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We have two aims:
to promote the interests of local walkers in Wellington;
to promote Wellington to walkers elsewhere.
Wellington Walking Festival 2026
14th to 20th September
Full details of our 2026 festival are now available.
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The full programme can be downloaded here. It will soon be available in printed form in various outlets in the town, including the library, Morrisons and the Orbit.
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Booking is open here​.
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Our 2026 festival features 36 walks ranging from gentle strolls to a strenuous 14 mile walk, with something to suit everyone. There will be a showing of the "The North" film too.
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There are walks on the Heritage Open Days theme of the history of everyday working people, walks on the Flora 250 programme on the theme of Dr William Withering too. Also, by request, there are more short "just walks" .
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The 2025 Walking festival
Altogether, we think that 277 people took part, with a total of 565 attendances on events.​
We estimate that collectively we walked 2935 miles, this equates to the approximate distance from Wellington to central Uzbekistan
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All the events happened as planned. We were relatively lucky with the weather, apart from 2 of the walks on the last day. There are lots of photos on Facebook, and a selection in our Festival 2025 Gallery.​​​​​​​​​​
2025 Festival Feedback
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​We have analysed your feedback and taken note of the suggestions for improvement.
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​Here are some typical comments:
"As always excellent festival, thank you to all the people who contributed to this event."
"Enjoyed all the walks we took part in. Even the rain didn't stop us."
"Excellent mix of walks, always good to find new routes locally. Local history covered very well, always good to learn more. Excellent leaders set a good pace for everyone."
"A tough one but had a great day, really nice group, really helpful info as we walked, thank you"
"Could you provide one walk, perhaps at the weekend, that is around fifteen miles plus?"​
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