Severn Way

Severn Way
Start of the Severn Way path at the source of the Severn
Length	210 mi (338 km)
Designation	Long-distance trail
Trailheads	Plynlimon Bristol
Use	Hiking
Elevation
Highest point	Plynlimon, 752 m (2,467 ft)
Hiking details
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.

Distance

The Long Distance Walkers Association gives the Severn Way's length as 360.3 km (223.9 mi).^[1]

The route

The start of the Severn Way path

The source of the River Severn is high on Plynlimon,^[2] in the uplands of Mid-Wales,^[3] from where both river and walk descend^[4] to Llanidloes, Newtown, Powys^[5] and Welshpool. It then follows the towpath of the Montgomeryshire Canal, passing through Shrewsbury, Shropshire and the Severn Gorge. It passes the cradle of the Industrial Revolution at Ironbridge before passing through Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade and Highley (in Shropshire), and Bewdley^[6] in Worcestershire, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcester, Upton-upon-Severn and Tewkesbury. It enters Gloucestershire and passes through Gloucester itself before passing Berkeley Castle and following the Severn Estuary^[7] past Slimbridge.^[8] Originally the path finished at Severn Beach, but it has recently been extended to Bristol via Lawrence Weston, Shirehampton and through the Avon Gorge.

Connecting trails

Severn Way at Oldbury-on-Severn

The Way links with the 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

Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom

National Trails (England and Wales)	Cleveland Way Cotswold Way England Coast Path Glyndŵr's Way Hadrian's Wall Path North Downs Way Norfolk Coast Path 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 Wales Coast Path

Long distance routes (Scotland)	Great Glen Way Southern Upland Way Speyside Way West Highland Way

Long distance path (Northern Ireland)	Ulster Way

Transport in Powys

Cambrian Line	Caersws Dovey Junction Machynlleth Newtown (Powys) Welshpool

Heart of Wales Line	Builth Road Cilmeri Dolau Garth (Powys) Knucklas Llanbister Road Llandrindod Llangammarch Llangynllo Llanwrtyd Pen-y-Bont Sugar Loaf

Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway	Castle Caereinion Cyfronydd Heniarth Llanfair Caereinion Sylfaen Welshpool Raven Square

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Bredon Eckington Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn Wadborough

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Heritage Railways	Severn Valley Railway

Railway under construction	Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

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

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