The Heart of England Way Association is a membership body to support and keep open (user friendly) the 100 miles Heart of England Way, and the 26 mile Arden Way. If you enjoy the Heart of England Way and or The Arden Way then please consider joining our Association. Your financial support is invaluable - and there are oppotunities to help if you wish. Many members enjoy the walk programme and many others do nothing but support by their membership.Part of our work involves VOLUNTEERS WARDENS for both routes and also a walks programme open to all.
In 2008 we created and published the first of our new guides - for The Arden Way - the NEW GUIDE is selling well -at £3.50 inc postage. We are now looking at publishing a Walk Guide of CIRCULAR WALKS based on the SOUTHERN section from Alcester to Bourton on the Water. We also have established a WEB SITE for The Arden Way to help give it prominent identity.
last summer (2009) we installed the new information panel at Meriden and the Anniversary Bench is also there next to the church. This is the very Heart of England so very fitting! Also we are putting BROWN plaques up on the routes of both walks - to say what the route is about - where it runs and how to get more information.
Looking to the furture we have the spectre of the HS2 route tearing a huge chunk out oft he route at Skew Bridge near Balsall Common, and even mroe so between Drayton Basset and Lichfield - taking vast swathes of the route out.
If you have not walked with us before come and join a led walk - see our programme - or just get your OS Map out and look for our routes - and get walking!
