Walks Around Britain

Walking has so many health benefits - and that's not just the type of walking shown here on Walks Around Britain.

All kinds of walking can reduce the risk of many diseases — from heart attack and stroke to hip fracture and glaucoma. It's also a relaxing and enjoyable way to keep healthy - and because you don't have to use expensive equipment, walking is the perfect way to excercise.

How walking can help health and fitness:

• Promotes psychological well-being and reduces feelings of stress and depression

• Reduces tiredness and gives people more energy for everyday tasks

• Promotes better sleep

• Helps the muscles and ligaments in the feet to work more efficiently, and keep them supple and flexible

• Reduces depression and anxiety

• Helps people achieve and maintain a healthy body weight

• Helps build and maintain heathy bones, muscles, and joints

• Helps to reduce the risks of many serious health problems in old age

• Helps to reduce the risk of developing non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus

• Helps to reduce the risks of developing osteoporosis

• Helps to reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD)

• Helps to lower the risk of developing high blood pressure

• Helps to reduce blood pressure in people who already have hypertension

• Helps to lower total blood cholesterol

• Helps to reduce the risk of stroke

• Helps to reduce the risk of developing colon and breast cancer