Coleford Area Walking Festival
9th to 17th May 2026
Welcome to the Coleford Area Walking Festival
This annual festival is based in and around the town of Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, with walks organised for all abilities ages and capabilities. With a very varied walk programme there is always something on for everyone from woodland walks to a real ale walk.
The 2026 festival will take place from 9th to 17th May 2026 and this will be the 10th year of this event. There is a new selection of walks available for you to enjoy and some regular walks returning.
You can now book walks online for the 2026 fesival. To book individual walks please click on Book Walks below for £5 each (two are free but need to be booked) or you can purchase a Freedom Pass for just £20 that will cover as many walks as you want just click on the Freedom Pass Button for more information and to use your pass.
As part of the Coleford Area Walking Festival a group of 6 walkers participated in a walk of 5.5 miles approx. exploring locations with a historic link around the southern and eastern fringes of Coleford.
Our route encompassed visiting and learning a little about both large listed sites, including Darkhill Ironworks and the Titanic Steelworks (below) and other locations of cultural significance to the Coleford area, such as the Broadwell Memorial Hall and Evergreen Hall.
Intermixed with these locations, we walked though some of the Forest’s amazing natural landscape – all this on a sunny day in May!
