About

Our mission statement is:

The Gower Walking Festival is an annual celebration of Gower, to encourage participants from all backgrounds to enjoy a unique landscape and a rich heritage. It aims to achieve this by offering an organised, diverse and sustainable programme of events, with minimum environmental impact, to educate, encourage and sometimes challenge all who take part.

Since it started in 2004, well over 10,000 people have enjoyed nearly 1,300 Festival walks. In 2025, the Festival’s 21st anniversary, nearly 400 walkers covered 170 miles of Gower and surrounding area over 35 walks.

The 2026 Festival took place 5 September to 13 September 2026. Click Walks above to see the walks programme for 2026, which will give you a flavour of the walks that we do.  Next year’s walks programme will go live in the Spring 2027.

The Festival is co-ordinated by a small, enthusiastic group of volunteers with support from local businesses, community organisations and Swansea Council. We are indebted to the volunteers who lead, back mark and steward our walks and the specialists who contribute their knowledge.

We do hope you enjoy your walks, and love Gower as much as we do!

Gower Walking Festival organising committee

Terry Bravin
Lynne Esson
Jack Lewis
Chris Peregrine
Clive Scott

After nearly 15 years of hands-on involvement with The Gower Walking Festival (and four years as chair of the organising committee) John Ashley is now its honorary president.

Tonia Antoniazzi, MP for Gower, is our Patron.

The Gower Walking Festival is a constituted association run on a not-for-profit basis.

Postal address: 9 Goetre Fawr Road, Killay, Swansea SA2 7QS.