- Sun 2 Nov 2025
Poppy Walk | Southampton
11:00
All ages
FREE-£10
- 3 km walking
Event overview
This November, you're invited to personalise and plant your own poppy tribute in honour of someone you may have loved and lost, and in recognition of what others have given and sacrificed for us all.
Bring friends and family together to celebrate the lives of Service men and women and help raise much-needed funds, as we share a moment of personal reflection on a sociable walk.
Walk together, remember together, and plant a poppy in the Field of Poppies together.
Event photos
Event video
- All fitness levels
- Dogs allowed
- Event village
- Families
- Free venue entry
- Newcomers
- Teams
- Wheelchair users
Timetable
Solo or team
Everyone is welcome whether you walk on your own or in a group.
Accessibility
This event has been designed so that everyone can take part, however parts of the route will be on grass and gravel.
Dogs
The route is dog friendly so feel free to bring them with you. Please make sure they are kept on leads throughout the duration of the event and that you clean up after them.
- Free parking
- Park
- Urban
Event HQ
Southampton Common
The Avenue
Southampton
Hampshire
SO15 7NN
UK
By public transport
There are regular buses from Southampton Central station to Southampton Common. You can take the U2B, U2, U1A or U1E.
By car
If you are traveling by car, there is parking on Cemetery Road.
Route
- Flat
- No cut off time
- Out and back
- Single start
- Traffic free
- Way markers
- Medal
Included
- Wooden poppy tribute
- Exclusive medal
- Raise £150 and receive a special Poppy Walk Medallion
- Fundraising support and ideas to support our Armed Forces community
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising support
Royal British Legion
Each walker is encouraged to raise as much sponsorship as you can for the Poppy Appeal. If you raise £100 you'll receive a special Legion Legend Medallion.
What your fundraising means to the Armed Forces community:
£15
Could buy emergency food for one night, while the RBL prepare more long-term support.
£40
Could provide a ‘pay as you go’ phone to help connect veterans isolated from their community in civilian life.
£100
Could fund a day of our week-long Recovery through the Arts course, helping someone rebuild confidence and motivation as they adjust to life after service.
- All ages
- Entries open
- Enter on day
- Enter online
Age
Anyone can take part in Poppy Walk, so feel free to bring friends and family of all ages. Anyone aged under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry fees
Junior entry fee
£0.00
Entry fee
£10.00
Our team is called the 'memory walkers' not just because we remembering people who have loved and lost their loved ones in service but for us to make memories for the little ones and for them, when they grow up, to do things with their families and create memories.
Fantastic!
Hi, thank you to all those that serve, we really appreciate it, thank you.
Because they fight for us, at a moment's notice, they could be here, there and everywhere and they do it. And if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be here now.
Just having a chat along the way and seeing the sights... we've had such a lovely Saturday morning walk.
DO IT!