A record number of Essex schools took part in Walk to School Week this year.
Our sustainable transport team worked with 97 primary schools. This saw around 29,000 pupils participate this year.
The annual walking challenge is run by Living Streets. It aims to encourage more children to walk as a form of exercise.
This year's event took place from May 20 to May 24. May also marks Living Streets’ National Walking Month.
More than 25 million steps were also walked collectively by Essex residents in the third annual safer, greener, healthier walking challenge. This equates to a distance of nearly 20,000kms and a saving of 2,366kg of carbon emissions.
The challenge to walk 5k steps a day or 35k steps a week was run in collaboration with Go Jauntly. The app has 100 Essex walks available to download on the free.
There are hundreds of free Essex walking routes to explore on the app. Find out more about Go Jauntly.
Learn more about our Walking Strategy for Essex.
