Thames & Severn Way
Waymarked Way · Cotswolds
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
Linking the Severn to the Thames following the route of the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal as closely as possible using public rights of way. As the canals are restored, it will be updated to use the reinstated towpath wherever possible.
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
184 m
Drop
250 m
Highest
183 m
Lowest
8 m
Walking time
about 14 h 25 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 15% for 200 m midway.
Uphill: Easy first 26.1 km, climbs 15% for 200 m midway, no steep descents.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 43.9–44.5, from 174 m to 122 m.
How the 70.5 km splits
Flat
63.3 km
Climbing
3.4 km
Descending
3.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.1 km
Link it with other walks
Wysis Way
Shares 11.3 km of path · meets at km 34.5, 38.6, 42.457.91 km
Thames Path
Shares 6.4 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 9.5, 10.5…370.26 km
The Roman Way
Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 19.1, 20.7, 21.2…276.91 km
The Latton Loop
Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 19.7, 21.38.68 km
Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way)
Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 52.9, 54.416.41 km
Monarch's Way
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 37.6920.73 km
Cotswold Way
Crosses at km 58.0164.94 km
Severn Way
Crosses at km 68.0363.36 km