Remember to look for the purple and blue stars. Purple = new activity. Blue = free activity
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“If a medication existed which had a similar effect to physical activity it would be regarded as a wonder drug or miracle cure.”
Chief Medical Officer, March 2010
WALKING
FREE!
Hounslow Health Walks
Get Active Hounslow Health Walks at Kew Gardens –
COMING SOON! Dates to be announced in April 2015.
Led by trained volunteer Walk Leaders, Hounslow Health Walks take place across the borough, making use of local green
spaces, parks and woodlands. Usually lasting between 40 minutes to 1 hour, all walks are FREE and you don’t need any
expensive kit to take part; just a comfortable pair of shoes. Please note, all our walks are led by volunteers and times/dates
do sometimes change; please call to confirm.
FREE!
• Brabazon Health Walk - Mondays, 10am – 11am.
Meeting point: Brabazon Community Centre, 106
Brabazon Road, Heston, TW5 9LT
• Feltham Health Walk - Wednesdays, 11am – 12pm.
Meeting point: Feltham Assembly Hall, Hounslow
Road, Feltham, TW14 9DN
• Lampton Park Health Walk – Thursdays, 9.30am 10.30am.
Meeting point: Lampton Park (next to children’s play
area) Lampton Road, Hounslow TW3 4DN
• Crane Park 30 minute Beginner’s Health Walk –
Fridays, 9.30am - 10am. Meeting point: bridge over
River Crane (opposite Mill Farm Crescent) Hanworth
Road
Nordic Walking on
Hounslow Heath
Nordic Walking on Hounslow Heath
– every Saturday at 9am (meet at
8.45am).
Nordic Walking uses specially designed
walking poles to work the whole body
and burn up to 40% extra calories.
Meet at Frampton Road car park on
Hounslow Heath, £2 per session.
For more information and to
book your place contact
Tracy on: 07923 265 582
• Hanworth Park Health Walk – Fridays, 10.30am –
11.30am. Meeting point: front of Hanworth Air Park
Leisure Centre and Library, Uxbridge Road, Middlesex
TW13 5EG
• Osterley Park 2hr Progression Walk - Last Wednesday
of every month, 10am – 12pm. Meeting point:
Stableyard, Osterley Park, Jersey Road, Isleworth, TW7
4RB (National Trust site: free parking for
National Trust members; £4 car
park charge for non-members).
**Please note: progression walks;
i.e. walks over 90 minutes, are
not supported under the national
Walking for Health banner. **
Nordic Walking
Free Walk Leader Training
Get Active Hounslow
Pedometer Challenge
Every Saturday at 10am (meet Eat 9.45am). Nordic Walking uses specially
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designed walking poles to work the Why not takeand your ownto 40% extra
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10,000 steps a day goal? Get Active
outdoors? Accredited training is
For more information and to book your place is offering freeon 07923 265 582
Hounslow contact Tracy pedometers to
available and held on a regular basis
the first 250 Hounslow residents to sign
in Hounslow.
up in 2015. No expensive kit needed and
free to do, walking is a great way to be
Next Walk Leader training course to
active; catch-up with friends; do your bit
be announced soon.
for the environment and can be done at
your own pace.
For more information email:
[email protected]
For more information email:
or call: 020 8240 4211
[email protected] or call:
020 8240 4211 or to register for your
free pedometer straightaway visit:
www.getactivelondon.com/hounslow
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