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WOOTTEN RIVERS to SAVERNAKE
| Waypoint |
Map Reference |
Bearing to next waypoint |
| START |
SU 1984 6293 |
92 |
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WP1
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SU 2355 6321
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24
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| WP2 |
SU 2398 6436 |
300 |
| WP3 |
SU 2291 6480 |
300 |
| WP4 |
SU 2166 6533 |
344 |
| WP5 |
SU 2170 6550 |
230 |
| WP6 |
SU 2144 6553 |
165 |
| WP7 |
SU 2161 6483 |
212 |
| WP8 |
SU 2127 6424 |
289 |
| WP9 |
SU 2017 6446 |
193 |
| WP10 |
SU 2010 6393 |
197 |
| START |
SU 1984 6293 |
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General:- This 8.2 mile circular route is very much a walk of two halves; a stretch along the Kennett & Avon canal towpath and a section through Savernake forest. Wiltshire has very little woodland and Savernake is it's largest. It's a good example of ancient woodland, passing through the dense undergrowth on a sunny day gives a clear example of how light and shade generate the unique quiet, eerie, brooding content of a genuine ancient woodland.
In stark contrast is the canal. Nowadays it is hard to imagine it as a major highway transporting goods from London to Bristol but that's what it was, the M4 of the 1800's! (GPS length 7.48 miles). Pub at the end.
How to get there: Take the A346 Marlborough to Burbage road. At SU 2161 6477 take minor road signposted to Wootten Rivers. As you enter village fork left @ SU1958 6328. Pass pub on left and park by the church wall @ SU 1971 6293.
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