Walking

Beginners guide to choosing a GPS device

Would you like to use a walking, running or cycling GPS device to make your outdoor activities easier, safer or more fun but don't know where to start? This huge guide to choosing a GPS will get you started.

Idyllic Coniston Fells walk

Take this journey on a beautiful and clear day on top of the high Coniston fells of the Lake District, with our #GetOutside Champion Hilary Tomlinson. This is as close as we can get to heaven on earth!

Top tips for Winter navigation

You might be able to rely on basic navigation skills and gadgets in summer but now winter is in full swing you need to ensure that you have the skills to still have a great day whatever the conditions.

2019 British Walking & Cycling Festivals

From family strolls to extreme challenges, there are walking festivals and cycling festivals and events all over Britain in 2019. Search by location, or see the events in the next few days.

Hobby Month

Happy Hobby Month!​ January is a great time to have a go at something you've always fancied trying or wished you could do. Don't wish it, go for it! To get you started, here's some hobby inspiration from our GetOutside Champions and Ordnance Survey staff.

5 amazing adventures to try in 2019

GetOutside Champions Jen & Sim Benson are endurance athletes, guidebook authors and passionate explorers of the great British outdoors - here's 5 amazing adventures they think you should try in 2019.

Adventures with sight loss

John is registered blind. Along with his sight guide Lauren, they are on a mission show the world that blind or disabled people can do great stuff outside too.

Upgrade your adventures from good to great

#GetOutside Champion James Forrest shares his tips on how to upgrade your 2019 adventures from good to great!

Best beaches for a New Year stroll

​We are a nation of beach-lovers; not surprising when you consider that no one in the UK lives more than 70 miles from the sea. #GetOutside Champion Anna Hughes shares 6 of her favourite and why we should visit them this winter holiday season.

Top Family Festive GetOutside Tips

Grandparents, mums and dads, aunts and uncles, kids, partners and friends – all people you’re likely to spend some quality time with this festive season. And one sure way to make those moments more memorable is to head outside.