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:

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Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
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