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.

Next walk: Tuesday 14 February

Information about this walk here.

A copy of the Annual Report received at the AGM on Saturday 12th Nov is available from here.

And finally read about what some of our members
have been up to:

from visiting the Queen (Elizabeth), to having cake with the Queen of rambling (Julia)

We can also be proud that some of the great work of our members was recognised in the Ramblers' magazine called Walk Spring 2011 edition- see the articles here and be proud. Truely award-winning ramblers.

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.

• 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.

• The Ramblers also campaigns 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.

Walk Leaders Needed!

Could you lead a walk? If you'd like to, please get in touch with our walks co-ordinator! Training given......

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