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Winchcombe Walking Festival

Thank you to everyone who came and made our 2026 festival so enjoyable.

See you next year – 23-25 May 2027

Walkers watching some drystone walling
Walkers strolling through an ancient orchard
Early morning walkers along a track
Sunrise over the hills
Guiting Power
Early morning walkers taking in the views
Sampling apple juice at Hayles
Conservationist at Kemerton
Walkers heading towards the wood
Sunrise over Winchcombe
Walkers visiting a community allotment
Walkers on Cotswold Way towards Winchcombe

  • "Thank you so much to all those involved in organising the 2025 Walking Festival. I had two wonderful walks and met many interesting people. It was wonderful to discover new routes and the walk leaders were so helpful and informative. Keep up the good work and hope to see you all in 2026!"

    LK 2025

  • I travelled down from Scotland to attend the walking festival last weekend and I would like to thank everyone for making me so welcome. I thoroughly enjoyed the walks, meal and quiz night and will certainly be back!

    CJ 2026

  • "I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful organisation and two extremely enjoyable walks that I joined as part of this year's walking festival. I appreciate the huge amount of work that must be undertaken to plan such an event and it is always such a fantastic weekend". AC 2024

    AC 2024

  • "A great big thank you for all your tremendous hard work and organisation in getting another Walking Festival off the ground. It was a great success and brought a huge amount of enjoyment and new experiences to many people."

    SA 2025

A Spring walking festival situated in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty offers a variety of 21 walks and 2 events.

The walks are led by knowledgeable local leaders who will give you an insight into the history, flora and farming of the area. A great opportunity to learn about the countryside and what is going on.

Each year our exciting programme of walks has so much to choose from. Have you considered the popular 21 mile challenge, a great training ground for lengthier events? Next year come and try our varied programme, suitable for walkers of all abilities.

Award winning Cotswold
Walking Festival

Winchcombe’s award winning Cotswolds Walking Festival has grown in reputation since it inaugural event in 2009.  Each year we introduce different aspects about the local area and visit places off the beaten track. Months of planning and a dedicated volunteers offer an incredible insight to the flora, fauna and living in the Cotswolds.

Revisit some previous walking festivals.

If you need some exercise why not try one of our self-guided walks?

Other local
Walking Festivals

Our ‘Walkers are Welcome’ colleagues also offer walking festivals so why not give them a try. Please tell them where you found the details.

Evesham  26-30th June eveshamwalkfest.org.uk

Ross on Wye  27-29 September walkinginross.co.uk