21 October 2024 onwards | Kielder Forest
The route is one of 22 across the nation’s forests and has been developed in partnership with Aardman and Ordnance Survey. Forest Walkies will give four-legged friends the time of their lives and help you spend quality time with your canine companions. Not only that but there’s a chance to win your dog a fabulous holiday – and the whole family can go too!
Panels along the route offer activities to do with your dog featuring that inimitable duo, Wallace and Gromit. Challenges include encouraging your dog to sit still while you count up to 30 (in Gromit seconds!), high-fiving your canine chum, and encouraging them to lie still while you both enjoy looking up at the trees. Any cheating is all part of the fun you’ll have with your happy hound! And there’s even a photo opp at end of the route for your dog to say “cheese Gromit!”
Routes will also be plotted on Ordnance Survey’s Maps app to help you navigate your way around and you’ll find more information about the routes and be able to enter the competition from the app too.
With a third of visitors to the nation’s forests bringing their beloved dogs, Forestry England welcomes them all year round to exercise and enjoy the sights and smells of the forest landscape. Forest Walkies is a chance to deepen the bond you have with your dog and support their wellbeing and yours.
There is a brilliant activity pack to buy before you go on your Forest Walkies, with a beautifully designed tote bag featuring Wallace and Gromit striding out on their own forest walk as a special gift for dog owners. Inside is a cute dog bandana as a gift for the most important member of the group. You’ll also find a leaflet to enter the competition as well as a fun crossword puzzle to be just like Wallace and Gromit, with clues on the route panels to solve on your forest walk.
One lucky dog (and their family) will be in with the chance of winning an amazing Forest Holidays cabin break worth £1500, where they can put their paws up and relax! Details of how to enter can be found in the activity pack and also on the Forestry England website.
To keep dogs and people safe when visiting the nation’s forests, Forestry England asks everyone to follow the forest dog code. This means keeping your dog close and in sight, bagging their poo and either putting it in a bin if available or taking it home with you, and following signs around the forest to protect wildlife and other forest visitors.
T: 01434 250209
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W: www.forestryengland.uk/kielder-forest/forest-walkies