The Guildford Rambling Club was formed in 1973, an offshoot of an older, London-based, club. The Club’s overall purpose is simply to give its members the opportunity to enjoy walking in the varied and beautiful countryside around Guildford. In addition, we arrange occasional weekends and longer holidays away, both in the U.K. and abroad.

Each new walks programme covers four months, starting in turn in January, May and September. We walk regularly only on Sundays but sometimes we do meet on week day evenings for shorter walks or simply for social gatherings.  You can walk with us up to three times before deciding whether or not to join.

Walks tend to be for about 10 miles but you can choose to do less.   Some have a shorter option built in but with the others you could join us only at the lunchtime stop and walk only the afternoon section.  At the end, someone would then ferry you back to the lunch stop.   However, if you want to do this, please, phone the organiser in advance, both to find out roughly when we will arrive at the lunch stop
and also so that we know that we need to look out for you when we get there.  Walks usually start at 10.00 and, allowing for stops and
lunch, finish by 16.00.   Please note that there is usually time only for a soup or snack lunch at a pub or cafe if one is listed and, since we cannot always guarantee that they will be open anyway, it is as well always to bring a picnic.  If you need a lift to the walk's start, usually from St Nicholas car park in Guildford (click here for a map), telephone the walk’s organiser, again by at least the day before the walk.

The Club is affiliated to the Ramblers Association and contributes to its work in footpath preservation and conservation.