Severn Way

Severn Way
Severn Way
	Start of the Severn Way path at the source of the Severn
Length	224 mi (360 km)
Designation	Long-distance trail
Trailheads	Plynlimon ; Bristol
Use	Hiking
Highest point	Plynlimon, 752 m (2,467 ft)
Season	All year

The Severn Way is a waymarked

long-distance footpath in the United Kingdom, which follows the course of the River Severn through Mid Wales

and western England.

According to the Long Distance Walkers Association the Severn Way is 224 miles (360 km) long.[1]

The route

The source of the River Severn is high on

Lawrence Weston, Shirehampton and through the Avon Gorge

.

Connecting trails

The River Avon Trail is part of the Kennet and Avon Walk which goes cross country from Reading on the Thames to the Severn Estuary. The Severn Way includes Gloucestershire Way, Wye Valley Walk, Worcestershire Way, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Walk, Worcester & Birmingham Canal Walk, Three Choirs Way and Telford and Wrekin Walks, and Shakespeare's Avon Way.^[9]

References

^ "Severn Way". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
^ John Lucas. "Trig Pillar, Plynlimon, 752m (C) John Lucas :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Philip Halling. "Shelter beside the Severn Way (C) Philip Halling :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Graham Horn. "Severn Way above Cefnmawr (C) Graham Horn :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Stephen Whittaker and Katharine Oakeshott. "The Severn Way, looking south (C) Stephen Whittaker and Katharine Oakeshott :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Penny Mayes. "Severn Way, Blackstone Rock (C) Penny Mayes :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Tim. "The banks of the Severn estuary near... (C) Tim :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ David Gruar. "Reedbeds by the Severn estuary (C) David Gruar :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "Severn Way". ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

Photos of the Severn Way on geograph.org.uk

52°35′7″N 2°26′6″W / 52.58528°N 2.43500°W / 52.58528; -2.43500

[1] "Severn Way". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

[2] John Lucas. "Trig Pillar, Plynlimon, 752m (C) John Lucas :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[3] Philip Halling. "Shelter beside the Severn Way (C) Philip Halling :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[4] Graham Horn. "Severn Way above Cefnmawr (C) Graham Horn :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[5] Stephen Whittaker and Katharine Oakeshott. "The Severn Way, looking south (C) Stephen Whittaker and Katharine Oakeshott :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[6] Penny Mayes. "Severn Way, Blackstone Rock (C) Penny Mayes :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[7] Tim. "The banks of the Severn estuary near... (C) Tim :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[8] David Gruar. "Reedbeds by the Severn estuary (C) David Gruar :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[9] "Severn Way". ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[9]

v t e Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
National Trails (England and Wales)	Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Walk Cotswold Way Glyndŵr's Way Hadrian's Wall Path King Charles III England Coast Path North Downs Way Offa's Dyke Path Peddars Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path Pennine Bridleway Pennine Way The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way
Other trails (England and Wales)	Capital Ring Esk Valley Walk Lea Valley Walk London Outer Orbital Path Norfolk Coast Path Peak District Boundary Walk Pennine Journey Shakespeare's Way Vanguard Way Wales Coast Path Yorkshire Water Way
Scotland's Great Trails	Annandale Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Borders Abbeys Way Cateran Trail Clyde Walkway Cross Borders Drove Road Dava Way Fife Coastal Path Formartine and Buchan Way Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Great Glen Canoe Trail Great Glen Way Great Trossachs Path John Muir Way Kintyre Way Loch Lomond and Cowal Way Moray Coast Trail Mull of Galloway Trail River Ayr Way Rob Roy Way Romans and Reivers Route St Cuthbert's Way Southern Upland Way Speyside Way Three Lochs Way West Highland Way West Island Way
Long-distance path (Northern Ireland)	Ulster Way

The route

Connecting trails

See also

References

External links