Hello Dorking Walking Festival

Saturday 20 – Sunday 28 September

Take part in the Dorking Walking Festival 2025

We’re excited to announce the inaugural Dorking Walking Festival, taking place from 20th to 28th September 2025. The festival will highlight the many scenic routes around our town and showcase the local groups that already organise walks.

All walks should start, end, or pass through Dorking town centre to encourage participants to eat, drink, or explore what the town has to offer. Walks can be either led or self-guided.

The aim is to promote walking as a healthy, enjoyable activity, while helping more people discover Dorking and make use of the fantastic walking groups already in place.

Criteria to take part

• The dates of the festival will be Saturday 20^th – Sunday 28^th September.
• We are looking for walks that celebrate the town centre and surrounding areas.
• We would love a range of walks in terms of length, accessibility, demographics, etc. We welcome your ideas and will seek to help fill gaps.
• We want this to showcase all the groups and activities that there are already available and get people thinking about how walking can fit into their daily lives more.
• We want to also showcase the town and the lovely businesses there are too and we ask that your walk either starts or finishes in the town centre, or has a stop in the town midway through. See the town area here.

How to get involved

If you are a group or individual who would like to run a walk then simply fill out the form below by 23rd May 2025. Please read the terms and conditions and scale of walks grading document first. If you have any further questions please view the FAQ’s below or email us.