Mindful in Nature Crooked Brook Walking Tours

Step into the gentle beauty of Crooked Brook Forest for a slow-paced wellbeing experience designed to be accessible for all.

This 3-hour guided session invites you to connect with nature through your senses — listening, touching, noticing, and simply being. Whether you move with wheels, walk, live with vision or hearing differences, are neurodiverse, or experience the world in your own unique way, this experience is shaped to welcome and support you.

Together we will:

• Explore the forest along accessible paths at an unhurried pace
• Pause for simple mindfulness practices (seated or standing)
•  Enjoy tactile and sensory invitations — from holding leaves and seed pods to noticing bird calls and forest scents
• Express your connection creatively, with options like nature journaling, drawing, or quiet reflection
• Share a relaxed, picnic-style lunch with fresh, local food in an accessible picnic space

Carers, support workers, and companions are warmly welcomed and encouraged to take part. Companion Card holders may attend free of charge when accompanying a participant.

This experience is ideal for individuals, families, carers, and community groups who would like a restorative and inclusive time outdoors.

Highlights 

• Slow-paced, accessible nature connection in Crooked Brook Forest
• Gentle mindfulness and sensory invitations suitable for all abilities
• Creative expression with journaling or tactile exploration
• Shared picnic lunch with fresh, local produce
• Welcomes carers, companions, and support workers

Inclusions

• Guided 3-hour experience in Crooked Brook Forest
• Sensory and creative nature-based practices
• Picnic-style lunch with fresh, local produce
• Journaling/art materials (optional use)
• Support for accessibility needs (mobility, sensory, neurodiverse)

Accessibility Notes

• Crooked Brook Forest features accessible boardwalks, flat forest trails, and wheelchair-friendly picnic areas.
• Activities are adaptable for participants who are blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, neurodiverse, or with mobility needs.
• Written prompts and visual supports are available.
• Quiet spaces are available for those who need downtime.

Companion Policy

Carers, support workers, and companions are warmly welcomed.

Companion Card holders may attend free of charge when accompanying a participant.

Please advise at booking if you will be bringing a support person.

Age Suitability

This experience is suitable for participants aged 18 years and over. Younger participants may join by prior arrangement if accompanied by a guardian.

What To Bring

• Comfortable clothing suitable for the weather (layers recommended)
• A hat and sunscreen (for sun protection)
• A light jacket or raincoat (the forest can be cool or damp)
• Closed, comfortable shoes suitable for flat paths or wheelchairs
• A filled water bottle
• Any personal mobility aids or sensory supports you use (e.g. wheelchair, walking stick, hearing aids, sunglasses, noise-reducing headphones)
• Optional: your own journal or sketchbook (materials are also provided)

Step into the gentle beauty of Crooked Brook Forest for a slow-paced wellbeing experience designed to be accessible for all.
This 3-hour guided session invites you to connect with nature through your senses — listening, touching, noticing, and simply being. Whether you move with wheels, walk, live with vision or hearing differences, are neurodiverse, or experience the world in your own unique way, this experience is shaped to welcome and support you.
Together we will: Explore the forest along accessible paths at an unhurried pace Pause for simple mindfulness practices (seated or standing) Enjoy tactile and sensory invitations — from holding leaves and seed pods to noticing bird calls and forest scents Express your connection creatively, with options like nature journaling, drawing, or quiet reflection Share a relaxed, picnic-style lunch with fresh, local food in an accessible picnic space
Carers, support workers, and companions are warmly welcomed and encouraged to take part. Companion Card holders may attend free of charge when accompanying a participant.
This experience is ideal for individuals, families, carers, and community groups who would like a restorative and inclusive time outdoors.
Highlights Slow-paced, accessible nature connection in Crooked Brook Forest Gentle mindfulness and sensory invitations suitable for all abilities Creative expression with journaling or tactile exploration Shared picnic lunch with fresh, local produce Welcomes carers, companions, and support workers
Inclusions Guided 3-hour experience in Crooked Brook Forest Sensory and creative nature-based practices Picnic-style lunch with fresh, local produce Journaling/art materials (optional use) Support for accessibility needs (mobility, sensory, neurodiverse)
Accessibility Notes Crooked Brook Forest features accessible boardwalks, flat forest trails, and wheelchair-friendly picnic areas. Activities are adaptable for participants who are blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, neurodiverse, or with mobility needs. Written prompts and visual supports are available. Quiet spaces are available for those who need downtime.
Companion Policy
Carers, support workers, and companions are warmly welcomed.
Companion Card holders may attend free of charge when accompanying a participant.
Please advise at booking if you will be bringing a support person.
Age Suitability
This experience is suitable for participants aged 18 years and over. Younger participants may join by prior arrangement if accompanied by a guardian.
What To Bring Comfortable clothing suitable for the weather (layers recommended) A hat and sunscreen (for sun protection) A light jacket or raincoat (the forest can be cool or damp) Closed, comfortable shoes suitable for flat paths or wheelchairs A filled water bottle Any personal mobility aids or sensory supports you use (e.g. wheelchair, walking stick, hearing aids, sunglasses, noise-reducing headphones) Optional: your own journal or sketchbook (materials are also provided)