Clubs

Ashdown Rambling Club

Ashdown Rambling Club, based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, was founded in 1961 by Five Enthusiastic Walkers. In 1962 we became affiliated to the Ramblers’ Association and presently we have a membership of over 200. We have a Footpath Working Group made up of club members who carry out all aspects of footpath maintenance and offers of help in doing this essential work are always welcome. Almost all our walks are circular with either a pub lunch or a packed lunch on the all-day walks.

Hailsham Ramblers

Hailsham Ramblers walk fortnightly on Sundays and Wednesdays. Sunday walks meet in Vicarage Lane outside the Council Offices by the Leisure Centre, Hailsham and on Wednesdays at the Cuckoo Trail car park, South Road, Hailsham at 9.30am.

On Wednesday we have two walks, one of 5/6 miles half day and the other a short walk of 3 miles on flat surface.

Sunday walks are 8/10 miles all day with picnic only. Starting areas are normally up to 20 minutes drive from Hailsham.

Further information can be obtained from Jill on 01323 843530.

Hants2030s

Hants2030s is a walking group for people in their 20s and 30s based in Hampshire and affiliated to the Ramblers Association. The club has a membership of over 100 who regularly enjoy 3-15 mile walks in Hampshire and surrounding counties. The walks usually include a visit to a pub en-route or at the end. In addition we run 2 or 3 weekend trips to national parks and other walking areas further afield and have a packed programme of social events throughout the year

Lewes Footpaths Group

The Group aims to promote and share the enjoyment of walking and to participate in keeping rights of way accessible. www.lewesfootpathsgroup.org.uk contains details of our walking programme and selected walks descriptions.

Oakleafe Rambling Club

Oakleafe Rambling groups : founded 2004 in Surrey for novices or those lacking time for daywalking. Four years on, offering guided Downland and Wealden walking :

• Rambles with East Sussex (incl Ashdown Forest) & East Surrey groups
• Shorter walks (3 to 6 miles) : mornings/afternoons; weekend/weekday walks ~ approx 8 rambles monthly
• Longer walks (8 to 14 miles) : 5 to 6 annually :
• Saturdays : more adventurous 
• Sundays : shorter ~ suiting families with young children; older adults; or those recovering fitness.

Our walks usually have refreshments afterwards (pub/tearooms).

Obedient dogs welcomed on lead.Guided Rambles in East Surrey (North Downs and Weald) and East  Sussex (South Downs anbd Weald incl Ashdown Forest)

The Ramblers' Association

The Ramblers' Association is Britain's biggest organisation working for walkers, a registered charity with 139,000 members across England, Scotland and Wales. They have been looking after Britain's footpaths and defending its beautiful countryside for more than 65 years.

Walking on English National Trails around The Chilterns

These walks generally work out around 8 to 12 miles - although there are a couple of heavys described too - and are mostly circular and often incorporate hiking along parts of several National Trails. These include hiking on The Ridgeway, The Oxfordshire Way, The Icknield Way and The South Bucks Way as well as parts of the eternally wandering Grim's Ditch and of course the River Thames and it's 185 miles of Thames Path.

The walks visit amongst other places Blenheim Great Park, Woodstock, Thame, Goring, Henley, Islip and Rycote Chapel and some are on The Grand Union Canal and also several which use the The Oxford Canal. By definition of course these long National Trails go somewhere so walking their whole distance involves two sets of transport or alternatively walking circulars and accumulating parts of the routes over a period of time - unless you plan on camping along their routes. We have in fact organised our various walks so that you can cover quite reasonable parts of the various trails simply by following the circular walks descriptions.

Walking the way to Health Initiative (WHI)

The initiative aims to get more people walking in their own communities, especially those who take little exercise or live in areas of poor health.