Join a Health Walk

We know that engaging in green health activities offers a huge variety of benefits to us, including improving our mental health and wellbeing through aiding concentration, relieving acute stress and improving self-esteem. Spending time outside can also enhance our social health by helping to tackle loneliness and improve our physical health too.

The National Park can help us all improve our health and wellbeing through connecting with nature, but it’s not all about scaling mountains with a rucksack full of equipment. Did you know you can gain all these benefits from simply walking out of your front door?  

There is a growing network of 13 Health Walks taking place across the National Park, with each walk taking place every week, all offering the opportunity to walk in your local community. They often make use of the extensive community path network in the National Park, so consider joining your local Health Walk and giving it a try.  

Health walks are short, safe, social, local, led walks which are free to attend. Our walks are all about walking together and feeling better. No matter if you feel able to walk for 10 minutes or an hour, we’d be pleased to welcome you.    

If you’ve not considered a Health Walk for a while, now is a great time to explore with two new groups recently established:  

• Our first ever evening Health Walk, taking place in Tomintoul each Tuesday. This walk offers the chance to walk for those who may have commitments during the day, and in the winter, celebrates the area’s Dark Sky Park designation by walking beneath the stars.
• A new daytime walk each Friday morning in the town of Aviemore. 

Joining your local Health Walk group might be the start of something amazing, helping you connect with nature outside the group, too. 

You can find out more about Active Cairngorms Health Walks here, or contact us directly via [email protected] if you’d like any more information.