Weekend Walking Holidays

Join us to explore the British Isles on a weekend away.

Our weekend walking holidays are very popular and book up quickly. You must be a member of the Ramblers to book onto a weekend holiday.

The best way to pay is by bank transfer. Ask the weekend organiser if you are interested for full details.

The Nottingham & Derby Walking Group is a not for profit organisation and it is run by volunteers. The weekend holidays are extremely good value and we do not make a profit on them.

• Thu 12 Mar 2026 - Sun 15 Mar 2026: Eskdale, Lake District - SOLD OUT

  Esk View Cottage, Boot

  • Places: 13
  • Booking opens: Broadway Cinema social, 7:30 PM, Thursday 11 December 2025
  • Led by: Katie Szkornik and Jonny Bramley

  Don’t miss this chance to spend a long weekend at the stunning Esk View holiday cottage amid the western fells of the Lake District.

• Thu 2 Apr 2026 - Mon 6 Apr 2026: Snowdonia

  Plas Isa hostel, Dolgellau

  • Price: £132
  • Places: 16
  • Booking opens: Nottingham social at The Canalhouse, 8 January
  • Led by: Rob Stevens and Josh Grainger

  Join us for an excellent weekend of fun and frolics in Southern Snowdonia! We have sole use of the fantastic Plas Isa independent hostel in the middle of Dolgellau, nestling at the foot of Cadair Idris & with a host of mountain and coastal highlights on the doorstep. With such delights as Cadair Idris, the Rhinogs and the Barmouth Panorama on offer there should be something for everyone.

• Sat 2 May 2026 - Sat 9 May 2026: Western Highlands - SOLD OUT

  Glencarron Lodge, Strathcarron

  • Led by: Jonny Bramley and Rob Stevens

  This early May Bank Holiday week sees us head to the Torridon area of west Scotland. There is an almost limitless choice of munros and corbetts with The Cuillins on the Isle of Skye within easy reach, Glen Shiel and the expanse of Wester Ross. We’ll be staying in a classic Scottish lodge on the Glencarron Estate, early enough in the season to avoid the dreaded midges!

• Fri 22 May 2026 - Mon 25 May 2026: Yorkshire Dales

  YHA Hawes

  • Booking opens: Derwent Valley social, 5 February

  Hawes is a traditional market town in Wensleydale, famous for its cheese, rope making & traditional crafts. It’s a good base for exploring Wensleydale, Swaledale & the hills in between such as Great Shunner Fell on the Pennine Way. The hostel is right on the edge of town and is in easy walking distance of shops, cafes etc.

• Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Tue 16 Jun 2026: The Isles of Scilly - SOLD OUT

  Chy Carn, St Mary's Island

  • Price: To be confirmed, around £310 per person plus transport
  • Places: 10
  • Booking opens: Derwent Valley pub social at the Hollybush Inn, Thursday 4th September 2025
  • Led by: Joanne Morris

  This week long trip will open at the pub social on September 4th at The Holly Bush in Makeney. To be in with a chance of bagging one of the first 10 places, you will need to be there in person when booking opens at 19:30. If you can’t make the pub, you can take your chances and go on the reserve list, which you can request to go on from today. This will then be used to fill any remaining spaces.

  You need to be a Ramblers member and pay by BACS within 72 hours of sign up. Travel will be payable by the 4th October, as we want to book this by the 7th, and it stretches to another pay day, which seems fair to all. This cost will be finalised a few days after the sign up, when we have travel preferences. It would be best to all arrive together, so sailing would be the easiest option for this. Leaving on the 16th, could be any of the 3 options… sailing, flying by plane or by helicopter.

  On our dates of travel, the costs of flexible tickets with luggage are:

  • £183 to sail both ways. (20kg)
  • £320 to fly by aeroplane. (15kg)
  • £251.50 to sail one way and fly the other. (15kg)
  • £359 by helicopter. (20kg)

  There is parking near Penzance or at Lands End car park. Equally, there’s the sleeper train from London, which arrives to coincide with boarding for the ferry. Parking is approximately £45. I can give more details when required. If driving, you will need to stay near Penzance the night before travel. If sailing back, you will also need overnight accommodation, as the ferry doesn’t dock until around 7pm. Trust me, you would not want to drive directly home. I’ve done it and it’s not pretty.

  Accommodation is at Chy Carn, on St Mary’s, a house that sleeps 10 people, in shared twin/double beds. The cost will be around £310 per person, but will depend on whether we fill the double bed quota (currently two, but working on it being one, as it was when I stayed there 8 years ago). This is a very good price for the islands.

  All bedrooms are ensuite, except for one, but that does have a private bathroom next door.

  

  

  

  

  

• Fri 28 Aug 2026 - Mon 31 Aug 2026: Northumberland Coast

  Seahouses

  • Booking opens: Beeston pub meet, 9 April
  • Led by: Rachael Drewery

  This extended bank holiday takes us north to the unspoilt beaches of Northumberland. Staying in Seahouses, in a modern independent hostel, attractions such as Lindisfarne Island, Barmburgh Castle, the Cheviot Hills and the Scottish border are just a stone’s throw away.

• Fri 30 Oct 2026 - Sun 1 Nov 2026: Forest of Dean

  St Briavels Castle

  St Briavels Castle in Gloucestershire is one of the YHA’s more unique youth hostels. Walking will be of the easy variety and is likely to include the Forest of Dean and the pretty valleys of the River Wye - highlights are Tintern Abbey and Symonds Yat.