Macmillan Way - Boston to Abbotsbury

Dorset, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire

A route devised to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support to which all proceeds are donated. It runs along sea banks and river banks, across the Lincolnshire fens via Stamford, eventually to Abbotsbury on the Dorset Coast. From the fens it follows, as near as possible, the course of the oolitic limestone belt, called 'Cotswold' stone in that area, but found in slightly varying form from South Yorkshire to Dorset.

The Way provides a link with the Viking Way at Oakham, the Thames Path National Trail near Thames Head and with the South West Coast Path National Trail at the finish.

UPDATE August 2020. It is understood that the Temporary Closure Order imposed in December 2019 on a footbridge between Eydon & Chipping Warden at GR SP526 500 is no longer relevant as the footbridge has been replaced.

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Green bow, walk name and 'Across Country for Cancer Care'. Both directions.
Attributes:	Average Gradients River Geological Charity
Start:	TF327442 - Boston, Lincolnshire
Finish:	SY560845 - Abbotsbury, Dorset
User Group:	Macmillan Way Association Macmillan Way Association
Web Sites:	Macmillan Ways

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	Macmillan Way: Guidebook  (Macmillan Way Association  - 2000 )
Booklet	Macmillan Way : planner & accommodation guide : Boston to Abbotsbury  (Macmillan Way Association )
Leaflet	Macmillan Ways  (Macmillan Way Association  - 2008 )

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