alongside the 4 day march, web site give an idea of the atmosphere, in Dutch only)

Airbourne March Arnhem Netherlands (Biggest One day event in the world)

website detailing walks available in the Netherlands. (In Dutch but you can translate or guess the meaning).

Alkmaar Netherlands, 4 Day Walk (June) 8.5, 15, 25, 35, 45 Km routes (web site parts in English)

Death March, Bornem, Belgium (100 Km in 24 hrs)

Death March Bornem (Belgium) story of group of Americans

Four Days of the Yser (from Blegium military web site in English).

European March of Memory and Friendship , retrace the battles on the “Chasseurs Ardennais” defense line in May 1940. (from Blegium military web site in English).

Kennedymars Someren, Belgium (Walk remembering President John F Kennedy) not in English.

Night of Flanders Blegium (100km walk)

American Volkssport Association (AVA), network of 305 Walking Clubs.

Official web site of the Swedish Walking Association.

Swedish Folksport League's website, Calendar of events (in Swedish use google translate) .

Linnemarschen 2 Day walk 5, 9, 14, 21 & 42 Km routes, Boras, Sweden. (Hopefully IML walk in 2012 no content on web site yet, but link working check Boras link below)

Boras Sweden home of the Linnemarschen, Sweden. (70km East of Goteborg)

Elfsborgsmarschen 2 Day walk 10, 25 & 40 Km routes, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Bornholm, Denmark. 3 Day walk. (Danish holiday island in Baltic Sea east of Denmark mainland, south of Sweden, and north of Poland).

Paris Walking Tour (Free but tip the guide).

Iceland. Utivist association to encourage travel within Iceland.