Be part of the Greater Manchester Walking Festival every May
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.
GM Walking Festival 2026
The GM Walking Festival 2026 has now ended.
With almost 400 different walks taking place across Greater Manchester throughout the whole of May, you made National Walking Month a fantastic celebration of walking and wheeling.
In 2026, our theme was ‘Celebrating Connected Communities’ and how walking can be used to bring communities together.
Our 2026 programme of activities, organised and shaped by local people and organisations, spread the joy of walking and wheeling, and celebrate connecting hundreds of people to each other and their local places.
