Independent Trails: Fact File - Shakespeare's Way (SHWL2)

Shakespeare's Way - London Section

Trail Facts

Total distance: 50 miles (80 km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 walking days
Waymarking: The trail is waymarked and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Marlow
End of holiday: London
Holiday code: SHWL2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Marlow                                     

Day 2: Marlow to Farnham Common                                            11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 3: Farnham Common to Iver/West Drayton                            9/12 miles (14.5/19 km)

Day 4: Iver/West Drayton to Kew/Chiswick                                   14/12 miles (22.5/19 km)

Day 5: Kew/Chiswick to Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark            16/15 miles (25.5/24 km)

Day 6: Depart London

What's included

• 5 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: London Heathrow (approximately 1 hour 35 minutes to Marlow by train)

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Marlow

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