Workers, pupils and residents in York have spent the last three weeks walking enough miles to take them from Land’s End to John O’Groats 19.4 times as part of City of York Council’s i-Travel initiative.

The York Walking Challenge results are in and participants to this popular annual event clocked up an impressive 16,962 miles on foot. This is the equivalent of burning off 2950 muffins and saving 2934 kg of CO2

A total of 1,533 miles was clocked up by 11 York workplaces during the challenge. Topping the leader board were Aviva, who managed to maintain an average of 24.7 miles per person in their team.

Thirteen schools took part to record a total of 15,090 miles walked or scooted to school, with Archbishop of York’s CE Junior School VC managing to log the most miles of any school with an individual total of 2,639 miles.

Participants from across 10 York areas took to the streets to total 339 miles. The most active team was Haxby and Wigginton with an average of 45 miles walked per person.

Residents can continue with walking for recreation with a number of organised walks in and around York to participate in. More information can be found at www.york.gov.uk/healthwalks