Midweek Wayfarers. A Yorkshire walking group

We are a mid-week walking club in Yorkshire, for folk who enjoy walking, socialising and, above all, having fun. Click 'Read more' below for more about our walks.

Our Walks (Click on the links below to see what walks are scheduled)

1. Monday 8 milers

2. Tuesday 5 milers

3 Tuesday 4 to 5 milers

4. Wednesday 3 to 4 milers

5. Thursday 8 milers

6. Thursday 8 to 10 milers

**Rod's Walk's **There are around 280 8 mile walks here that can be viewed with any app that can read .GPX files. Probably the best is Ordnance Survey. The maps can be printed off for reccing and put on phones / devices to guide you round the walk.
Alternative free ones are here: https://www.viewgpx.com/ or https://gpx-zone.com/ or https://glandnav.com/tools/gpx-viewer. There are others.

Rod's Walks spreadsheet will take you to a document that lists all the GPX walks, some with Waypoints and What3word start points. This is work in progress so it will be gradually populated as time permits. This list of walks is particularly useful if you are planning to recce a walk in order to eventually lead it.

Group Leader's walk scheduling

To access some of the links in this page you may need to sign up to Google Documents and Google Sheets if you have not done so already. You may already have an account (free).

Tips on how to use what3words

✅You will see most of our walks announced each week on Meetup for the following couple of weeks.

Alternatively, you can access our full details and schedule of future walks on our schedule's pages above.

✅If you are looking for weekend walks you will find them with our associate groups of walkers the Bradford CHA and CHA Leeds. To sign up for the Bradford What’s On newsletter, approximately fortnightly it will keep you up to date about their coach trips.
Just complete your details at the bottom of their home page and tick the box

More about us

✅ in 1979 we now have over 160 paid up (£10 p.a.) members of MWW and another 450 Meetup only members. Over 600 in total.

✅ Our club welcome adults of all ages and backgrounds to join our friendly and welcoming mid-week walking groups. We have 6 groups walking from 3 miles up to 8 to 10 Monday to Thursday every week. Some walks are accessed by public transport and for others, it's best by car to the start point.

✅We run occasional coach trips to walks outside the immediate area. Also, we have an annual holiday on 3rd October 2026 to Arnside for the walking group members.

✅Should you only want to join us for the occasional day, we ask for a £1 donation to help cover our Admin, IT and Insurance costs. However, if you would like to become an annual member it costs £10 from the 1st of January 2025. This will give you access to 100's of walks per annum! It's a massive saving if you are a regular walker. Payment should be made to the group leader on your first walk.

✅You will receive a badge / buff / bottle if you are a fully paid up member (£10) in 2026.

✅ Being a mid-week walking group the walks tend to appeal to retired people and people with flexible working days.

✅Whoever you are when you join us you will be made very welcome.

Guidelines for walkers

✅ It is the walkers’ responsibility to ensure that they are fit and capable of undertaking the walk, and must not walk if they feel unwell at the start.  They must have appropriate clothing/equipment and food and water to meet their needs.

✅ Walkers should be adequately equipped, wearing suitable footwear, and carrying clothing appropriate to the prevailing weather conditions which can change during the day. The walk leader reserves the right not to accept into the party anyone he or she considers not to be adequately equipped. Dogs are not permitted on any of the walks.

✅ Walkers need to carry their own food, drink and spare clothing. A torch, whistle and basic first aid kit is also recommended, and a mobile phone could be useful in an emergency. A mobile phone is no substitute for a good map!

✅ Whilst the walk leaders will take every care to ensure that the walk is safe and enjoyable, walkers take part in these walks at their own risk, and they are responsible for their own personal safety. On the walk it is important not to get ahead of the leaders and If you decide to leave the party during the walk, always tell the leader first.

✅ We aim to observe The Countryside Code - fasten all gates, take care not to damage walls or fences and leave no litter.

On a final note of caution

✅ If you are running late or unable to come, PLEASE contact the walk leader to let them know. Walk hosts will generally give anything up to 5 minutes grace period but it is unfair to keep a group waiting for long.

✅ As with other groups within Meetup, we offer a 3 strikes policy. This means that if you fail to let the walk leader know about walks that you have RSVP'd to and do not show up, then you will get an email reminder and may be removed from the group. Also, please note that if you have not visited the site or not attended a walk in 12 months, you may be removed from the group. However, you are welcome to re-join again at any time.

✅ use What3words as our location finder for walk start points.

If you are unfamiliar with it, the links below show you how to use it.

About what3words
Hot to share a location using what3words
How to add what3words to iPhone
Save a what3words address
How to find a location on what3words
How to navigate to an address using what3words
Why do I need what3words when I have Google Maps
What3words offline

This link will give you the full series of 30 to 40-second tips on how to get the best out of what3words

Useful Links about the Midweek Wayfarers:

Contacts

More about us

Joining

Arnside Holiday 2026

Walking Groups

Maps & Walks

Guide

Dogs

Meetup and Website Policy Document

Killer Cows

More about Cows

CHA Bradford

CHA Leeds

Reference sites

What3Words

Grid reference finder

Ordnance Survey

Google Maps

Happy Hiker

Walking England

Walking Britain

Walking World

Viewranger

Map My Walk

Met Office for Yorkshire Dales

Traffic Reports

Open Street

The Ramblers Association

Walking World

Bradford CHA

Walking and Hiking UK

The Dalesbus

The Met Office

2 Members walking the Portuguese Camino 2024

Ads

Team Walking

Team Walking calendar of events. 2026

Whalley Warm and Dry

RockRun

Cotswold Outdoor

Blacks

MWW training documents (for reference)

You may need to tell your device to 'accept downloads' to be able to read the documents below.

Google Sheets

How to schedule walks on Google sheets

How to schedule a walk/event on MWW Meetup

About what3words

How to use what3words

How to create links to what3words/Google maps/Grid Reference Finder