Independent Trails: Fact File - Shakespeare's Way (SHW5)
Shakespeare's Way
Trail Facts
Total distance: 146 miles (233.5 km)
Duration: 16 nights, 15 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: SHW5
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 to Chiselhampton 10 miles (16 km)
Day 10: Chiselhampton to Britwell Salome 8 miles (13 km)
Day 11: Britwell Salome to Stonor 9 miles (14.5 km)
Day 12: Stonor to Marlow 11 miles (17.5 km)
Day 13: Marlow to Farnham Common 11 miles (17.5 km)
Day 14: Farnham Common to Iver/West Drayton 9/12 miles (14.5/19 km)
Day 15: Iver/West Drayton to Kew/Chiswick 14/12 miles (22.5/19 km)
Day 16: Kew/Chiswick to Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark 16/15 miles (25.5/24 km)
Day 17: Depart London
What's included
- 16 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