Family Wild Walks RSS

We want to make sure the new-look Amhurst Road is a greener, healthier, more PLAYFUL space ... so we're inviting families for a brief exploration around the area. This is a chance for children, young people, parents & carers to share their ideas to help create the public space they would like to see.

Wild Walks – ‘adventures for children to take their adults on’ – are short walks of about 2km (taking about 2 hours), perfect for 3-7 year olds, and with lots of adventure and discovery for their adults and older siblings.

As a community, every two weeks, we go on adventures exploring our local green spaces in Hackney and nearby. The aim is to create an environment where children feel they have permission to play outdoors, connect with nature and have fun!

If you would like to join any of our Wild Walks please email beth@outdoorpeople.org.uk, and Beth - our Community Coordinator - will book you and your family in. It's free - all we ask is you pay it forward by taking a friend for a walk in the future...

Wild Walks – ‘adventures for children to take their adults on’ – are short walks of about 2km (taking about 2 hours), perfect for 3-7 year olds.

As a community, every two weeks, we go on adventures exploring our local green spaces in Hackney and nearby! The aim is to create an environment where children feel they have permission to play outdoors, connect with nature and have fun!

Here are the details for our upcoming Wild Walks:

• Hackney Marshes & Kingsmead Wild Walk Sunday 20 June 11am

• Woodberry Wetlands Wild Walk Sunday 4 July 11am

• Hackney Central Wild Walk Sunday 18 July 11am

• Springfield Wild Walk Sunday 1 August 11am

If you would like to join any of our Wild Walks please fill in this form, or email beth@outdoorpeople.org.uk, and Beth - our Community Coordinator - will book you and your family in. It's free!

In 2019 we did at least one Family Wild Walk a month, helped by the generous sponsorship of the Arc’teryx Piccadilly Store team. With up to 40 people on some of the walks, more than 50 families joining us over the year and our online community has grown to over 60 members. 

In 2020, we’re planning to merge our Wild Walks and Family Camping experiences, to create a year-round Outdoor Families programme, making it easy for people to get outdoors regularly. 

This month, we'll be exploring the secret spaces of Hoxton and Haggerston, to find a giant snake and a mysterious stone circle.

Meet at the Haggerston Overground Station (Lee Street, E8) on Sunday 15 March 11am.