Good Ways - Great routes for everyone

Join Good Ways, a new project to share the best active routes for everyone across the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

From the creators of Slow Ways, we’re building a new app to make it easier for everyone to enjoy Good Ways for walking, running, cycling, wheeling, horse-riding, skating, swimming, paddling, pushchairs and wheelchairs – whatever your ability, interests or needs

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A group of six women from Bristol Steppin Sisters stand closely together on a shaded, tree-lined path with dense green foliage along a stone wall. They wear casual walking clothes and backpacks. One woman holds a smartphone while the others lean in to check a map on an app.
Rowena Macaulay, one of our advisors, using a wheelchair with a handcycle attachment to travel along a wide, compacted path through a wooded area. Trees and dense green plants line both sides of the trail.
A woman is partially submerged in the River Lune, turning back toward the camera with a smile. Calm water surrounds her, with dense green trees along the far bank.
Four horse riders travel along a wide sandy beach on horseback, spaced out in a line. Behind them are tall sand dunes covered in grass under a clear sky.
Woman cycling an electric bike on a long and straight cycle path in the woods. She has two panniers and water bottles on the back of her bike. It is a warm day and there is dappled light across the path.
A person sits on a paddleboard in the middle of Lake Windermere, using a paddle to move forward. Low hills and a cloudy sky stretch across the background.
Two children walk away from the camera along a narrow dirt path through a lush woodland. Flowering bushes and dense green foliage arch overhead, creating a shaded, enclosed trail.

Welcome to the start of Good Ways

Be a Founding Member

Know anyone who’d like it to be easier to find and follow great active routes? Yup, us too!

That’s why we’re going to:

☝🏽 Bring lots of people together
✌🏽 Build an app for everyone to use
🤟🏽 Share thousands of highly rated and recommended routes we can all trust
🖖🏽 Inspire lots more people to get involved
👍🏽 Get out and enjoy them!

Up for joining in?

This initial website is a simple springboard to make all that happen. The first version of the app will be ready later this year.

We can’t wait to empower people, groups and organisations to get sharing good ways for kids, wildlife, exploring by wheelchair, catching trains, dark skies, beautiful ways to Aldi, big forests, local heritage, great views and so much more.

We’ve the vision, experience and plan to make it happen. Now we need you!

Individual or organisation, we need your help to:

✅ share your favourite local routes – contributing to our nationwide maps
✅ test and improve the app – help make it work for you and your community
✅ spread the word – so more people can join in
✅ enjoy the routes – that’s what it’s all about!

Good Ways will only be successful if lots of people, groups and organisations join in by sharing their local knowledge, ideas, needs and generosity.

Will you help by becoming a Good Ways Founding Member?

Your support will help build the app, influence our direction, grow our community, and empower all of us to find, share and enjoy thousands of Good Ways routes.

As a Founding Member, you’ll get member-only updates, votes on what we develop, early access and lots of other member benefits along the way.

Be a Founding Member

Calling all charities and nonprofits

Connected to a charity, community group, heritage society, council, school, library or sports club? We want to become the home for all nonprofits that want to share active routes with their communities. Find out about our membership for nonprofits here.

Nonprofit Membership

Donate to support our work

Like what we’re doing? As well as becoming a member, you can help by making a donation. Your gift will help us deliver Good Ways faster and for more people. Find out more here.

Donate