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A map of the route and information about the Guide Books.
The Map. Simply gives an overview of the whole route. Because of it's length it is only possible to give a flavour of the treats in store.
Being 2.5 times longer than the Pennine Way and 3 times longer than the Coast to Coast Path; The Monarch's Way, at 615 miles in length, is the longest, inland, LDP wholly in England. (Source: LDWA Handbook)
The Books. The Monarch's Way. Book 1: Worcester to Stratford-upon-Avon via Boscobel (Second Edition) 180 miles. ISBN 1 869922 52 2. 112 pages, 19 photographs and 20 maps. £6.95 (UK)
The Monarch's Way. Book 2: Stratford-upon-Avon to Charmouth. 210 miles. ISBN 1 869922 28 X. 136 pages, 21 photographs and 23 maps. £6.95 (UK) The Monarch's Way. Book 3: Charmouth to Shoreham. 225 miles. ISBN 1 869922 29 8. 136 pages, 21 photographs and 25 maps. £6.95 (UK)
The three books are available from some bookshops, some tourist offices. Anyone ordering all three books through the web site will receive a discount. All three books for £21 including postage and packing. Please enquire about postage for 1 or 2 books These prices apply to the UK only. Email Contact@monarchsway.50megs.com
In addition to the three Monarch's Way guide books the following walking guides by Trevor Antill are also available from the web site.
RIDGES and VALLEYS: Walks in the Midlands £4.00 (UK)
I.E Cannock Chase, Wenlock Edge, Wyre Forest, Malvern Hills and Dales, plus 13 more walks varying between 3 miles and 20 miles, mostly around 6 Miles RIDGES and VALLEYS II: More Walks in the Midlands £4.00 (UK)
I.E Bewdley, Chadderley Corbett, Around The Wrekin, Worcester, Draycott Edge plus 13 more walks varying between 3 miles and 10 miles. RIDGES and VALLEYS III: A Third Collection of Walks in the Midlands £4.00 (UK) I.E Cannock Chase, Malvern Hills, Kinver, Bridgnorth, Hanbury, plus 13 more walks varying between 5 miles and 21 miles. All three Ridges and Valleys Books are available for £14.00 including postage and
THE NAVIGATION WAY (with Peter Groves): A Hundred Mile Towpath Walk £4.00 Running from Birmingham to the Chasewater reservoir This book also describes 10 circular canal-link walks varying between 3 miles and 9 miles. Please enquire about postage for 1 or 2 books These prices apply to the UK only.
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Just a Few of the Interesting Places to be Seen or Visited along the Way
Worcester Cathedral ( www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/cathedral )
Worcester. The Commandery ( www.worcestercitymuseums.org.uk )
Harvington Hall ( www.harvingtonhall.com )
Hagley Hall (www.hagleyhall.com )
Wychbury Ring
Stourton Castle
Wrottesley Hall
"Little Nell's Grave", Tong (www.discovertong.org )
Ironbridge Gorge Museum (Blists Hill) ( www.ironbridge.org.uk )
The Aerospace Museum, Cosford ( www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford )
Boscobel House ( English Heritage )
Chillington Hall ( www.chillingtonhall.co.uk )
Moseley Old Hall ( National Trust )
Northycote Farm and Country Park
The Black Country Museum ( www.bclm.co.uk )
The Netherton Tunnel
Halesowen Abbey ( English Heritage )
Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove ( www.avoncroft.org.uk )
Norgrove Court
The Old Malt House, Alcester
Kinwarton Dovecote ( National Trust )
Wootton Wawen Hall
The Obelisk, Welcombe Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon
Hidcote Manor ( National Trust )
The Market Hall, Chipping Campden
Batsford Arboretum ( www.batsarb.co.uk )
The River Windrush, Bourton-on-the-Water
The Almshouses, Northleach
Chedworth Roman Villa ( National Trust )
The Norman Church, North Cerney
The Park, Cirencester ( www.cirencesterpark.co.uk )
The Source of the River Thames
The Sapperton Tunnel
The Town Hall, Tetbury
Westonbirt Arboretum ( www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt )
Somerset Monument
Little Sodbury Hill Fort
Horton Court ( National Trust )
Dyrham Park ( National Trust )
Replica of John Cabot's ship The Matthew ( www.matthew.co.uk )
SS Great Britain ( www.ssgreatbritain.org )
Clifton Suspension Bridge ( www.clifton-suspension-bridge.org.uk )
Chew Valley Lake
Cheddar Gorge
Wookey Hole ( www.wookey.co.uk )
Wells Cathedral ( www.wellscathedral.org.uk )
Cadbury Castle
Fleet Air Arm Museum. Yeovilton ( www.fleetairarm.com )
Tintinhull House ( National Trust )
Montacute House ( National Trust )
Golden Cap ( National Trust )
Pilsdon Pen ( National Trust )
The Pavements, Bridport
Grimms Ditch
The Price of Bread, Great Wishford
Heale House ( www.healegarden.co.uk )
Old Sarum ( English Heritage )
Figsbury Ring ( National Trust )
Mottisfont Abbey ( National Trust )
The Cromwell Monument, Hursley
Shawford Down
Twyford
Open Air Museum, West Dean
Goodwood House and Racecourse ( www.goodwood.co.uk )
Stane Street
Arundel Castle ( www.arundelcastle.org )
Cissbury Ring, Findon ( National Trust )
The Monastic Inn, Bramber ( www.stmarysbramber.co.uk )
Foredown Tower Camera Obscura & Countryside Centre ( http://www.foredown.virtualmuseum.info/ )
West Blatchington Windmill ( http://www.blatchington.virtualmuseum.info/ )
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton ( http://www.royalpavilion.org.uk/ )
The Marlipins Museum, Shoreham-by-Sea
Vital Statistics!
The whole 615 miles of The Monarch's Way divide county by county as follows:
Somerset.......................................................... 85
Gloucestershire................................................ 81
Worcestershire (incl. Worcester City)........... 59
Hampshire.........................................................57
Dorset................................................................56
Avon (the former County of)(incl.Bristol City)46
West Sussex..................................................... 45
Wiltshire........................................................... 41
Staffordshire.................................................... 37
Shropshire........................................................ 32
Warwickshire................................................... 31
West Midlands (the former County of)........... 29
East Sussex (incl. Brighton/Shoreham)......... 14
Devon................................................................. 2
Total........................................................... ... 615
Ordnance Survey Maps Covering the Whole of The Monarch's Way OS Explorer (1:25,000) Series - OL45; 116; 117; 119; 120; 121; 122; 129; 130; 131; 132; 141; 142; 143; 155; 167; 168; 204; 205; 218; 219; 220; 221; 242.
OS Landranger (1:50,000) Series - 127; 138; 139; 150; 151; 163; 172; 173; 182; 183; 184; 185; 193; 194; 196; 197; 198. As ever we would strongly recommend anyone seriously contemplating walking either the whole, or substantial parts, of the Way to use the OS Explorer series
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