• Equipment suppliers

    Where can you buy nordic walking poles? Here's some suggestions but this is not an exhaustive list. With Leki make sure that you're buying their nordic walking, not trekking poles.

  • Blogs

    • Nordic Walking News
      Get a global perspective on nordic walking from UK based nordic walking instructor, David Downer.
    • Nordic Walking USA
      US journalist Claire Walter's bog that also covers snowshoeing.

  • UK nordic walking training organisations

  • Nordic walking pole manufacturers

    • Exel
      The Finnish company that popularised nordic walking includes tips on nordic walking.
    • Leki
      Leading German manufacturer of nordic walking, ski-ing & trekking poles
    • Komperdell
      Nordic walking, trekking & ski poles from Austria
    • Gabel
      Site currentlly only in Italian for this manufacturer of nordic walking, trekking & ski poles.
    • Swix Sport
      Norwegian nordic walking and ski poles plus clothing and ski waxes

  • Maps etc

    • Walkit.com
      Find pollution aware walking routes in cities - a interesting, developing site. As yet it doesn't always show park/towpath routes, but it will show you how to walk from A to B