Three Choirs Way
A long distance path of 95 miles, between three cathedral cities and county towns; Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester, and between their cathedrals. Maps, statistics and gpx route file for the walk are included.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SO 829 187
Distance: 95 miles (153 km)
Time: 40–48 hours
Duration: 7–9 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000):
OL14 Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
179 Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud
189 Hereford and Ross-on-Wye
190 Malvern Hills and Bredon Hill
202 Leominster, Bromyard and Hereford North
204 Worcester and Droitwich Spa
Summary
The Three Choirs Way cements the association the respective choirs of each Cathedral has with each other which is celebrated annually in the Three Choirs Festival. As well as linking the Cathedrals the path also links the two rivers of these three counties, the Severn, by stand the cathedrals of Gloucester and Worcester, and the Wye which runs by Hereford Cathedral. The path has a distinctive badge on its waymarkers: a music stave and treble clef, and the motto 'Blessed is the eye between Severn and Wye'.
Places on note on the route, which begins and ends in Gloucester, include Highnam, Tibberton, Clifford’s Mesne, Kilcot, Four Oaks, Kempley Green, Much Marcle, Woolhope, Mordiford, Hampton Bishop, Hereford, Lugwardine, Withington, Ocle Pychard, Much Cowarne, Stoke Cross, Munderfield Row, Stanford Bishop, Suckley Knowl, Suckley Green, Knightwick, Ankerdine Hill, Doddenhan, Broad Green, Atchen Hill, Worcester, Callow End, Old Hills, Great Malvern, Malvern Wells, Hollybush, Chase End Street, Kings Green, Staunton, Corse, Wickridge Street, Ashleworth, and Maisemore.