Walk to Connect
Walk to Connect is a walking project designed to increase walking and wheeling around Whalley Range.
Our project will highlight and promote attractive walking routes through Whalley Range. People will be able to access them online or through an app called Go Jauntly. We will work with our Hub organisations to encourage people to use the routes to include more walking in their daily lives, by linking places people visit regularly— such as shops, doctors’ surgeries, schools and the park.
As we develop these routes we will be learning more about local issues such as air quality, accessibility, transport links and what makes for safer streets. This will help us in our campaigning work going forwards.
Identifying the routes
• Routes will connect key destinations using quieter, low-traffic streets and will include points of beauty and interest.
• We will draw on local knowledge and experience to identify the best routes, working with local people to agree the features that make a good route
• Walk descriptions will highlight things to see along the way, such as autumn trees, green spaces and historic buildings.
• We will test the routes with potential users and check accessibility (e.g., dropped kerbs).
• We will produce maps both online and on paper:
• We will work with organisations in the Whalley Range Clean Air Hub to encourage them to develop their own routes
• Our routes will link with other walking route projects in nearby areas, connecting routes across neighboring areas.
• We will promote the routes through our local networks.
• We will use the routes to support community activities and campaigns, such as Clean Air Day.
Watch out for more news about Walk to Connect as the project develops.
