Reading Walking Festival

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Tickets for this year’s Reading Walks Festival are now available to book. The 4^th Reading Walks Festival takes place from 9th – 17th May, with a diverse programme of walks from experiencing the natural wonder of the dawn chorus to a sociable evening saunter.

This year’s festival includes 43 guided walks led by local experts, exploring Reading’s history and natural heritage, with over a quarter celebrating Reading’s great waterways to tie in with the 30^th anniversary of the Thames Path National Trail.

Three quarters of the walks are NEW for this year and include a look at public art at the University, a drag-led ghost walk and a costumed Tudor tour. From Goring to the west, Henley to the east, south to Silchester and north into the Chilterns, as well as in and around Reading town centre, the programme encompasses the full Reading geographical area.

The festival’s focus is on learning something new about Reading while walking, but there are also walks that are just social affairs or designed for healthy exercise. Walks range in length from a 1 km guided tour to 31km over 2 days on a pilgrimage route.

Most of the walks cost just £3 with a number suitable for wheelchairs and families. The walks are designed to link into Reading’s transport system, with walks starting at Reading bus stops or railway stations.

Book at ReadingWalksFestival.org.   If you are local to Reading, a printed programme is also available at Reading’s libraries, Reading Museum reception and other outlets and can be downloaded from the festival website.