Year Round Walking in the Corsham Area
Thank you to everybody who attended the AGM on 15 October. After reviewing Festival 2026, much of the meeting was spent looking forward to 2027.
A conclusion from Festival 2026 is that we need more people to be involved in the organisation of future Festivals. Although the number of walks in the Festival programme can be adjusted based on the number of Walk Leaders and Back Markers that are available, organisation of the Festival itself involves some 10+ roles. Ideally some roles need more than one person involved in the work (eg Walking Routes, Publicity) but conversely only a few of these roles need to be part of the organising Committee and would be expected to regularly attend meetings.
Despite the expressions of interest in taking on specific roles – made prior to and at the AGM, it is still unclear whether there are sufficient volunteers to organise Festival 2027. A number of last year’s Committee have agreed to serve again and the new Committee will meet in The Corsham Club, Newlands Road at 7.15pm on Thursday 22nd October. The first task will be to determine whether we have sufficient volunteers to carry out the essential roles. As it stands we don’t have enough volunteers to cover all the roles.
The possibility of not holding a Festival in 2027 was discussed at the AGM – but there was consensus that if that occurred it would be very difficult to resurrect the Festival the following year.
If you want the Corsham Walking Festival to continue, but have yet to volunteer for any of the roles, either come along to the Committee meeting on 22nd October, or email: chair@corshamwalkingfestival.org.uk to discuss the roles available. As explained at the AGM, we have a well-developed set of tasks for each role and the expectation is that new volunteers would initially shadow someone who has previously carried out the role.
Situated on the edge of the Cotswold Natural Landscape, Corsham is a member of the Walkers are Welcome network and offers year round walking opportunities – whether a self guided walk to explore the history of the local area or with a walking group.
Corsham is well placed to travel around Wiltshire and further afield with good connections in Chippenham for a half hourly train service both to London Paddington and Bath and Bristol Temple Meads. Up to date train timetables can be found HERE.
Regular bus services also serve the local community with the X31 or 231 bus departing Corsham for Bath and Chippenham every half hour. Up to date timetables for the X31 and 231 can be found HERE.
More information on local facilities and things to do can be found on the Visit Corsham website.
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Corsham Walking Festival
The new Committee will meet on 22 October 2026 to decide whether there are sufficient volunteers to hold Festival 2027.
