After some searching, we’ve compiled a list of as many of the walking festivals in the UK and beyond we were able to confirm for 2025.
It would appear that May is the month with the most festivals. And if you were to ‘festival hop’ from April onwards, there aren’t too many days without a festival. Besides, you would need the occasional off day to get from one to the next.
If there are any omissions or errors, please get in touch and we will add your event to the list. Also, if you would like to promote your festival, we are always happy to feature festivals on our weekly podcast.
March
7-9 Caminheiros Border Experiences (Alcoutim, Portugal)
8-16 Crickhowell Walking Festival (Powys)
14-16 Causeway Coast and Glens Walking Festival 2025 (Northern Ireland)
23-30 Semaine de la Randonnée en Provence (France)
23-30 Rothenburg Spring Hiking Week (Rothenburg, Germany)
30-April 5 Spring Hiking Week (Sudtirol, Italy)
30 Taribush Spring Walking Festival (Dwingeloo, Netherlands)
April
4-6 Wander Wild (Killarney, Ireland)
July 6 Le Festival Mille Pas Aux 1000 Étangs (France)
11-20 Walk Scilly Walking Festival (Scilly Isles)
19-20 North Leitrim Glens Hill Walking Festival (Leitrim, Ireland)
22-27 Chepstow Walking Festival (Monmouthshire)
24-27 Galashiels Spring Walking Festival (Scottish Borders)
24-27 Walking Festival Ameixial (Ameixial, Portugal)
25-May 5 Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival
26-27 Festival de la Rando (Nancy, France)
26-27 LinnéMarschen Walking Event (Rya Åsar nature reserve, Sweden)
26-May 5 Haltwhistle Walking Festival (Northumberland)
26-May 5 Mole Valley Spring Walking Festival (Surrey)
26-May 5 Ulverston Walkfest (Cumbria)
29-May 5 ride2stride (Cumbria/North Yorkshire)
May
1-31 Alton Walking Festival (Hampshire)
1-31 Bristol Walkfest
2-4 Connemara Mountain Walking Festival (Leenane, Ireland)
2-5 Talgarth Walking Festival (Powys, Wales)
2-30 Galicia Walking Festival (Galicia, Spain)
3-4 Two-Days Walk Blankenberge (Blankenberge, Belgium)
3-11 Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival (Shropshire)
8-11 Festival de randonnées (Aubagne, France)
9-11 44th International Waendel Walk (Wellingborough)
9-11 Whitchurch Walking Festival (Shropshire)
9-12 Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst (Perth & Kinross)
9-15 WalkFest (Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway)
10-18 Coleford Area Walking Festival (Gloucestershire)
10-18 Dorchester Walking Festival (Dorset)
10-18 Isle of Wight Spring Walking Festival
13-15 Wandel3daagse Horst aan der Maas (Netherlands)
13-16 Avond4Daagse (Deventer, Netherlands)
14 German Hiking Day (multiple locations)
15-18 Bishop’s Castle Walking Festival (Shropshire)
16-18 Cotswolds Walking Festival
16-18 Prestatyn Walking Festival (Denbighshire, Wales)
16-18 Trefriw Walking Festival (Conwy, Wales)
16-19 Arran Mountain Festival (North Ayrshire, Scotland)
16-26 National Forest Walking Festival (Derbyshire)
17-23 Ballater Walking Festival (Aberdeenshire)
17-June 1 Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival
19-22 Wandel4Daagse Heino (Heino, Netherlands)
19-22 Wandel4Daagse Eerbeek (Eeerbeek, Netherlands)
19-23 Wandel4Daagse Luxemburg (Luxembourg)
19-23 Fysio Atelier Leudal Wandelvierdaagse (Heythuysen, Netherlands)
21-24 Wandel4daagse Sevenum 2025 (Sevenum, Netherlands)
22-25 Drents Friese Woud wandelvierdaagse (Diever, Netherlands)
23-25 Walking Weekend’25 – Festival de Caminhadas (Pampilhosa da Serra, Portugal)
24-June 1 Malvern Walking Festival
24-June 8 Guernsey Spring Walking Festival
24-25 Om’t Eiland (Texel, Netherlands)
25 Naturpark-Wanderfest (Bad Belzig, Germany)
27-31 11-Steden Wandeltocht (Friesland, Netherlands)
28-29 Rigimarsch (Schoren, Switzerland)
28-31 Achterhoekse Wandeldagen (Achterhoek, Netherlands)
29-31 Festival des randonnées – Camp de base Mende (Mende, France)
29-June 1 Les 4 Jours de Chantonnay (Chantonnay, France)
29-June 1 Drentse Wandel 4Daagse (Drenthe, Netherlands)
30-June 1 Bantry Walking Festival (Bantry, Ireland)
30-June 1 Meerdaags Wandelevenement Venray (Venray, Netherlands)
June
2-8 Quantock Hills Walking Festival (Somerset)
7-9 Rando Moselle (Moselle, France)
7-15 Wrexham Walking Festival
8 Randorade (Brest, France)
10-13 Wandel4Daagse Oldenzaal (Oldenzaal, Netherlands)
10-13 Geffense Wandel4Daagse 2025 (Geffen, Netherlands)
13-15 Corsham Walking Festival (Wiltshire)
13-23 Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival
14-22 Herefordshire Walking Festival
17-20 Avondvierdaagse (Oss, Netherlands)
18-21 Wandel4Daagse Bergen (Bergen, Netherlands)
25-28 Reggestreek Wandel4Daagse (Reggestreek, Netherlands)
25-29 Evesham Walking Festival (Worcestershire)
27-29 HÆRVEJSMARCHEN (Viborg, Denmark)
28-July 6 Otley Walking Festival (West Yorkshire)
July
2-5 Fjällräven Classic Denmark
3-6 Castlebar International 4 Days’ Walk (Castlebar, Ireland)
15-18 4Days Marches (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
26-27 Wandertage 2025 (Wildflecken, Germany)
August
8-10 Vaasan Marssi (Finland)
22-25 Kendal Walking Festival (Cumbria)
29-31 Sagamarsjen (Stiklestad, Norway)
29-Sep 7 East Lothian Walkfest
September
5-14 Stonehouse Walking Festival (Gloucestershire)
6-7 Bradford on Avon Walking Festival (Wiltshire)
6-14 Bedfordshire Festival of Autumn Walks
6-14 Gower Walking Festival (West Glamorgan, Wales)
6-14 Walking East Yorkshire Festival
6-20 Bathscape Walking Festival (Somerset)
8-14 Wellington Walking Festival (Somerset)
12-October 12 YHA Festival of Walking
13-14 Mare e Monti (Arenzano, Italy)
13-19 Sidmouth & East Devon Walking Festival
13-21 High Weald Walking Festival (East Sussex)
13-22 Barmouth Walking Festival (Gwynedd, Wales)
15-21 Dorset WALX Festival
18-22 Cowalfest (Argyll & Bute, Scotland)
19-21 3-Tage Einhornmarsch (Austria)
19-21 Festival de l’Outdoor et de la Rando 2025 (Digne-les-Bains, France)
19-28 Richmond Walking & Book Festival (North Yorkshire)
21-25 Kington Walks (Herefordshire)
21-26 Walk the Isle of Man
25-28 Competa Walking Festival (Competa, Spain)
26-28 Moffat Walking Weekend (Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland)
26-28 Walking in Ross Festival (Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire)
26-28 Llandysul and Pont-Tyweli Walking Weekend (Ceredigion, Wales)
27 Pegasus Walking Festival (Ede, Netherlands)
27-28 Jede Kudrna okolo Brna (Brno, Czechia)
October
1-5 Dursley Walking Festival (Gloucestershire)
2-5 Marbella 4Days Walking (Marbella, Spain)
3 Fuldaer Marsch & Wandertage (Neuhof, Germany)
3-5 Carlow Autumn Walking Festival (Carlow, Ireland)
10-11 Oberlausitzer Hunderter (Wilthen, Germany)
4-12 Isle of Wight October Walking Festival
11-19 Rothenburg Autumn Hiking Week (Rothenburg, Germany)
16-19 Duin en Bollen Vierdaagse (South Netherlands)
23-26 Gran Canaria Walking Festival (Canary Islands, Spain)
November
7-9 Barão de São João Walk & Art Fest (Barão de São João, Portugal)
29- Dec 1 Monchique Walking Festival (Monchique, Portugal)
December
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January
30-Feb 1 Santa Bárbara de Nexe Walking Festival (Santa Bárbara de Nexe, Portugal)
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