The following towns currently have Walkers are Welcome status:

Hebden Bridge
Moffat
Dumfries and Galloway
Prestatyn & Meliden North Wales coast
Mytholmroyd
West Yorkshire
Church Stretton Shropshire
Market Weighton,
E Yorks
Kilsyth
Lanarkshire
Pentrefoelas
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
Richmond,
North Yorks
Otley, West Yorkshire
Cilgerran,
Pembrokeshire
Martley, Worcs
Tadcaster
Rhuddlan
Haltwhistle
Llanfairfechan
Penmaenmawr
Kirkby Stephen
Holywell
Deal
Malvern
Kingsbridge
Llangollen
Leyburn
Pickering
Llandrindod Wells
Winchcombe, Glos
Ross-on-Wye
Ilkley
Llandysul & Pont Tyweli
Wiveliscombe
Newton Stewart
Huntly
Pateley Bridge
Corby
Tomintoul
Chesham
Marsden
Bradfield
Cleobury Mortimer
Dunster
Hayle, Cornwall
Kirkintilloch
Longborough, Glos
Wellington, Shropshire
Knaresborough

RICHMOND

Richmond is one of Britain’s most beautiful historic market towns situated in lower Swaledale, at a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, but in easy reach by rail from Darlington and 10 mins from the A1. It has a Norman Castle, old medieval buildings, an original Georgian theatre, many fine Georgian buildings and a large cobbled market place.

Walking is an important activity with the town situated at the heart of the popular Coast to Coast walk. There is an excellent network of footpaths and bridleways, in the surrounding countryside providing all standards of walks in spectacular scenery. Next year Richmond will be running its fifth Walking and Book Festival over 10 days at from 25th Sept - 4th Oct with over 40 guided walks It is easy to discover the town’s fascinating history with free guided walks from the tourist information centre, or a town trail with accompanying leaflet.

Details of Richmond on www.richmond.org and of the walking festival on www.richmondwalking.com