Travel on Foot
Walking is an easy way to stay healthy and even easier to fit into your lifestyle.
You can walk almost anywhere, so by grabbing your shoes and heading out, you’ll see benefits including:
- Improved health benefits – Just 30 minutes of walking a day can increase your heart and lung fitness.
- A fitter body – Walking is a low impact exercise, good for your joints and alleviating joint pain, and even better for losing weight and improving muscles.
- Reduced expenditure – Walking costs nothing and reduces your spending on petrol.
- New social opportunities – You don’t need to sit down to catch up with friends or family, try going for a walk with them instead.
There are a number of local amenities that are within an approximate 30-minute walk from your new home including:
- Dinsdale station
- Middleton Pharmacy
- Café Italissimo
- The Oak Tree
- The Whinnies Nature Reserve
- Middleton Saint George Community Centre
- Premier Country Harvest (Convenience Store)
- Londis
- St George Church of England Academy
Active 10 challenge
Download the Active 10 walking tracker app. It shows you how much brisk walking you’re doing and offers tips on how you can do more.
Living Streets UK
Provides 20 tips for walking; also see the ‘Walk to school’ campaign to get the whole family involved.
Walking Routes Around Middleton Saint George
Shows a variety of walking routes around your new home all with different levels of difficulty and distances to fit your needs
Go Jauntly
Explore walking reoutes in your local area or anywhere around the UK. Download the app and see where you can explore.
Free Online Journey Planner
To find the quickest or easiest way from A to B by car, public transport, cycling or walking, use the free Google Maps Journey Planner. It couldn’t be easier!