Formby Coast Walk

15 March 2025, 10.45

Formby, Merseyside

This walk is now closed for booking. To join us please contact TCF by 12 noon on Friday 14 March.

Bereaved parent volunteers Marcia and Sue are leading their next TCF walk in Formby on the beaches, dunes and in the pinewoods on Saturday 15th March 2025. We will be meeting at 10.45am for an 11am start. 

This is approximately a 5 mile walk which will be taken at an easy pace, and will last approximately 3 hours, with a stop for lunch. This will be a walk along the English coastline in Formby, and so the terrain will be mostly flat but some may be rough and uneven, such as the wet sand on the beach. 

Please bring your own lunch and refreshments if you wish. There is an ice cream van in the car park, but no other places to purchase food and drinks. 

Trainers or walking shoes will suffice but waterproofs may be needed if the forecast predicts rain. In March it still can be windy in this area, so we suggest a hat, gloves and a scarf plus your usual warm winter layers. 

Well behaved dogs will be most welcome.

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We ask that you wait until you have been bereaved for at least 3 months before joining our supportive walks. New walk dates are regularly added here, and we hope to welcome you at a future walk.

Our peer support is for parents bereaved of a child from one month old to an adult son or daughter, from any cause. We also offer support to bereaved grandparents and adult siblings (aged 18+)

Please call our Helpline on 0345 1232304 or email helpline@tcf.org.uk for support. 

We look forward to seeing those who have walked with us before, and to welcome those who are joining us for the first time.

If you haven’t walked with us yet, please don’t feel daunted or anxious about joining. You’ll quickly find yourself part of a warm, friendly and supportive community of others who have experienced similar bereavements.

**A welcome email will be sent out approximately one week before the walk, providing additional information and details about the meeting point. This email will come from info@tcf.org.uk, so please keep an eye out for it. (It may sometimes end up in junk or spam folders, so please check there if you’ve registered and haven’t received the email.)

Please remember, if you bring a friend or relative for initial support, they will not be able to join the walk itself unless they are also a bereaved parent, grandparent, or adult bereaved sibling.

As this is a supportive walk, we ask that you stay together as a group for the duration of the walk.

Please note that individuals join a TCF walk at their own risk. 

To register for the walk, please click ‘book for this walk’.

TCF supportive walks are kindly sponsored by Ramble Worldwide Outdoor Trust.