If you have a long walk to work...

I walk to work every day, takes 45 minutes. Unfortunately all uphill on the way there, it's tiring to begin with but you get used to it, having good shoes is an absolute must.

It's only really miserable when the weather is bad or during a major heatwave. I leave the house at 0430 so i don't have the sun on me but it's still uncomfortable when it's warm.

I have a 40/45 minute walk to work. Nice walk most of the time but I do get the bus when the weather is horrendous!

I used to walk 1hr 20 mins to work. I loved it. I arrived at work feeling energised every day. Invest in good wet weather gear for the less clement days!

My walk is nowhere near as long (20 mins.) but I used to work with a lady in her 60's who walked an hour to and from work every day.

I love walking to work, I changed jobs recently to enable me to do so. It saves me a fortune on petrol money and wear and tear on the car. I am 54 so it also keeps me fit and I feel so much better for it. I never felt that driving to work was stressful (I enjoy driving) but have since realised that it is.

For me this would be fine if it was flat / pleasant and I didn't have loads to carry. I hate dragging my laptop around so if this was an every day thing (are you hybrid working or is this 5 days a week?) I'd invest in great waterproofs and a super comfortable backpack or similar so it's as little faff as possible. I live in a super hilly city so mostly just hate the nonstop hills when walking around. Time wise it's similar to any normal commute and is obviously much less faff than going from bus to bus or waiting around for some other sort of public transport. I think I might quite enjoy it!

I think it’s fine as long as you have options for if you feel crappy or the weather is really bad
My work is 5.5 miles away, a colleague lives on the next road to me. He cycles or drives but he has a challenge thing that whenever the football is on (his team) he runs to work
If he runs to work then he gets a lift home from me or his wife will pick him up

Agree.

Also in the morning, unless you walk from 5 to 6am, you can generally experience the sunrise during the walk. It sounds basic but I found it absolutely glorious for my mental wellbeing.
And despite the UK not being the most sun-drenched country in the world, winter mornings are often sunny (and then it gets all wrong from 10am). At least in the SE.

Im jealous now!

I had a job a few year’s ago that was around a thirty minute walk. I’d usually put earbuds in and listen to music. Sometimes I’d walk back home and sometimes I’d hop on a bus if it was there (always walked to work though). I didn’t mind it at all and loved that I didn't have to pay train fares or worry about delays anymore.

Walking to work would always be my top preference as a commute to work.

Make sure you bag is waterproof as well as your clothes.

Oh I'd love that!
When I was living in Paris, I used to take the metro to go to work, and walk on the way back, that was a good 1h10 journey, and it was the best time of the day, a proper decompression buffer after work.
It was pre-podcast so I was mostly listening to music and daydreaming.

Most important thing is shoes, obviously, a comfortable bag, and a good umbrella. And fully charged headphones.
Although it's sometimes really nice to just listen to ambiant sounds.

I would say that a lot depends on how much you are going to have to carry and whether the route is uphill (in either direction).

It's fine so long as you have somewhere at work where you could stash a change of clothes/shoes for the odd occasion you get soaked - which might be a bus driver thinking its funny to whizz through a puddle at speed and soak the pedestrians...... don't ask me how I found this out.

My walk to the office is 3.5km (just over 2 miles). It takes me about 40 minutes once you factor in waiting to cross roads. It's ok but I wouldn't want to do it both ways every day! It's quite far if you're carrying any amount of stuff (laptop, lunch, gym kit etc) and in bad weather it's pretty miserable. I'm also lucky to have showers and a drying room at work if I get soaked or sweaty on the way in.

I do about 40 mins to work - it's absolutely fine.

I agree about getting a good waterproof coat and a comfortable bag.

I actually quite enjoy it - I listen to something, usually a podcast on my way in and music on my way home.

I totally disagree with the PPs who say it's not doable in the winter or in the dark, I don't mind that at all. The only thing I don't like is when it's icy

Oh, I forgot to say, I see a few of the same people on my way in to the office in the morning and exchanging a greeting with them really brightens my morning.

My walk to work is about 50mins. I listen to music and enjoy it. Mostly I cycle, which takes me 15mins, so you could consider that.

It’s not going to be realistic everyday in reality is it? Fine in the summer but winter? Probably not.

I used to do an hours walk each way and it was fine. I found it less tiring that the following job which was an hours drive each way. The walk was relaxing and energising in most weather's.

I do about that, it's 2.5 miles each way and it is fine. I do have waterproofs when needed and I have the free audiobook apps my local library offers so I often have either an audiobook or a podcast or some music in one ear as I go. My only down side is I live up a hill so at the end of a long work day that can feel a challenge but as my job is mainly desk based I know how good it is for my health to have it.

I wouldn't like that walk to work every day. (Is it every day @Changedusernameforthis2 ?) If I was full time, and worked from home 3 days, and only had to do this walk on 2 days, then yeah maybe...

But not every day. Too many variables, too much risk of bad weather, (rain/snow/ice/high winds/freezing fog/hail/freezing temperatures,) and me sitting there all day struggling to thaw out, or struggling to dry out. Even in summer you risk rain and high winds.. OR you risk having to walk in 30 degrees C or more temperatures, which is also not great. Plus, I couldn't be arsed with an almost 2 hour round-trip walk every day on top of my 8+ hours at work.

I enjoy going for walks, when I feel like it, when I have time, when the weather isn't too bad/is nice, when I am off work (or after work.) Some days I CBA. I wouldn't want to HAVE to do almost 1 hour of walking (before work,) and then another almost 1 hour after. I am assuming it's a 3 mile walk.....? So a 6 mile round trip?

It's a no from me.

I disagree actually.

In a previous job my daily walk was about 35 minutes, so a bit shorter than OP. But, properly equipped, I genuinely enjoyed it in all weathers and actually found it a way to unwind after a day at work.

It would be lovely in spring/summer with light mornings and evenings. But fucking miserable in the winter when it's dark, cold, wet and icy. Or those days when you're feeling a little bit under the weather, but not ill enough to stay at home, or just feeling tired.
Is working from home ever an option? Or a bus or taxi?

I'd look at getting some YakTrax for the winter (they go over your shoes/boots and act like snow chains - very useful for icy paths). When I was a teen/early 20's, I didn't drive and would walk the approx 3-4miles to work each day (sometimes, I'd cycle it). Buses from the village we lived in were rubbish. It was a nice brisk walk (I do walk fast!) that took about 45-50 minutes. I made sure I had my phone charged up (phone had a torch on it) and decent gear for the weather (good shoes/coat/backpack). It was lovely, as it was a good way for me to get a decent amount of exercise in each day.

I drive now and work is approx 5miles from my home. I cycle when the weather is good (or the cold sets off my Raynauds) and when it's light in the mornings/evenings. I've walked it in the snowy weather but I'd be wrapped up like I lived in the Arctic!

Have a nosey on google maps to see the distance, maybe it will also show other routes too.