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St James' Way

Hampshire, Reading, Southampton, W Berkshire

106 km / 66 miles

The Confraternity of St James has created a route called the St James Way, linking the Jacobean shrine at Reading Abbey, associated with St James in the Middle Ages, with the major south coast port of Southampton, where pilgrims embarked for France and Spain. As ferries no longer sail from Southampton, a possibility for pilgrims wishing to continue their journey in France is to use the Pilgrims Trail from Winchester to Portsmouth. Between Alresford and Winchester it uses the St Swithun's Way.

Detailed Maps and other downloads are available from the website.

Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Attributes:	Average Gradients Pilgrimage
Start:	SU713738 - Reading rail station, Reading
Finish:	SU413121 - Southampton rail station, Southampton
Web Sites:	St James's Way

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	St James Way - A pilgrim way from Reading to Southampton 2018/19 (Confraternity of St James - 2018 )
E-Book	St James Way: A pilgrim way from Reading to Southampton 2018/19 (Amazon Media Group - 2018 )

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	175, 185, 196
OS Landranger Active	175, 185, 196
OS Explorer	22, 32, 144, 159
OS Explorer Active	22, 32, 144, 159

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

From
Path

Along
Path

Self-catering

Winchester Holiday Lets (bookable online)

2 km

81 km

Self-catering

The Stable at Rambler Cottage (bookable online)

3 km

96 km

Connected Paths:

E Routes

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

National Trails (England & Wales)

South Downs Way National Trail Thames Path National Trail

Paths Marked on OS mapping

Allan King Way Brenda Parker Way Clarendon Way Itchen Way Monarch's Way Oxdrove Way Pilgrims' Trail St Swithun's Way Three Castles Path (England) Wayfarer's Walk Click to show 7 more Paths Marked on OS mapping

Other Paths

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Downloads:

GPX Route File

St James Way GPX Exchange Format Route File

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MemoryMap Route File

St James Way Memory Map Route File

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Tracklogs Route File

St James Way Tracklogs Route File

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Route Profile:

106.0 km (65.9 miles)
973 m (3,192 ft) ascent
182 m (597 ft) maximum height

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