Daventry District Walks

Health walks are a great way to get your 30 minutes of exercise, whilst meeting new people.  They can not only have positive impacts on your physical health but can help you to de-stress and take time out from work.

Daventry Health Walks are part of the Walking the way to Health initiative, please click here to visit the Walking the way to Health website.

Weekly Walk

Day: Wednesday

Time: 12 noon

Start: Cafe at Daventry Leisure Centre

Length: 30 minutes

All abilities welcome, please arrive 5 minutes before the start to register.

Monthly Specials

Special led walks lasting 1 hour

Kentle Wood Friday 11th July 11.00am

Meeting point: Daventry Sports Park car park, Browns Road, NN11 4NS

No Café facilities so bring you own refreshments and something to sit on. Dogs welcome.

Family Special Wednesday 20th August 10.00am

Meeting point: Daventry Country Park Cafe

Join us with all the family for a walk around our Country Park and take in the sights and sounds. Dogs welcome.

Hearts First Walk Sunday 7th September

Start between 10am and 12pm

Meeting point: Brixworth Country Park

This is a 7 ½ mile walk and lasts around 2 ½ hours so not for the faint hearted.

This is a Charity Walk for the British Heart Foundation.  Contact 01327 302548 for a sponsorship form – or feel free to make a donation on the day, there will b e certificates for all participants.

Last year Northamptonshire walks raised over £1,500 for the British Heart Foundation.

For all these walks, wear suitable clothing and footwear, as may be muddy and uneven ground!

How much walking should I do?

Frequency – Most days of the week (at least 5)

Intensity – At a faster pace than a stroll (enough to raise your heart rate and make you feel warmer and slightly out of breath)

Times – Ideally this should be one continuous session for 30 minutes; however this can be built up with 3 periods of 10 minutes or 2 periods of 15 minutes

Health benefits of walking

We are urging you to include more walking in your everyday life, as it encourages;

• Greater levels of fitness

• Keeping you independent for longer

• Increased flexibility

• Improved heart and lung condition and fitness

• Weight Control

• An increase in energy

The good news is that being active doesn’t mean you have to join the gym or play sport. It means incorporating simple activities such as brisk walking into everyday life.

Walk Leaders

We are always looking to find more people to help us lead the walks and extend the programmes.  Does this sound like you?

• Friendly

• Enjoys walking

• Got a few spare hours

• Likes meeting new people

If this sounds like you and you would like the opportunity to be a trained walk leader you will be supported and will become part of a network of walk leaders throughout Daventry. 

For more information either mention to your walk leader at one of the led walks or alternatively contact Daventry District Council on 01327 871100 or email sportsandleisure@daventrydc.gov.uk

For more walks in Northamptonshire, click here to visit the Walking in Northamptonshire website.