When Community Stories Lead, Saira, walked her first route she found herself hooked by hidden paths that fed her curiosity for stories, people and places

An unsettling walk along the fastest-eroding coastline in Europe, marking the anniversary of the Great North Flood – our biggest peacetime loss of life

Award-winning nature writer Anita Sethi walks along the Manchester Ship Canal at dawn and after dusk, the birds, dark water, bright artworks and busy history all helping her live through pain and shock

Darren is beaten by Moretonhamstead to Exeter, but what better way to test the goods?

To celebrate his century of Slow Ways routes, I reached out to David with some questions. I wanted to find out what makes him tick, what he's planning next and any tips he has for people who'd like to follow in his footsteps.

My name is Michael Tormey. I’m originally from the United States, but I’ve spent the past year studying for an MSc in Transportation Planning and Engineering at the University of Southampton. For my Masters dissertation, I’ve been looking into how and where we can focus efforts to continue improving the Slow Ways network of walking routes. Read all about my analysis here.

In this article we take to Slow Way Woodwool with David Matthews who is walking 6000 miles to visit every Samaritans in England, Scotland and Wales.

Mahroof joined the initial Slow Ways ‘hack day’ in January 2020 to help form its early thinking and start the process of creating a network of walking routes. He went for a walk with friend Belal and film maker Nico Hambleton to explore the idea of Slow Ways. It made sense to walk one of the Slow Ways routes, from Bishop’s Castle to Minsterley, taking in tea shops, Shropshire Hills tracks and trig points along the way. Here’s some of what they spoke about. And here’s the short film, part of a suite of ‘Slow Ways Voices’ films.