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Growing Great Ideas backing for Slow Ways

We are delighted to be one of nine initiatives offered long-term funding by the National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘Growing Great Ideas’ programme.

Help make a new national walking network!

During the Spring 2020 lockdown volunteers from across the nation plotted a network of walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities. Without leaving home over 7,000 ‘Slow Ways’ walking routes were mapped using existing paths, trails and roads. Combined, the routes stretch for 100,000km and lap the equator twice.

‘Slow Ways Voices’ blog – Mahroof Malik

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.

‘Slow Ways Voices’ captured in short films

6 films of 1-2 minutes’ duration have been created by 2 film-makers to show people in different settings, enjoying walking and making use of Slow Ways for a variety of reasons.

Slow Ways in numbers, four weeks in

After four weeks of walking and reviewing Slow Ways the scores are in! Thanks for all your inputs and efforts to get Slow Ways off to a flying start. Here’s an early mix of metrics, a stocktake of Slow Ways statistics.

Heading in to the studio via the Slow Way

Rapper JD walks his commute through his much-loved Lake District Rapper by night, outdoor instructor by day, Josh is heading to the studio in Dalton. Why not take the Slow Way? "Rich inside I won’t...