There are many walks named after specific individuals (or, as in the Writers’ Way, for instance, a group of like individuals). Here, we pull together such routes. This list will not include amorphous groups (such as weavers or website-designers).
Routes
- Baker Way
A 21km route between Chester and Delamere, commemorating Jack Baker (1910-81), a local footpath officer and conservator (and also sometime Chairman of Offa’s Dyke Association). - Boudicca Way
A 58km walk between Norwich and Diss, visiting Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund on the way. - Brontë Way
A 70km walk between Oakwell Hall (Birstall) and Gawthorpe Hall (Padiham), connecting locations associated with the Brontë family. - Ebury Way
A 6km railbed walk between Watford and Rickmansworth, named after Lord Ebury (1801-93), the chairman of the railway company. - Fred Perry Way
A 22km walk through the borough of Stockport, commemorating tennis player Fred Perry (1901–95), who was born in Stockport. - Llwybr Glyndŵr / Glyndŵr’s Way
A National Trail of 229km between Welshpool and Knighton via Machynlleth, it does not qualify as a Green Walk because of the long gaps in public transport connections. - Hardy Way
A walk of 344km from the birthplace of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) to the spot where his heart is buried (the ashes of the rest of him are in Westminster Abbey). - Hereward Way
A walk of 180km between Oakham and Harling Road station, commemorating the resistance of Hereward the Wake (1035-72) to the Normans. - Jerry Pearlman Way
A walk of 8km on the northern edge of Leeds, commemorating the work of local solicitor and footpath conservator Jerry Pearlman (1933-2018). - John Buchan Way
A 22km walk between Peebles and Broughton commemorating the novelist and sometime Governor-General of Canada John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940). - John Muir Way
A walk of 213km walk between Helensburgh and Dunbar. - John Ray Way
A 16km walk between Braintree and Witham, commemorating the local parson-naturalist John Ray (1627-1705). - Monarch’s Way
A 936km walk between Worcester and Southwick, following the route taken (following the Battle of Worcester) by King Charles I (1600-49). - Llwybr Clawdd Offa / Offa’s Dyke Path
A walk of 286km between Chepstow and Prestatyn. - Rob Roy Way
A walk of 127km walk between Drymen and Pitlochry, in the (approximate) footsteps of Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734). - St Cuthbert’s Way
A walk of 105km between Melrose and Lindisfarne. - St Michael’s Way
A 20km walk between Carbis Bay and Marazion. - St Oswald’s Way
A walk of 157km between Lindisfarne and Heaven Fields. - St Peter’s Way
A walk of 73km between St Peter’s Chapel at Othona and Greensted Log Church. - St Swithun’s Way
A 54km walk between Winchester and Farnham. - Saxon Kings Way
A 22km walk between Frome and Bath. - Shakespeare’s Way
A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright. - Llwybr Clawdd Wat / Wat’s Dyke Way
A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright. - Writers’ Way
A 22km horseshoe-shaped walk between Chawton and Four Marks, via Alton and Selborne, commemorating Jane Austen (1774-1817), William Cobbett (1763-1835) and Gilbert White (1720-93), each of whom had local connections.
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