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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 bookshops, some tourist offices or directly from the publishers - adding the following amounts for UK postage and package:

  • 1 book   -   £1.50 (UK)
  • 2 books -    £2.50 (UK)
  • 3 books -    £3.00 (UK)

Please send cheque with your order to:

Meridian Books, Sales Office, 8 Hartside Close, Lutley, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 1HP. United Kingdom.

 

                                                                         

 

 


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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Last updated - 9th April 2009.