Welcome to the homepage of the Manchester and Salford Ramblers, a local group of the Ramblers Association.

If you live in or around Greater Manchester and Salford, and enjoy hiking/walking, then this is YOUR group.

We offer a varied programme of weekly walks and hikes taking advantage of the excellent walking country surrounding Greater Manchester and Salford.

Full Round-up of Latest Events

Don't forget the social this Wednesday (see below). Also, please read this urgent plea for help for this Sunday, 20th May

• Join us on our next Walk- Tuesday or Saturday. Or both!. Full programme for you to choose from.

Next Walk: NEXT SATURDAY!
Saturday May 19th 2012 near Dunham. More information here.




• Information about Social Events May-July 2012. Have you put the dates in your diary yet? Some great nights coming up soon.
  Don't miss 60s night at Cord Bar in Manchester's Northern Quarter, THIS Wednesday 16 May 2012 at 7.30pm. More details here.

  If you are nervous about coming down alone, why don't you ring one of the committee first, so there is someone to greet you? Committee details




• The Easter 2012 Newsletter is well worth reading. Just to tickle your interest- there's some great information in it about weather forecasts, so get reading.




• April 2012 was the 80th Anniversary of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout (1932) by ramblers and there was a programme of events to mark the occasion that several Manchester and Salford Ramblers took part in. Read a report of the anniversary activities.

Get Involved

You may also be interested in attending a committeee meeting, so you can meet committee members, listen to a guest speaker and generally feel more connected to the group. If you would like a lift or are concerned that you won’t know anyone, give our secretary Mags Metcalf a ring. Contact details are available on the Committee page.

Keep up with Ramblers' Campaigns

It's also really important that we remember that the Ramblers is NOT just about going on lovely walks (great as that is!); the Ramblers is also a campaigning organisation on a range of issues.

• The Ramblers campaign to keep footpaths open and to generally improve the environment for walkers.
  We now have footpath officers for both Salford and Manchester. The work can be really interesting: read the report from Chris about her work in Salford here.




• Many of the Manchester and Salford Ramblers are also involved in the Get Walking, Keep Walking Campaign; this is a Ramblers’ run project funded by Big Lottery and the Ramblers Holiday Trust. The aim is to find people new to walking, particularly those who are inactive or who have health problems, and motivate them to walk more regularly – ideally for at least 30 minutes per day.

  Sounds interesting? - read more on the Get Walking Keep Walking website. Here, you will find routes, walks and resources for people new to walking. You may be intersted in this article about Charlie Walduck, who is a Community Champion for Get Walking Keep Walking and a great supporter of the Manchester and Salford Ramblers.

• One of the Ramblers’ key missions is to “protect rights of way, campaign for access to open country and defend the countryside.” And some of these basic principles were under threat with the proposed "sell off" of English forestry lands. Members of the Manchester and Salford Ramblers played their part in the protests.