St Swithun's Way

#1126 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Swithun's Way is a 34-mile long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire to Farnham, Surrey. It is named after Swithun, a 9th-century Bishop of Winchester, and roughly follows the Winchester to Farnham stretch of the Pilgrims' Way. The route was opened in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. ()

Coordinates: 51°5'60"N, 1°3'0"W

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St Swithun's Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jane Austen's House Museum, Alton Town Hall, Itchen Way, Hangers Way.

3.5 miNE
The famed writer's 17th-century home
Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton
89 min walk • Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life.
4.6 miNE
City hall
Alton Town Hall, Alton
118 min walk • Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
5.6 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Itchen Way, South Downs National Park
143 min walk • The Itchen Way is a 31.80-mile long-distance footpath following the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston. The walk finishes at Sholing railway station.
5.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hangers Way, Alton
130 min walk • Hangers Way is a 21-mile-long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England from Alton railway station to Queen Elizabeth Country Park where it meets the South Downs Way National Trail.
3.3 miNE
Jane Austen, Historical place, Garden
Chawton House Library, Chawton
85 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
3.1 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
Church of St Peter ad Vincula, South Downs National Park
80 min walk • The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Colemore, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.4 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Alton
112 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
3.3 miNE
Jane Austen, History museum, Museum
Chawton House, Chawton
85 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
4.3 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, South Downs National Park
111 min walk • The Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Froxfield, Hampshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.8 miNE
51°9'1"N • 0°58'28"W
Allen Gallery, Alton
122 min walk • Art museum, Art gallery, Museum
4 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Bentworth
103 min walk • St Mary's Church is an Anglican church situated in the centre of the village of Bentworth, within the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The church lies immediately east of Bentworth's primary school and north-east of the Star Inn on the main road through the village.