London Walking Club

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00pm at the Kings Head, 13 Westmoreland St, London, W1G 8PJ. This is a great chance to come along and meet us and discuss what you are looking for in a walking club.

Remember - with Ibex membership you get:

◊ 10% - 15% discounts in most outdoor shops (which could pay for the membership in itself)
◊ Group YHA membership
◊ Day Walks in the London Area
◊ Weekends away around the UK

At the same time get to meet new people and make new friends who share your enthusiasm for getting out and about on the UK hills.

Just take a look at a sample of the weekends from 2009 and note that even more are planned for 2010:

◊ April - 2 weekends - one in Northumberland and in the Lake District
◊ May - 2 weekends - one in the Lake District and one in Lancashire plus a weeklong trip to Scotland
◊ June - 2 weekends - one in Snowdonia and one in Dorset
◊ July - 2 weekends - one in Dartmoor and one in Snowdonia
◊ August - 2 weekends - one in South Wales and one inYorkshire

Ibex consists of walkers of all ages, social backgrounds and levels of walking experience. Our weekends away offer great variety and you can choose between more sedate low level walks or more challenging high level walks and scrambling. For less experienced walkers, learn new skills such as navigation and gain confidence on walks led by our experienced members.  If you want to progress on to more challenging walks then we have many members who can help you onwards and upwards.

For experienced walkers, join us on challenging walks and scrambles in the Lakes and Snowdonia and on challenge walks such as the one day 30 mile, Brecon Mountain Challenge.

There are a variety of options to meet us to see if the walking we do is of interest to you:

Day walks - we do at least one day walk per month. A full list can be found here.

Pub Meets - There is usually a short slide show followed by a drink and plenty of gossip. Start 8:00pm. See here for more details.

Weekend Trips - anyone interested in joining Ibex can also attend one weekend trip to try out the club. The next few trips are listed here. In general there are about 12 - 16 people on a weekend trip and we travel up using a mixture of car shares and public transport. We share cooking duties and for the walks we usually split into 2 or 3 groups depending on interest and experience. Some members like a leisurely stroll in lowland areas where as others are interested in more challenging terrain \ scrambling so you just join up with the group that you are most interested in going with. You can see the types of walks we do on the gallery.

Not having a car isn't a problem. The way things work is that when you sign up for a weekend, you tell the organiser whether you have a car and what time you want to leave London (and where from). The organiser then organises the non-drivers \ non-car owners with the people who are driving up. The worst case scenario is that it might mean a short tube journey to a station for you where someone can pick you up.

Indoor Climbing - We also have a group of members who climb indoors at The Castle and Westway climbing walls and you would be more than welcome to join us if this was of interest to you.

If you have any other questions please Contact Us. We hope to catch up with you at one of the future events.