Welcome to Chester Great Outdoors Club!

Who are we?

We are a friendly group of like-minded people based in and around Chester who share a passion for outdoor activites.

What do we do?

We arrange a variety of events throughout the year.

Our main activities are walking and mountain biking, but events range from scrambling, caving and climbing, through canoeing, surfing and sailing, to road biking, horse riding, and skiing. In short, we do whatever our members want to arrange!

All this activity can make us thirsty and hungry so we try to slip in the odd trip to the pub, tea shop or restaurant, just to keep energy levels up.

When do we do it?

We run weekend, day and evening events throughout the year. There's something on nearly every week, and often several times a week during summer.

We plan to have a weekend away every month, and a day walk and a day mountain biking every month. During the summer we have an evening walk every week, and evening mountain biking every week.

Where do we go?

Our weekends away take us to North Wales, the Lake District, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, the Welsh Marches, the Brecon Beacons, and even southern Scotland for long weekends. We're lucky to have easy access to some of the best parts of the country!

With most of us living around Chester our day events tend to focus on North Wales, the Peak District, Shropshire or Cheshire.

Over the years, club members have also arranged holidays to Scotland and to the Alps for walking, skiing and mountain biking.

How do we do it?

We encourage as many members as possible to arrange events, sharing the fun, responsibility, hassle and glory between us (there's a prize for the best event at our Annual Review).

Anybody with a good idea is welcome to run an event, provided we can do it safely and without going bankrupt!

Who joins the Club?

Well, our current membership is around 80 people, men and women ranging in age between early 20's and late 40's.

Our members aren't just from Chester, we have members from Cheshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham, the Wirral, Liverpool and Manchester, as well as a few further afield.

(OK, compared to national averages we'd own a higher proportion of fleece jackets and wet weather gear, but that is kind of a requirement.)

How about joining?

We welcome enthusiastic new members of all interests and abilities. If you're interested in joining us, we encourage you to come along to a couple of events before formally joining the Club. Get in touch, and we'll take it from there...