Earlier this year, our Maggie's Centre Nordic Walking group was fortunate enough to meet British Cycling legend and six-times Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy....

It's Anne's, Tom's and Margaret's turn to tell us what difference Nordic Walking with our Manchester Wellbeing Fund supported groups in Chorlton Water Park a...

Here's why Nick, Natalie and Marjorie love coming to our Wellbeing Nordic Walking groups in Wythenshawe Park and Chorlton Water Park: We love coming to the N...

Next up in our series of Wellbeing group members talking about how Nordic Walking has benefitted them, Ros (regularly joining our Wednesday group in Wythensh...

Thankfully, the benefits of Nordic Walking for fitness, health and wellbeing have become more and more widely known in the UK and are now recognised by the N...

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Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, in February Although the first snowdrops and crocuses have started to appear across our parks in South Manchester, the muddy se...

Although Nordic Walking has been around for a while now, there are still a lot of half-truths about the activity floating around. Let’s take a closer look at...

Nordic Walking has become quite a common and well-known activity here in Britain, so we don’t get too many bemused looks any more when out and about. Comment...

May is National Walking Month, and Manchester is celebrating with a big Walking Festival organised by TfGM in partnership with HOME. Here is an overview of f...

The simple answer is, NO! While both types of poles definitely have their place, they are designed for different purposes, and although you can hike or hill w...

Imagine the following scenario: it's a cold, grey day in February. The paths in the park are covered with mud and puddles, and soon the murky day will turn i...

Flooding in Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, January 2017 One of the participants in last Saturday's Beginners' Workshop told us about the following exchange sh...

So you've just completed the first part of our NordicFit+ Nordic Walking Beginners' Workshop and you're wondering how to practice - without having your hire ...

Wishing everybody a very happy new year! Hope to see you at one of our classes in 2017! #NordicWalking #Miscellaneous

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Are you looking for a way to keep fit and healthy in the new year? Would you like to spend more time outdoors? Have you heard about Nordic Walking and want t...

I Nordic walked South Manchester parkrun last Saturday, which was a fantastic experience. I love that parkrun is such an inclusive event: you can run, jog, w...

Although we certainly don't need celebrities to convince us about the benefits of Nordic Walking, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of celebrities wh...

Nordic Walking was adopted as a popular sport in Germany, where I'm from, far earlier than in the UK. I remember newspaper and magazine articles, promotional...