Walking The Shakespeare's Way Part 1: Britwell Salome and Lower Warren
Britwell House viewed from the footpath
Start & Finish: On-street parking near Britwell Salome Farm Shop, Red Lion Farm (road), Britwell Salome, Watlington, OX49 5LG
Distance: 7.8 km (4.8 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 123m
Shakespeare’s Way section covered: Britwell Salome to The Ridgeway: 2.2 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Shakespeare’s Way, The Ridgeway, Chiltern Way
Other routes touched (cycle): None
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Red Lion, Britwell Salome is at the start and end of the route
Map: Chiltern Hills West Map | Henley-on-Thames & Wallingford | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 171
Links: Britwell Salome, Britwell House, Britwell Park Obelisk
The Shakespeare’s Way is a 235 km / 146 mile mile long-distance path connecting Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon with the Shakespeare's Globe (Theatre), Southwark, London. A 34km section of the path cuts through the Chiltern Hills National Landscape in a south-easterly direction. Our walks take in short sections of the Shakespeare’s Way and loop back to the start on other paths. The Shakespeare’s Way is reasonably well marked however you’ll need a map or GPX route to keep on track for the return sections of the loops. The guidance below will help but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.
Starting from the junction to Red Lion Farm Road and the B4009, follow the B4009 in a north-easterly direction for 180m to find a footpath on the left hand side of the road. Follow this path for 600m, following the Shakespeare’s Way as is curves past St Nicholas’ Church and back to the B4009. Cross over the main road and into a farm track, following the Shakepeare’s Way in a south-easterly direction for 1.4km.
When you reach The Ridgeway take a right and follow it for 1.6km to meet the Chiltern Way. Take a right onto the Chiltern Way and follow it for 1.7km in a westerly direction to a parking area on the Swyncome to Ewelme road. Continue along the Chiltern Way for another 250m to a path junction and take a right, leaving the Chiltern Way. This path takes you in a north-easterly direction past the boundary of Britwell House to link up with Britwell Hill Road. Take a left and follow the road back to the Britwell Salome Farm Shop.
Shakespeare’s Way Next Section (south): Swyncombe and The North