Taking steps to a healthy way of life

Picture by Julian Brown 03/05/17

Local residents pictured on a walk around the newly refurbished Fleetwood Memorial Park and stroll along the promenade — Picture by Julian Brown 03/05/17 Local residents pictured on a walk around the newly refurbished Fleetwood Memorial Park and stroll along the promenade

And it’s all down to The Walking Wyre initiative – Wyre’s contribution to the national Walking for Health scheme.

It’s a network of health walk schemes, encouraging people of all ages to lead a more active lifestyle.

You may catch a glimpse of the walkers as they march through places like Fleetwood Memorial Park and Wyre Estuary Country Park in Stanah.

Duncan Byrne, coast and countryside officer at Wyre Council, said: “We have monthly health walks which are led by volunteers.

“These walks are great to help you start to improve your health.

“A number of regular customers also find the social side of the walks a benefit, meeting fellow walkers on this and other regular walks in our health walks programme.”

Walking Wyre is an accredited health walks scheme and is run by Wyre Council.

It aims to encourage people of all ages to get out walking to improve their health.

The scheme trains participants in the art of walking, starting off with one hour walks on flat easy surfaces, progressing to one hour walks over undulating terrain, over a period of weeks, enabling people to progress to longer walks over time.

Walks coming up are:

Tuesday, May 16 at 2pm: Singleton Church, Easy Level

Wednesday, May 17 at 10.30am: Wyre Estuary Country Park, Stanah, Easy

Friday, May 19 at 10.30am: Pilling Village Centre car park, Easy

Saturday, May 20 at 2pm: Skippool Picnic Area, Thornton, Moderate

Sunday, May 21 at 1pm: Bluebell Tea Calder Vale, Moderate

Tuesday, May 23 at 2pm: Scorton Village Centre, Moderate

Find out more about health walks in Wyre at www.wyre.gov.uk/healthwalks.