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Slow Ways update in 15 Maps!

Slow Ways started back in 2020, with this website launching in 2021. Since then, people from across Britain have contributed to making Slow Ways a success. In this post, I’m going to share a collection...

Slow Ways Stars: Mary Austin on walking over 600 routes and 6,000 km of Slow Ways 🎉

Mary Austin is an inspiration. She is one of our greatest contributors and most prolific Slow Wayers. Mary has now walked 638 routes, shared 764 reviews, and covered 6,002 km (3,730 miles) in the process.

Our next chapter: Come and join Good Ways

We’re delighted to announce that we’re growing into a new and even more audacious citizen project - Good Ways.

John Scott’s halfway into the Slow Ways National Parks Challenge!

The Slow Ways National Parks Challenge is a challenge to walk between all of Britain's National Parks and the world's first National Park City.

“Out of the dust and the clothes and the sorting”: the “second family” of a North Wales charity shop walk together

Award-winning writer Sawsan joins Scope volunteers on a walk from Colwyn Bay, where natural beauty and social deprivation coexist awkwardly

How does it feel to walk blind?

Gill has been blind since a car accident in her teens. Join her on a walk through West Norfolk in this beautiful film

The UK’s Future Slow Ways

Slow Ways is already a brilliant citizen-made walking network, be we know it could be so much better in the future. Here's an adapted extract from the Slow Ways Pocket Atlas on The UK's...

12 things that make Slow Ways different to the world’s biggest navigation apps

There are lots of brilliant walking apps and websites. Some are great for navigation. Some are great for finding beautiful walks. Some are great for planning adventures, checking maps or following turn-by-turn directions. Slow Ways is...