Travel on Foot
Walking can help you avoid sitting in traffic and battling with congestion, if you live close by, walking offers real potential for your journey to work. If you live within one mile of Capitol Park your workplace is less than a 20 minute walk from home. So go on – make a start today. It’s easy; you can do it anywhere, anytime and alone or with friends. It doesn’t harm the environment and it’s free!
If you’re looking for something more energetic, have you considered running to work? Experts recommend being active for 30 minutes a day and the NHS couch to 5K training programme is a free running plan for beginners. Just click on NHS couch to 5k online or download the app and you’re ready to go!
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It’s free! Once you’ve bought some comfortable shoes to walk in and something waterproof in case the weather isn’t on your side it’s absolutely free to walk.
Keep fit by walking to work, you can burn around 100 calories by walking at 3pmh for 30 minutes, walking is a natural energiser so you can reduce stress and anxiety making you feel more alert and happy, what better way to start your day!
Top tip: Experts recommend being active for 30 minutes a day helps prevent and control high blood pressure, slash the risk of type 2 diabetes and ward off dementia.
Walking is a great form of active transport as it doesn’t require any fuel, doesn’t cause air pollution, frees up space on the road and reduces local congestion creating a more pleasant space to live and work.
Walkit can help you plan your journey quickly and easily, all you need is a start and end location and you will receive a detailed route and map specific to your search. You can also search using the ‘nearby’ facility which will highlight how far you can reach within a given time.
For local walking information from Leeds City Council click here
Sign up to ‘Go Walking’ to receive a free weekly walking newsletter with suggestions of local walking events and routes
If you are looking for inspiration to walk at the weekend, check out the organised walks at www.ramblers.org.uk who run hundreds of walks each week across the UK.