What we do

At Leeds University Union Hiking club the outdoors is our passion and enabling you to explore it is our aim. Whether you enjoy a gentle stroll in the Yorkshire Dales, a demanding scramble along a Lakeland ridge or a winter epic in the Scottish Highlands, there is something for everyone. As an incredibly active club, we provide ample opportunities for you to leave the city behind and embrace the great outdoors!

Sunday Hikes

These trips are where we discover the beautiful places of the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors. Sunday trips consist of a gentle day of walking, then finishing at a pub for a well earned pint or hot chocolate.

Weekend Trips

On our weekend trips you get to see the glorious hills and mountains all around England, Scotland and Wales. The hikes on a weekend trip are generally longer and more challenging than Sunday trips, but we make sure members of all ablities are catered for by offering walks of varied difficulties. Transport, accommodation, Saturday Evening Meal and Breakfast is provided within the cost of the trip. Weekend trips are a chance to leave Leeds behind for the weekend and explore somewhere new in the UK.

Locations include: Snowdonia, Lake District, Scotland, Brecon Beacons and more.

Winter Trips

Two winter trips are held in February, where we travel to the Cairngorms and the Glencoe area in Scotland. Winter walking means you will get to use crampons and ice axes! We provide you with these and our experienced leaders will teach you how to use them.

Please Note: To attend winter trips you must have attended a weekend trip and the winter briefing in December, as well as having B2 rated walking boots - See the full winter trip kit list here.

Summer & Easter Trips

Every year we also run easter and summer trips, these are generally longer (7-15 days) and the destinations vary:

Past Easter Trips: Snowdonia, Torridon and more.
Past Summer Trips: Backpacking in the Lake District, and camping in Glenshiel and Skye, and more.

As a club we also run international summer trips to locations including: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Austria, Morocco, the Pyrenees, and Slovenia. This provides a unique opportunity to visit somewhere awesome with great people and have a once in a lifetime trip you’ll never forget!

If you have any questions after reading this, such as “How do I sign up for this amazing club?” then visit our FAQs page or contact us.

Socials

LUUHC is a great place to meet people interested in a huge variety of outdoor sports, from rock climbing and mountain biking to skiing (and hiking, obviously), so if that sounds like you and you want to meet like-minded people then this is the club for you!

We are not the type of club that's going to force a pint down your throat, just saying

We run weekly socials every Thursday at The Library pub at 7.30-11pm during term time

Membership is not required for these weekly pub socials so come along for a chat however long or not you’ve been with us

We also host a number of other socials throughout the year:

Freshers Welcome Social (at Roxy Ball Room in 2022)
Christmas Party
The “Fridge to Fridge”
Pub Quiz
AGM (followed by a club trip to Fruity)
Summer BBQ
And more

If you have any more suggestions speak to our social sec (luuhc.social@gmail.com)

To find out about our latest plans, check our website calendar and Instagram page.

If for any reason, after you’ve booked a social you can no longer come, email luuhc.secretary@gmail.com to cancel and if you cancel at least 48 hours before the start of the event (longer in some cases), you will receive a full refund.