Walking Festivals

Derbyshire Family Rambling Group leads family walks for the following annual festivals – see walks list for details.

Let's Go wild in Derby 

Family walks with a wildlife theme throughout the year, contact Environmental Projects Officer, Derby City Council 01332 255021

Amber Valley & Erewash Walking Festival 

Annual fortnight-long Festival of Walking held during the second half of Sept. Details from www.ambervalley.gov.uk/tourism  01773 570222

Outdoors Show early April www.theoutdoorsshow.co.uk

The Derbyshire Family Rambling Group was invited by Ramblers' national office to contribute to a national meeting January 2004 & to a workshop at the Outdoors Show April 2004. 

Share your experiences, thoughts or ideas about walking with children... family walking forum on www.ramblers.org.uk

Duffield Carnival

Carnival Family Ramble. For information about all carnival & village events see www.dcanews.freeserve.co.uk  

Ramblers’ Winter Walking Festival 

Many winter festival walks take place throughout the UK between Christmas & New Year, including a local family ramble http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/events/.

Peak District Festival of Walking

April - early May (Easter to May Bank Holiday)

amid the moorland peaks and gently rolling valleys of High Peak, Derbyshire Dales and Staffordshire Moorlands with a huge programme of guided walks - both above and below ground, including town walks and themed walks around literature, ghosts and folk tales. www.visitpeakdistrict.com/walk or Buxton Tourist Information Centre 0870 444 7275.