The first Abingdon Walking Festival was based on the Market Place today. It was coordinated by the Abingdon Events Partnership, which invited different groups to participate.
The five longest walks, ranging from 4 – 11 miles, were led by the Ramblers.
Two gentler walls were led by Abingdon Community Walks, who were also giving away exercise Tea Towels.
A talk on famous women walkers was in the museum basement, followed by a walk.
There was also a variety of other groups, including Abingdon Eagles Basketball Club , who organise walking basketball at the Vale Leisure Centre.
Berkshire, Buckingham and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust have a lot of Wildlife reserves where people can walk, including four close to Abingdon around Dry Sandford.
The Friends of Abingdon Civic Society have several self-guided walks, the latest being Abingdon Royal History. Two more are currently being designed. The walks can be found on the Civic Society website. They will organise a further day of themed walks in May and more on Heritage Open Day in September.
still waiting for abingdon events to show how much was given to charities from the event at dalton barracks, expect a long wait
I can confirm that over £600 was given to Sobell house.
As far as I understand it, it was down to individual stalls to raise & pass on the money, the events team only organized the event