Streets can encourage healthy active lifestyles

Walking can be fun. Walk to School week is organised by Living Streets

Robert Goodwill, Minister for Transport in Walk to Work week 2014

 Walking is good for the heart and lungs. Walking 10,000 steps a day, which equivalent to about five miles, can give us a healthy heart and reduce body fat. Most people manage 4,500 steps.

Streets that are interesting and have plenty of things to look at and to do, encourage people to walk. Read more on WELLBEING and healthy exercise