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Seven Shires Way

Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, W Berkshire, Wiltshire

372 km / 231 miles

The Way takes its name from the fact that as it circles the county boundary of Oxfordshire it encroaches into six other counties, thus making up the Seven Shires. The route, which mainly uses public rights of way, passes through a wide variation of countryside including the stone villages of the Cotswolds, the ironstone villages of North Oxfordshire, the marlstone scarp slopes of Warwickshire, the clay Vale of Aylesbury, the beech woods of the Chilterns, the Thames riverbank and the downland of Berkshire.

Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Attributes:	Average Gradients Downland/Wolds River
Start and Finish:	SP230321 - Four Shire Stone, A44 out of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Web Sites:	Seven Shires Way

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook

Seven Shires Way (Walking Pages - 2002 )

Maps:

You can use the interactive controls to zoom in and out and to move around the map, or click on a path or a marker for more info.(interactive map help)

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.

Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Landranger	151, 152, 163, 164, 165, 174, 175
OS Landranger Active	151, 152, 163, 164, 165, 174, 175
OS Explorer	45, 159, 169, 170, 171, 180, 181, 191, 192, 206
OS Explorer Active	45, 159, 169, 170, 171, 180, 181, 191, 192, 206

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

From
Path

Along
Path

Hostel Accommodation

Streatley on Thames YHA, Reading Road, Streatley, Berkshire

< 1 km

224 km

Hostel Accommodation

Court Hill Centre, Letcombe Regis (Information and photos)

2 km

259 km

Connected Paths:

E Routes

E-Route 2 UK Section - Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dover

National Trails (England & Wales)

Ridgeway National Trail Thames Path National Trail

Paths Marked on OS mapping

Centenary Way (Warwickshire) Chiltern Way Diamond Way (North Cotswold) Macmillan Way - Boston to Abbotsbury Midshires Way Oxford Canal Walk Oxfordshire Way Shakespeare's Way Swan's Way Thame Valley Walk Westbury Circular Ride Click to show 8 more Paths Marked on OS mapping

Other Paths

Chairman's Walk Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop Chiltern Way Southern Extension Church2Church Walks in Warwickshire Cotswold Round Dymchurch to Didcot Robust Ramble Evenlode Hobblers Way (Coast to Coast - Wash to Severn) Kennet and Avon Canal Walk Macmillan Way - Cross Cotswold Pathway Millennium Way (Warks) Northamptonshire Boundary Walk Orange Way Palladian Way Roman Way Round Reading Walks Sabrina Way St James' Way Thames Pilgrim Way Thames Valley Circular Walk Warwickshire Cakes and Ale Trail Wilts and Berks Canal Towpath Wokingham Way Wye to the Thames Click to show 21 more Other Paths

Downloads:

GPX Route File

Seven Shires Way GPX Exchange Format Route File

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MemoryMap Route File

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Tracklogs Route File

Seven Shires Way Tracklogs Route File

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Route Profile:

372.2 km (231.3 miles)
4,517 m (14,820 ft) ascent
257 m (843 ft) maximum height

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Quick links

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