Shakespeare's Way

Buckinghamshire, Gtr London, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire

A further scenic cross-country route from the Macmillan Way stable, offering the optional opportunity to raise funds for Shakespeare Hospice, it follows closely a route Shakespeare may have taken between his home-town of Stratford-upon-Avon and London, the city where he spent his productive years.

From the Birthplace, this 'journey of imagination' passes through Blenheim Park (a World Heritage Site), Oxford, Stonor, Marlow, Cookham, Burnham Beeches, continues on the Grand Union Canal and the Thames and ends at Shakespeare?s Globe Theatre, London.

Peter Titchmarsh, well known as the planner of the Macmillan Way routes, devised the route and it was opened in April 2006. The guidebook was revised as a 2nd edition in 2015.

The route is shown on OS maps from its start, up to the intersection with the Grand Union Canal Walk (TQ057805). Sections of other waymarked paths shown on OS maps are used in parts, and from Marlow the Thames is followed to Cookham to the start of the Beeches Way that is used to the Grand Union Canal at Iver. The Canal and then the Thames paths provide the route into central London to the finish.

Other links include Monarch?s Way, Macmillan Way, and Chiltern Way. A separate new route, Shakespeare's Avon Way, opened in 2008.

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Shakespeare's Head logo within named green circle/disc
Attributes:	Average Gradients Canal River Urban World Heritage Site Heritage Literary Charity
Start:	SP203549 - Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Finish:	TQ322805 - Shakespeare's Globe (Theatre), Southwark, London, Gtr London
Open Date:	2006
User Group:	Shakespeare's Way Association Shakespeare's Way Association
Web Sites:	Shakespeare's Way Association

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	Shakespeare's Way : a journey of imagination  (Shakespeare's Way Association  - 2015 )
Guidebook	Walking with William Shakespeare  (Jones Books  - 2005 )

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