Active Communities

Our Active Communities Team work across the district to help residents with their physical health and wellbeing. They run a variety of weekly activities for all ages and abilities.

Activities for families and young people

YouMove

YouMove was introduced in May 2022 across Oxfordshire. It provides free or low cost activities for families across the county.

YouMove helps children and families in need, if your child or children are in receipt of benefits related free school meals, are carers or refugees then we have a fantastic range of activities to enjoy together, There’s more information on our YouMove page.

Activities for adults

Community Walks

Community Walks is a program run by The Active Communities Team to give people access to a friendly short group walk within easy reach of where they live to help them become and stay active.

Day	Start time	Location and meeting point	What3Words Location	Duration of walk
Mondays	10.30am	Abingdon – Abbey Gardens Bottom Gate (End of Abbey Close)	///gloves.locals.trade	30 minute and 60-90 minute options
Mondays	10.30am	Faringdon – White Horse Medical Practice	///greed.newspaper.inserted	30-60 minutes
Tuesdays	10am	Didcot – Willowbrook Leisure Centre car park	///puddles.stint.grownup	60-90 minutes
Tuesdays	11am	Botley – Outside the Botley library	///stone.short.guides	60-90 minutes
Tuesdays	2pm	Abingdon – Long Furlong Village Hall	///silly.plots.turkey	30 minutes
Wednesdays	10am	Park Club, Milton Park	///hypocrite.shocking.double	60 mins
Wednesdays	10.30am	Abingdon – White Horse Leisure Centre, meet inside the centre	///anyway.blank.luck	60-90 minutes
Wednesdays	10.45am	Shrivenham – outside St Andrews Church	///vanilla.steeped.doghouse	60-90 minutes
Wednesdays (May to September only)	2pm	Kennington – Playing Field, Playfield Road	///secret.third.deputy	30 minutes
Thursdays	10am	Didcot – Green Close, OX11 8TE	///nutty.move.jumps	60 minutes
Every fourth Thursday of the month	10am	Southmoor – Southmoor Village Hall	///flank.hush.blotchy	30-60 minutes
Thursdays	10.30am	Abingdon – outside Preston Road Community Centre	///cupboards.join.nobody	30 minutes
Saturdays	10am	Didcot – meet in the carpark of the Ladygrove Pub for walks around Ladygrove Estate	///fondest.fatigued.fries	60-90 minutes
Every second and fourth Saturday in the month	10am	Botley – Louie Memorial Fields car park	///trunk.driver.wanted	60-90 minutes

Nordic Walking

Nordic Walking is an enhanced walking technique that uses poles to work your upper body as well as your legs. It is a fun and social activity that can be enjoyed in town centres or open countryside throughout the year

Sutton Courtenay – Recreation Ground – Every Wednesday 9.30-10.30am and Friday at 9.30-10.30am

There are also Nordic Walk for Parkinson’s sessions in Sutton Courtenay. Sessions can be booked as a 1-2-1 or in a group. If you’re interested please get in touch with the team via email.

A group of people standing on a playing field. There are tall trees behind them. They are smiling for the camera and some are holding jubilee bunting — Nordic Walkers in Sutton Courtenay celebrating the Platinum Jubilee

Running

Please visit our RunTogether webpage for details of our running groups.

Park Yoga

Free every Sunday morning 9.30am at Abingdon Marina Park between May and September 2024. Just turn up and bring a mat/towel.

For more information you can visit the Park Yoga Abingdon website

Other Activities

We have a range of other activities including Walking Sports and Racket Sports across the district.

Activity	Day	Location	Time	Cost
Walking Basketball	Monday	White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Abingdon	1pm-2pm	£5, first session free
Table Tennis	Mondays	The Pump House Project, Faringdon	2pm-3pm	£2
Walking Football	Tuesday & Friday	Tilsley Park, Abingdon	10.30am-12noon	£4, first session free
Walking Football	Tuesday	Faringdon Leisure Centre	8pm-9pm	£5
Pickleball	Tuesday & Wednesday	White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Abingdon	2pm-4pm	£4.50
Pickleball	Monday & Thursday	Wantage Leisure Centre	5pm-6.30pm	£6
Pickleball	Monday & Wednesday	Faringdon Leisure Centre	6pm-7pm	£4
Rounders	Tuesday (March -September)	Manor Road Memorial Field, Wantage	6.15-7.30pm	£2
Dad’s vs Dads Football	Friday	Tilsley Park, Abingdon	8pm-9pm	£6.50

To find out about our activities taking place across South Oxfordshire, take a look at the South Oxfordshire District Council Active Communities page.

Move Together

Move Together provides personalised support for people that have long term health conditions or who have been affected by Covid-19, to get active. You can find out more on our Move Together page

Please head to our “Find activities to suit you” page to find out about other activities that take place across the county.

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