Corby Walking Festival has a new name: Corby
Outdoors Festival. It is not just about walking!
Corby Walking Festival is in its 8th annual year
and has a new look. The event is now being renamed
as Corby Outdoors Festival and will be
taking place from Spring Bank Holiday Monday
30th May through Sunday 5th June this year. A
wider range of outdoor activities will be offered,
including cycling and outdoor cinema. It is hoped
this encourages more people to be involved with
the Festival and experience the health and social
benefits that walking and general outdoor activity
offers. As in previous years, the walk programme
will still form an important part of the week-long
event and will celebrate the wealth of walking
opportunities in and around Corby.

The Festival will kick off with a free Family Fun
Day on Monday 30th May at East Carlton
Country Park, organised by Lakelands Day
Care Hospice. Join in with archery, bouncy
castles, face painting, falconry and much more!
And if your dog deserves a Crufts-style accolade,
enter them into the Lakelands Dog Show.

The walking programme continues to offer a
diverse range of walking activities, which will
include local history and evening walks. There is
also a chance for people to take in the amazing
scenery at Fineshade Woods, Top Lodge this
year with a Nature’s larder walk. After your
forager’s expedition, sample some lovely food
and beverages at the Top Lodge Café and take
in the sights of the red kites wheeling overhead.
For more information visit their website
www.forestry.gov.uk/toplodge

The Festival continues its special connection
with Lakelands Day Care Hospice as the
event’s beneficiary charity. They will be running
their ever popular Wags and Wellies Walk on
Sunday 5th June, to help fundraise for their
continued work in palliative care and life-limiting
services. Walkers of the two- and four-legged
variety are required!

The walk and events programme will be
finalised by end of April. For regular updates
and a copy of the programme visit the website
www.corbywalkingfestival.org.uk or contact
Suzanne Preston, Rural Pride Officer on 01536
463177 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.