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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 still be downloaded here if you want to see what we did.
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​Our 2026 festival featured 36 walks ranging from gentle strolls to a strenuous 14 mile walk, with something to suit everyone.
There were showings of the "The North" film too.
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It included walks on the Heritage Open Days theme of the history of everyday working people, and walks on the Flora 250 programme on the theme of Dr William Withering. Also, by request, there were more short "just walks".
It would be helpful if you could tell us what you thought of any event(s) you participated in, via our feedback form at //forms.gle/QVHQmKW3pBx8vnzb7 .
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If you attended one of the Heritage Open Days events (nos 3,10,15,19,24,31 and 34 ) there is also a HODS feedback form here .
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Some years ago, we responded to requests for a facility to give donations by Bank Transfer. Please click here for details.
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These are details of the 2025 Walking Festival, we hope to be able to provide similar for this years festival soon.
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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