Macmillan Way
A 290-mile long-distance walk — the original Macmillan charity walk running from Boston in Lincolnshire to Abbotsbury on the Dorset coast. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TF 327 442
Distance: 290 miles (467 km)
Time: 120–140 hours
Duration: 18–28 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL15 Purbeck and South Dorset
OL45 The Cotswolds
117 Cerne Abbas and Bere Regis
129 Yeovil and Sherborne
142 Shepton Mallet, Mendip Hills East, Frome and Midsomer Norton
143 Warminster and Trowbridge
156 Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon
168 Stroud, Tetbury and Malmesbury
179 Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud
191 Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton
206 Edge Hill and Fenny Compton
207 Newport Pagnell and Northampton South
223 Northampton, Market Harborough, Brixworth and Pitsford
233 Leicester and Hinckley
234 Rutland Water, Stamford and Oakham
235 Wisbech and Peterborough North
248 Bourne and Heckington
249 Spalding and Holbeach
261 Boston, Tattershall, Billinghay and Heckington
Summary
The Macmillan Way is a long-distance footpath in England that links Boston in Lincolnshire to Abbotsbury in Dorset. The route is designed and promoted to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The fully waymarked route follows existing footpaths, bridleways, byways, and small stretches of minor roads when unavoidable. It runs across open fen country at first before following the course of the oolitic limestone belt for the remainder of its journey.
The Macmillan Way starts from Boston, runs across the Fens to their western edge at Kate’s Bridge near Bourne, and joins the limestone belt. From Boston it heads to Stamford, follows the shore of Rutland Water to Oakham, and then leads south and west via Warmington to Stow-on-the-Wold. It continues through the Cotswolds via Cirencester and Tetbury to Bradford-on-Avon, then through Somerset and into Dorset via Castle Cary and Sherborne, finishing at Abbotsbury on the coast. (Source: Wikipedia)