Wyche Way
A 75-mile long-distance path in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, beginning in Kington and ending in Broadway, crossing the Malvern Hills along the way. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SO 295 565
Distance: 75 miles (120 km)
Time: 30–38 hours
Duration: 5–7 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL45 The Cotswolds
190 Malvern Hills and Bredon Hill
201 Knighton and Presteigne / Tref-y-Clawdd a Llanandras
202 Leominster, Bromyard and Hereford North
Summary
The Wyche Way is a long-distance path that links two National Trails: Offa’s Dyke Path and the Cotswold Way. The idea for the route was first conceived by Gloucestershire rambler Fred Wood in the late 1970s, and the concept was later developed and completed by Guy Vowles.
The name itself is best known from an old saltway crossing of the Malvern Hills known as the Wyche Cutting, though it also carries the playful connotation of “Which Way” to go, alongside connections to Kington.
The route starts in Kington and goes via Wootton, Almeley, Logaston, Newchurch, Sallys, Weobley, King’s Pyon, Bush Bank, Queenswood Country Park, Bodenham, Pool Head, Maund Bryan, Whitechurch Maund, Upper Town, Ullingswick, Burley Gate, Much Cowarne, Hope’s Rough, Five Bridges, Bishop’s Frome, Fromes Hill, Beacon Hill, Moorend Cross, Mathon, Great Malvern, Malvern Wells, Hanley Swan, Church End, Upton-upon-Severn, Naunton, Upper Strensham, Eckington, Bredon Hill (St Catherine’s Well), Ashton-under-Hill, Dumbleton, Stanton, and Snowshill to the finish at Broadway Tower Country Park.