As part of the Active New Forest partnership, Hampshire County Council is helping to stage five guided health walks in the New Forest to encourage more people to improve their quality of life and make use of some of the beautiful routes in the area.

The third of the guided walks, ‘The Ringwood Roam’, took place on Saturday 5th August at 3pm. Winding their way around the town, walkers were able to burn the calories whilst taking in some of Ringwood’s impressive natural surroundings such as those at Bickerley Common.

A further guided walk is currently being planned to take place in the Ringwood in the Spring of 2007, with the possibility of a pets theme being included. Watch this space!

If you would like to know more about the health walks in Ringwood, please visit our Healthy Walks section on this web site.

If you would like to know more about the health walks in the New Forest please contact Hampshire County Council on 01962 847181 or go to the website at www.hants.gov.uk/countryside/hpp/healthwalks. Alternatively, health walks leaflets are available free of charge from Ringwood Library and can be downloaded as a PDF file from this website.