Greater Manchester Walking Festival

The GM Walking Festival is a celebration of walking and wheeling, as part of May’s National Walking Month

It’s an opportunity for everyone, whatever role you play in Greater Manchester, to celebrate the many benefits of walking and wheeling more as a fundamental part of daily life.

Walking and wheeling (meaning to moving at walking pace e.g. pushchairs, wheelchairs, and other forms of mobility aids) has many benefits including meeting new people, getting outdoors, and discovering new places, which are shown to improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation.

Each year, GM Moving works with partners, communities, and groups, to develop a programme of free, organised group walks across Greater Manchester which are open to all.

The GM Walking Festival 2026 programme is now available.  Choose from almost 400 different walks taking place across Greater Manchester throughout the whole of May and Find your walk here.

Don’t SIT on it, get MOVING. Check out more info here.