Welcome to the London Group site of the LDWA - Long Distance Walkers Association.

The LDWA
is a UK based organisation with about 7000 members.

The aims are to further the interests of those who enjoy longer distance walking
.

LDWA London Group is one of about 40 regional LDWA groups. Members participate in a number of activities including:

Group day walks
Challenge events - events listed at
http://www.ldwa.org.uk/
Social activities
Marshalling

For details about the LDWA national association visit http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ The organisation, both at national level and group level, is run for the members by the members on a voluntary basis in their own private time and no central office exists.

The LDWA London Group social walks of between 18 to 25 miles in length are led by voluntary leaders in the countryside around London and the south east of England. A lunchtime pub stop is generally included. All London group walks start from a railway station and are timed to start when the appointed train arrives. Some members travel by car to the destination station.

Any LDWA member is welcome to join any walk organised by any other LDWA group nationally.

For those preferring something more demanding there are Challenge Events, organised events in which many members participate. The Challenge is to walk, jog or run along a pre-designed route using a route description, map and compass and to finish within the time period set by the organisers. They are not races but events to be enjoyed at the pace most preferred. They may be anything from 20 to 100 miles and take place all over the country. They are organised by various organisations including LDWA groups.
  
London Group organises an annual challenge walk, the Founders Challenge in October. The London Group also organises occasional Social Events including central London meal evenings, walking weekends away, and other events that take our fancy. We have a seasonal Christmas meal and a meal after the London Group AGM in February. Requests for further information about London LDWA please email: secretary@ldwa-london.org.uk

If you join the London Group you will receive a quarterly newsletter either by Email or by post. Receiving it by Email is free. We do make a small charge for postal copies. If you are no longer receiving the newsletter please contact editor@ldwa-london.org.uk