Students at West Exe School , part of the Ted Wragg Trust , are taking part in the 15th celebration of Sustrans #BigWalkAndWheel , the UK's largest inter-school walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling challenge. Sustrans is a UK based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.
The challenge aims to inspire hundreds of thousands of students to get active on the school run and over a period of 10 days, schools record the number of students walking, scooting or cycling to school. Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel inspires students to improve...
Councillors have approved plans which set out priorities for developing cycling and walking improvements in a number of areas of the county.
Devon County Council’s Cabinet yesterday (Wednesday 10 January) backed the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) which outline cycling and walking improvements for Exeter, Teignbridge, and Barnstaple, Bideford and Northam over the next 10 to 20 years.
LCWIPs put the County Council in the strongest possible position for bidding for Government funding for walking and cycle schemes, as well as leveraging external...
Walking and cycling schemes in the county have received a £2.1 million cash injection after Devon County Council secured Active Travel Funding from central government .
A number of priority active travel projects in Exeter, Newton Abbot, North Devon and Torridge will be supported with the funding to enable and encourage more people to walk and cycle.
The schemes to benefit from the grant award are:
Over £900,000 will help complete a section of the Tarka Trail between Ilfracombe and Braunton, delivering a key missing link of the trail near Willingcott Valley...
A public consultation has been launched on ambitious proposals to enable and encourage more people to walk and cycle in Exeter.
People are being invited to have their say on the draft Exeter Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) which puts forward proposals for new walking and cycling routes as well as recommending improvements to the existing network in the Exeter area.
The plan has been developed by Devon County Council in partnership with Exeter City Council and is made up of 22 cycle routes and five city centre walking routes. It identifies gaps in...
Exeter is a modern, bustling, 21st Century city which, thanks to its compact size, river estuary, proximity to beach and countryside, offers many opportunities for dog owners and their companions. Although, like the rest of Devon, Exeter, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and the environs are described as ‘dog welcoming’ we all know there is often not much difference between dog friendly, dog tolerant and dog suspicious!
So, as with each new place you visit it is sensible to check out local restrictions on council websites and always respect your other visitors. For example the...
A new online film has been launched for East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust’s Heath Week (this week), designed to help dog owners and walkers enjoy the great British countryside safely this summer.
The first film featuring dog behaviourist Natalie Light, is the first in a series of five bite-size films featuring top tips to be released over the summer. In each film Natalie shares some valuable advice on how to get a better recall, new games to make walks more fun and some great ideas for working on your dog’s behaviour to cope with distractions when out walking....
Two sisters from the south west will be walking the White Horse Trail, a 100-mile route through Wiltshire offering views of the eight white horses that are cut into the turf of the chalk hillsides, to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Air Cadets. To mark the air cadets’ 80th anniversary, the youth organisation has partnered with the Fund to launch a campaign aiming to raise £80,000. The 80 Miles in 80 Days challenge began on 1 June and runs until 19 August with funds raised split between the Fund and the RAF Air Cadets General Purpose Fund. Judith Read, who lives near...
During the Spring 2020 lockdown volunteers from across the nation plotted a network of walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities.
Without leaving home over 7,000 ‘Slow Ways’ walking routes were mapped using existing paths, trails and roads. Combined, the routes stretch for 100,000km and lap the equator twice.
The team behind Slow Ways is now looking for people from every town and city in Great Britain to walk and review the routes to make sure they work in practice.
Dan Raven-Ellison started the Slow Ways initiative just before the...
The Exeter and District Ramblers have produced a collection of hand-picked trails to encourage Exeter residents to get outside and discover a new side to their city.
The collection has been published as a book called Walking Around Exeter, with contributions from different members of the group and tested for accuracy and clarity. The 16 routes in the collection range from 2.5 to 7 miles in length, and are suitable for all ages and abilities.
Les Bright, a member of Exeter Ramblers who has overseen the project, said: “Many people have rediscovered the joy of walking...
