We are a group of 600 members. Most of our effort is put into our local walking programme. Most members have joined just to support the Ramblers in our efforts to maintain and improve access for walkers, (so we do not get 600 ramblers on a walk!). We encourage everybody to report access problems, and we organise footpath working parties such as building the Twywell steps. Any problems known to me are in my status report. Membership benefits include our map library, our newsletter and other facilities on this website (local walk descriptions and updated maps). These are in addition to the national benefits such as walk magazine, which includes walk descriptions throughout the UK.

Walking abroad is handled by Ramblers' Holidays.

• The Northampton Group is one of the local groups coming under the Northamptonshire Area of the Ramblers' Association.
• Other Groups in the Area are Young Members, Wellingborough, Kettering and Daventry.
• The object of the Group is to carry out the aims of the Ramblers' Association locally.
• The Ramblers' Association exists to facilitate, for the benefit of everyone, the enjoyment and discovery that walking outdoors can bring, and to promote respect for the life of the countryside.
• The Association encourages walking, protects rights of way, defends the beauty of the countryside, and has campaigned for many years for freedom to roam over uncultivated, open country.
• The association is a democratic, voluntary organisation, registered as a charity (no.1093577).