ENGLAND'S GREAT WEST WAY ITINERARY 2 6-day Walking & Sightseeing Tour This tour explores the Great West Way through a combination of visits to attractions and a daily walk. Windsor, Reading, Marlborough, Avebury, Devizes, Bath and Bristol.

The walks are mainly flat and vary in length from 3-9 miles. Day 5. Bath There are plenty of pubs and cafés along the route for AM - A walk around the city to some of the most important lunches, afternoon tea or a drink at the end of the day! locations in this UNESCO World Heritage Site: Pulteney Bridge, Jane Austen Centre, The Assembly Rooms and The Royal Crescent. Day 1. Windsor Great Park and Windsor Castle. PM - After lunch take a short stroll from the city centre and enter AM - Starting at Windsor Great Park, the old royal hunting another world, onto the skyline hills above Bath and beyond, through ground, with a gentle stroll down the Long Walk to the 6 miles of meadows and ancient woodlands to secluded valleys. town to watch Changing the Guard in Windsor High Street. Distance walked approx: 7 miles. Overnight: Bath. Next a tour of the Castle and St George’s Chapel, the setting for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Day 6 Bristol The day starts with a walk in PM - After lunch, walk along the Thames Path to Magna Carta National Trust Leigh Woods, with Tearooms at Runnymede; visit the Magna Carta Memorial spectacular views across Bristol and Kennedy Memorial. Join a French Brothers' boat trip on and the surrounding landscape, a replica Victorian paddle steamer. Transfer to hotel. ancient trees, and an abundance Distance walked approx: 10 miles. Overnight: Reading of wildlife. Spot Clifton including dinner theatre performance at The Mill on Sonning. Suspension Bridge. Next is a tour of the Bridge, before heading into Day 2. Reading, Mapledurham, Goring & Streatley Bristol and a visit to SS Great AM - A walk around Reading unveils its hidden past with a visit Britain and a harbour tour. to the Abbey Quarter, reopened in June 2018, following extensive Overnight: Bristol before conservation work. The Abbey was once one of Europe's largest heading home. Leigh Woods, National Trust royal monasteries and dates back over 900 years. Henry I was buried here and Jane Austen went to the Abbey School. Places Time/Miles/kms by road Windsor to Runnymede 12 mins/4.6miles/7.4kms PM - After lunch walk the Thames Path from Pangbourne to Goring & Streatley. The Ridgeway and The Icknield Runnymede to Reading 45 mins/25.3miles/40.7kms Way, long distance paths, cross the Thames here. A long Reading to Sonning 15 mins/4.2miles/6.8kms bridge connects the two villages. See Insider Tip. Reading to Goring via Pangbourne 31 mins/10.6miles/17kms Distance walked approx: 4 miles. Overnight: Reading. Goring to Reading 23 mins/10.8miles/17.4kms Day 3. Marlborough, Avebury and The Ridgeway Reading to Marlborough 55 mins/36.4miles/58.9kms A morning stop off at Marlborough and a visit to the 17th Marlborough to Avebury 18 mins/8.1 miles/13kms century. Merchant’s House before heading to Avebury. The afternoon circular walk combines some of the antiquities of Avebury to Devizes 11 mins/7.6miles/12.2kms Avebury with views from the nearby North Wessex Downs. Devizes to Bath 55 mins/23 miles/37kms Distance walked approx: 9 miles. Overnight: Devizes. Bath to Leigh Woods, Bristol 52 mins/16.3 miles/26.2kms Leigh Woods to Bristol Bristol via 16 mins/2.8miles/4.5miles Day 4. Devizes, The K&A Canal and Bath Clifton Suspension Bridge AM - Walk through Devizes and up the towpath of the K&A Canal to Caen Hill Locks. On the downward descent marvel at Rennie’s feat of AM = Morning PM = Afternoon engineering. Stop for refreshments at the tea room before heading back into town with a visit to the Kennet & Avon Canal Museum. INSIDER TIP - FOR GROUPS ONLY PM - After lunch transfer to Bath with some free time to explore, before an evening visit to the Great Bath by the light of flickering For Groups only (min 30) – torches, a truly unique and evocative experience, followed by dinner. PM Book a private tour with Distance walked approx: 4.2miles. Overnight: Bath. the Miller of Mapledurham and his wife which includes the beautiful St Margarets Church, the impressive River Thames Archimedes Hydro Turbine, LONDON Mapledurham Watermill BRISTOL Reading Avebury Marlborough Windsor and Gift Shop, followed by a A4 GREAT WEST ROAD Bath traditional English cream tea. Bristol Devizes Kennet & Heathrow Airport Avon Canal Airport

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