Inner London
Ramblers

Tweets

Follow the links below for regularly updated Twitter feeds

• Inner London Area Ramblers official Twitter feed
• Clare Wadd (Area Vice-Chair) on Twitter (note this contains Clare's personal views, which may not necessarily reflect those of the Ramblers).

News

Would you like to become more involved in the Ramblers organisation, at Area level?

Well now's your chance...

The role of Inner London Area Campaigns Officer will be coming free at the forthcoming Inner London Area AGM in February.

If you would like to put your name forward for the role, or would like to contact a member of the current Inner London Area Council to discuss in more detail then please drop us a line, by email, to the Area secretary.

All members of the Inner London Area and its Groups are encouraged to attend the Inner London Area annual general meeting at which you can have an input into what the Area does and how it's run.

The AGM will include a review of the Area's activities over the last 12 months and the election of the committee for the next 12 months. Nominations and volunteers to join the committee are welcome; just contact the Area secretary.

The AGM is on Saturday 11th February 2012 at 2pm at the Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf, Oval Road, Camden, NW1 7EB. The Pirate Castle can be found on the Regent's Canal towpath 200 yards from Camden Lock in the Regent's Park direction. If approaching the venue from Camden Town station, allow at least ten minutes to walk the distance.

The AGM will be preceded by a walk from Baker Street tube station starting at 10:30am, with time for a pub lunch between.

Click here for further information.

Support the Coastal Access Project

The Ramblers is increasingly concerned that the Coastal Access project may be sinking without a trace.

Following a sustained campaign by the Ramblers and its members, government passed the Marine and Coastal Access Act last year. This piece of legislation placed a duty on government to create an all-English coastal path, which will bring wonderful walking opportunities and recoup huge benefits for the rural economy. However, the Government has so far made no commitment to the future of the programme.

Take action to keep the pressure on the government to follow through with the Coastal Access Project.

Fund Raising and Donations

The Ramblers has recently launched a new low cost, tax efficient way of raising money for, or donating to, the Ramblers through the Virgin Money Giving website.

If you would like to raise money for the Ramblers, for example by getting sponsorship for an event, or would like to donate money to support the Ramblers then you can now do so easily at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/ramblers.

Putting London on the Map

In September the Ramblers launched its Putting London on the Map campaign, which aims to get the same legal protection for paths in the capital as already exists for footpaths elsewhere in England and Wales. Currently, legislation allows the London boroughs to choose to produce definitive maps if they wish, but none do so.

The Inner London Area Council has been working with Ramblers Central Office staff to try to pursuade each of the inner London boroughs on the desirability of producing definitive maps of rights of way.

We now have our first success — Lambeth Council has passed a resolution to work towards creating a definitive map for their borough!

This is a great first step for the campaign. To find out more and get involved go to the Put London on the Map campaign web page or Facebook group.

Footpath Closures during London 2012 Games site development

To aid walkers we are posting details of footpath closures caused by development of the 2012 Olympics site in east London as we hear of them.

The current closures are listed on our 2012 Games page.