Tales from a Slow Way: Slow Waves – stories from the southeast of Scotland’s surf community

Surfing in southeast Scotland is about as far from the barrelling waves of Hawaii or sun-kissed California as you can get; nonetheless, there’s an ever-growing community of committed (and often cold) surfers between Dunbar...

Linking homelessness projects on foot

Phil Le Marquand is currently walking 600km/375 miles from London to Gateshead, all on Slow Ways. We caught up with him

Tales: Being Sustainably Muslim

Environmentally-minded volunteer group Sustainably Muslim walked through East London while having conversations about community, nature and Islam

Fill the gaps!

We are only 26 filled gaps away from a really giant, map-covering network. Can you claim a gap as your own this autumn?

‘Tales from a Slow Way,’ Round 2, winners announced!

Last year we launched "Tales from a Slow Way," a community stories project that enabled us to commission creatives and groups to work together to produce original stories situated around Slow Ways walking routes. We're happy to announce we're now able to support a further ten projects!

Hebridean wonders: exploring new places close to home

Scottish island resident and photographer Eilidh Carr uses Slow Ways to discover new beaches, pathways and places of interest in South Uist...

From landfill to public park

In her third video for Slow Ways, Vi Assal walks Northwhich to Budford Mere and observes how private or disused land has been turned into public space for all the enjoy

Tales: They Just Keep Going

In August, writer Jess Green worked with Leicester Rape Crisis on a Creative Writing walk with a group of teenage girls along the Hilton – Derby route in South Derbyshire