Summer Solstice Stride 2025
This year's Summer Solstice Stride will be taking place on Thursday 19 June 2025. Come and join us to walk into summer!
This gentle walk meets at 5.30pm at Anglia Ruskin University for a 6pm start. Our friendly walk leaders and cycle marshals will guide you along the rivers, through the parks of Chelmsford into the sunset.
You can choose between a 5km route or 10km route. Both walks initially head in the same direction, and split at approximately 2.5km. The route will take us along public footpaths, some of which will be surfaced and some around field-edges.
You can view both routes via our Explore Chelmsford page.
Our team of Walk Leaders will be leading and back marking each walk. There are also middle markers and cycle marshals to help keep you on track.
The walk ends back at Anglia Ruskin University, where we will ask you to check back in.
Essential information
- Make sure you wear comfortable, sensible shoes and clothes appropriate for the weather, as well as bringing sun lotion and water in the summer.
- We advise that you wear layers just in case. We hope for a dry, warm evening, but there may be a chill in the air.
- We provide a high-visibility wristband for all walkers; these must be worn at all times throughout the walk.
- Unfortunately, we cannot allow any dogs other than assistance animals.
- Our team of Walk Leaders will be leading and back marking each walk. There is also middle markers and cycle marshals to help keep you on track. If you get lost at any point, please wait for a walk leader to catch up to you before continuing. Please do not walk ahead of the front leaders, or behind the back markers (the back markers are there to walk at the pace of the slowest walkers, so there is no need to rush).
- If at any time during the walk you wish to leave, please notify a walk leader that you are doing so.
- A photographer will be taking photos at various points during the walk. Please notify a Walk Leader and/or the photographer if you do not wish to have your photograph taken. A consent form will be available on the evening with a copy of the image policy for you to read when you register.
