Independent Trails: Fact File - Shakespeare's Way (SHW2)

Shakespeare's Way

Trail Facts

Total distance: 146 miles (233.5 km)
Duration: 12 nights, 11 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: London
Holiday code: SHW2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Stratford-upon-Avon

Day 2: Stratford-upon-Avon to Shipston-on-Stour               17 miles (27 km)

Day 3: Shipston-on-Stour to Chipping Norton                               14 miles (22 km)

Day 4: Chipping Norton to Woodstock                                         16 miles (25.5 km)

Day 5: Woodstock to Oxford                                                       11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 6: Oxford to Sladhampton/Chalgrove                         11/13 miles (17.5/21 km)

Day 7: Sladhampton/Chalgrove to Cookley Green/Pishill                12/15 miles (19/24 km)

Day 8: Cookley Green/Pishil to Marlow                                        14/15 miles (22.5/24 km)

Day 9: Marlow to Farnham Common                                            11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 10: Farnham Common to Iver/West Drayton                           9/12 miles (14.5/19 km)

Day 11: Iver/West Drayton to Kew/Chiswick                                 14/12 miles (22.5/19 km)

Day 12: Kew/Chiswick to Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark           16/15 miles (25.5/24 km)

Day 13: Depart London

What's included

• 12 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected guesthouses, inns and hotels.
• Breakfast each day.
• 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

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