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
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
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
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 58km walk between Norwich and Diss, visiting Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund on the way.
Image: Boudicca statue at Westminster Bridge, London
Brontë Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 70km walk between Oakwell Hall (Birstall) and Gawthorpe Hall (Padiham), connecting locations associated with the Brontë family.
Image: Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë, by Branwell Brontë (public domain)
Ebury Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 6km railbed walk between Watford and Rickmansworth, named after Lord Ebury (1801-93), the chairman of the railway company.
Image: Robert Grosvenor, Baron Ebury, by Carlo Pellegrini for “Vanity Fair” (public domain).
Fred Perry Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km walk through the borough of Stockport, commemorating tennis player Fred Perry (1901–95), who was born in Stockport.
Image: Fred Perry (public domain)
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
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
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).
Image: Thomas Hardy by William Strang
(public domain)
Hereward Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 180km between Oakham and Harling Road station, commemorating the resistance of Hereward the Wake (1035-72) to the Normans.
Image: Hereward fighting the Normans
(public domain)
Jerry Pearlman Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
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
Length <60km
Max transport gap <30km
A 22km walk between Peebles and Broughton commemorating the novelist and sometime Governor-General of Canada John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940).
Image: John Buchan (public domain)
John Muir Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A walk of 213km walk between Helensburgh and Dunbar.
Image: John Muir mural, Prestonpans
John Ray Walk
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 16km walk between Braintree and Witham, commemorating the local parson-naturalist John Ray (1627-1705).
Image: John Ray (public domain)
Monarch’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A 936km walk between Worcester and Southwick, following the route taken (following the Battle of Worcester) by King Charles I (1600-49).
Image: Charles I, after Anthony Van Dyck
(public domain)
Llwybr Clawdd Offa
Offa’s Dyke Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 286km between Chepstow and Prestatyn.
Image: Devil’s Pulpit, looking towards Tintern Abbey
Rob Roy Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 127km walk between Drymen and Pitlochry, in the (approximate) footsteps of Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734).
Image: Rob Roy MacGregor, by WH Worthington
(public domain)
St Cuthbert’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 105km between Melrose and Lindisfarne.
St Michael’s Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <20km
A 20km walk between Carbis Bay and Marazion.
Image: St Ives Bay and Godrevy Point from the northern terminus of St Michael’s Way.
St Oswald’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 157km between Lindisfarne and Heaven Fields.
St Peter’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 73km between St Peter’s Chapel at Othona and Greensted Log Church.
Image: Chipping Ongar
Shakespeare’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright.
Image: First Folio, engraving by Martin Droeshout
(public domain)
Llwybr Clawdd Wat
Wat’s Dyke Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 99km path between Llanymynech and Holywell.
Writers’ Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
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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