Hobblers Way Coast to Coast Path
The Hobblers Way is the Midlands Coast to Coast, a 191-mile long-distance walk from the Wash on the North Sea to the Severn Bridge on the Bristol Channel. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Start Grid Ref: TF 493 255
Finish: Severn Bridge
Climbing: 3,611 metres
Time: 84–96 hours
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL14 Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
OL45 The Cotswolds
154 Bristol West and Portishead
167 Thornbury, Dursley and Yate
168 Stroud, Tetbury and Malmesbury
179 Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud
191 Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton
205 Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham and Alcester
206 Edge Hill and Fenny Compton
222 Rugby and Daventry
223 Northampton, Market Harborough, Brixworth and Pitsford
224 Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Rockingham Forest
233 Leicester and Hinckley
234 Rutland Water, Stamford and Oakham
235 Wisbech and Peterborough North
249 Spalding and Holbeach
Summary
The Hobblers Way is a coast-to-coast walk across the Midlands of England, running for 191 miles from the River Nene Estuary in the east to the Severn Bridge in the west. It was designed as a Millennium project by Tred Parris and his fellowship band of Hobblers — a group of walking friends from the Northamptonshire area. The route runs in a line from north-east to south-west across England, traversing the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire. Towns and points of interest visited or passed close to on the route include the Fens, Crowland, Stamford, Corby, Daventry, Edge Hill, Shipston-on-Stour, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, and Thornbury. The route shares parts of its course with other long-distance paths including the Jurassic Way and Monarch’s Way.