It publishes a journal, Strider, three times a year,[9] and maintains a data base of long-distance paths, and registers of achievements in hillwalking and trail walking.

Walks fall into two categories: The annual "Hundred" [11] is the LDWA's flagship event and has been recognised as the longest-running 100-mile ultramarathon in the world,[12] although it is not a race.

It is held every year in a different part of the country, on the late May bank holiday, when up to 500 people gather to walk or run 100 miles in a maximum 48 hours.

A documentary video series produced by the LDWA media team follows the personal stories of various participants navigating a largely off-road route taking in Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Coventry.

[18] It also maintains a Hillwalkers' Register,[19] recording the names of people who have reached all the summits of various categories of hills in England, Wales and the Southern Uplands of Scotland.