Online booking for this year’s Isle of Wight Autumn Walking Festival, which returns between 8th-16th October 2022, is now live – and visitors are being urged to book their Island escape.
The festival, which is now in its 23rd year, is the ideal opportunity to walk with your family, take a stroll with friends or connect with like-minded new people in the great outdoors.
With over 50 specially curated walks available, the Isle of Wight Autumn Walking Festival tours are guided by volunteer walk leaders from groups such as the Isle of Wight Ramblers Association, the National Trust and local businesses.
Whether you’re a serious walker looking for a challenge or looking for something to entertain the family this Autumn, pack your walking boots and wellies, layer up your woollies and enjoy the beautiful Isle of Wight landscape at this special time of year.
Walks include a Ramblers Association tour around the RSPB’s only Isle of Wight site at Brading Marsh, or a stroll across the internationally renowned Needles Half Marathon route, taking in The Freshwater Way, beautiful views of Compton and Totland Bay, the National Trust’s Headon Warren – a designated AONB, The Needles and Tennyson Down.
For something more leisurely, try ‘The Terrace’s Yarmouth River Loop’. Make your way up the River Yar and keep your eyes peeled for sea eagles and other wildlife. Cross the causeway and wander back through fields and woodland until you’re back at The Terrace. Stay on to enjoy beautiful views of the Solent over lunch.
History lovers will enjoy a walk from local historian and author, Tim Wander, with a stroll around Puckpool gun battery and down to Appley Tower. Tim will explain the many changes the Palmerston battery underwent, reveal its secrets and its pivotal role as HMS Medina during D-Day.
With many of the walks free to join, booking is essential as numbers for each event are limited.
For those visiting from the mainland, Visit Isle of Wight has partnered with local firms to offer reduced travel and accommodation deals, so now is the time to start booking your Isle of Wight escape.
To find out more, head over to https://isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk/.
