Macmillan Way
| Macmillan Way | |
|---|---|
| Length | 290 mi (470 km) |
| Location | England |
| Trailheads | Boston Lincolnshire 52°58′29″N 0°01′17″W / 52.9746°N 0.0214°W and Abbotsbury, Dorset 50°39′59″N 2°36′02″W / 50.6664°N 2.60063°W |
| Use | Hiking |
| Elevation change | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Season | All year |
| Sights | Rutland Water, Jurassic Coast |
The Macmillan Way is a
Macmillan Cancer Relief
.
The fully waymarked route follows existing footpaths,
oolitic limestone
belt.
The Macmillan Way starts from Boston and then runs across the Fens to their western edge at
Kate's Bridge near Bourne before joining the limestone belt. From Boston it heads to Stamford and then along the shore of Rutland Water to Oakham. It then leads south and west via Warmington to Stow-on-the-Wold, then through the Cotswolds via Cirencester and Tetbury to Bradford-on-Avon. Then through Somerset and into Dorset via Castle Cary and Sherborne
to Abbotsbury on the coast.
The route links with the
The
Macmillan Ways
are a network of long-distance footpaths in England. Others are:
- The Macmillan Way West from Castle Cary in Somerset to Barnstaple in Devon, 163 kilometres (101 mi) (Boston to Barnstaple is 557 kilometres (346 mi));
- The Macmillan Abbotsbury Langport Link, which creates a 38.5 kilometres (23.9 mi) short-cut for walkers from Abbotsbury to Barnstaple, a total of 202 kilometres (126 mi);
- The Macmillan Cross Cotswold Pathway from Banbury to Bath, 138 kilometres (86 mi), mostly on the main Macmillan Way;
- The National Trail.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macmillan Way.
- ^ "The Macmillan Way". Macmillanway.org. Retrieved 29 October 2011.