ULVERSTON WALKFEST

2025 is the 25th Anniversary of this great festival, which goes from strength to strength. 

The 2025 festival will be at its traditional time from Saturday 26th April until Monday 5th May (the Early May Bank Holiday).  There will be the usual wide range of walks to cover all tastes. A simple Walk List and full Walk Details programme are available to assist those using a phone to move from the basic walk details to the full details of a particular walk.

  Lifts and Car Share.  The only area we feel is worth bringing to your attention is the difference between ‘a lift to a walk’ and ‘car share’.  The former is only intended for those who really NEED a lift, probably due to not having access to a car, including those who attend the festival by public transport.  It is not for those who have access to a car but prefer not to use it.  This group should use the ‘car share’ arrangement, whereby they drive to Ford Park (except for the Saturdays, due to the Park Run) and share cars with other walkers, to reduce petrol usage and parking at the walk start.  Those unfamiliar with the area could use this arrangement, either to share with others, or to follow another car. On some walks in 2024, both walk leaders had to fill their cars with walkers who had requested a lift, when ideally one of the leaders would have gone direct to the start to meet any early arrivals.

Self-Guided Walks.  A new facility which has just gone live, is the ‘Self-Guided Walks’ facility on this website, and shortly to be available free in paper map format from local shops.  There are 2 back-to-back maps – one of Central Ulverston, including a Blue Plaque Walk, and one showing 6 walks which can be completed from Ulverston. The QR codes will present a digital map on a smart-phone, including your actual location and information on the route and notable sites encountered.  This amazing facility is the brainchild of one of our leaders and has been put together by several of our leaders.

New Walk Leaders.  We are looking for new walk leaders for 2025.  If you would like to be involved but are not confident to be the main leader, we are happy to have you as a co-leader for your first year, but you would still need to be capable of leading the walk should anything untoward happen on the walk.    If you are interested, contact the secretary (email below).

Many thanks to those who joined us in 2024.  We hope you enjoyed your walks and look forward to welcoming a similar number in 2025 for another great festival to mark our 25th Anniversary. Contact may be made with the Secretary using enquiries@ulverstonwalkfest.com for any matters other than straight bookings, which are now to be directed to bookings@ulverstonwalkfest.com

Last updated: 10th March 2025