Independent Trails: Fact File - Shakespeare's Way (SHWCO3)

Shakespeare's Way - Cotswolds Section

Trail Facts

Total distance: 58 miles (93 km)
Duration: 8 nights, 7 walking days
Waymarking: The trail is waymarked and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Stratford-upon-Avon
End of holiday: Oxford
Holiday code: SHWCO3

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Stratford-upon-Avon

Day 2: Stratford-upon-Avon to Alderminster                                  7 miles (11 km)

Day 3: Alderminster to Shipston-on-Stour                         10 miles (16 km)

Day 4: Shipston-on-Stour to Long Compton                                  7 miles (11 km)

Day 5: Long Compton to Chipping Norton                        7 miles (11 km)

Day 6: Chipping Norton to Enstone                                              5 miles (8 km)

Day 7: Enstone to Woodstock                                                    11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 8: Woodstock to Oxford                                                       11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 9: Oxford

What's included

• 8 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected guesthouses, inns and hotels.
• Traditional English breakfast.
• Door-to-door luggage transfer along the trail.
• Ordnance Survey maps showing the route and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking.   A summary is given below.

Most convenient International airports: (1) Birmingham (approximately 1 hour 30 minutes to Stratford-upon-Avon by train) or (2) Manchester (approximately 3 hours 30 minutes to Stratford-upon-Avon by train) or (3) London Heathrow (approximately 3 hours 20 minutes to Stratford-upon-Avon by train)

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Stratford-upon-Avon

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Oxford

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