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How to get a free Slow Ways membership – for yourself or a charity, group or other nonprofit

We've a big plan to make it easier for everyone to find the best walking, running, cycling, horse-riding, wheelchair, scooter and pushchair routes - but we need lots of help to pull it off. Earlier...

New Research for Slow Ways Finds 1 in 4 UK Adults Miss Out On Nature Because They Don’t Know Where To Go

Research conducted for us by YouGov reveals that over half (52%) of adults want to discover new walking routes this summer. With the extended summer break ahead, many are keen to  explore the UK’s hidden...

Celebrating 10,000 Slow Ways Routes

Today we’re celebrating our community having shared over 10,000 Slow Ways routes with the release of some new and very special maps. We're so grateful to everyone who's been part of the Slow Ways...

Calling everybody who walks, runs, wheels or rides!

I’m Daniel, founder and Chief Exploration Officer here at Slow Ways. Today we’re launching a major crowdfunding campaign to make it easier for people to walk, run, wheel, cycle and ride - by extending our...

A tale of two cities: wealth gap neighbourhoods

What is going on when the people at one end of a single route live ten years longer than the people at the other end? Heiba Lamara looks at five Slow Ways that pass...

I walked through the Cambrian Mountains in the footsteps of a Victorian snob

Author and 'extreme rambler' Ursula Martin compares her walk to George Borrow's 170 years ago. Will she be rude about redheads too?

Shouldn’t it be possible to walk to any address in the country?

With one year ending and another beginning, here's Daniel Raven-Ellison with reasons to be cheerful, and to keep being ambitious!

Midlife mappers: embracing friendship, commitment and the menopause on the muddy trail

Three school friends rekindle their sense of adventure, seeking freedom beyond work, family and menopause, on foot through the West Midlands