Scotland

Pupils take a spacewalk at the Scottish Parliament

Pupils met at the Scottish Parliament for a special space-themed walk for Living Streets’ Walk to School Week.

Children take to their feet this International Walk to School Month

Families encouraged to leave the car at home for International Walk to School Month this October.

Scottish Government cuts active travel funding

Active travel funding in Scotland will be cut by £23.7m this financial year - our comment.

Scottish pupils striding into the new school year  with WOW

Pupils at Mill of Mains Primary School in Dundee have started the new academic year on the right foot by walking, wheeling, cycling or scooting to school.  

Scottish pupils celebrate Walk to School Week with MSPs and Strider

Pupils from Abbeyhill Primary, Edinburgh joined MSPs outside Scottish Parliament to celebrate Walk to School Week on Wednesday (22 May 2024). 

Fife Councillor and pupils take great strides for active travel

Councillor David Barratt met pupils from Dalgety Bay Primary School to find out how ‘Park and Stride’ can make walking to school an easier option.

Let’s get pavement parking ban right

Scotland becomes the first UK nation to introduce a ban on pavement parking next week. 

Perth Councillor and pupils celebrate walking to school

Councillor Brian Leishman (Perth City North) visited pupils at Goodlyburn Primary School today (1 December) to celebrate their efforts to travel to school sustainably.

Scottish pupil celebrates national WOW design competition win

A schoolgirl from Kirkcaldy is celebrating after beating 90,000 primary school in a UK wide design competition.

Calls for other nations to adopts Wales’s 20mph speed limit

Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, is calling on governments in England and Scotland to follow Wales’s lead and reduce speed limits.