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Wiltshire
Slow Ways linking Amesbury and Andover, Bratton, Bulford Camp, King’s Somborne, Market Lavington, Salisbury, Upavon, Warminster, Wilton
England / Wiltshire / Amesbury
Amesbury’s nine Slow Ways are 33% checked
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Walk to Amesbury from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Amesbury—Andover
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Ameand one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 27km/17mi | Ascent 245m | Descent 233m | ||
Amesbury—Bulford Camp
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Amebul one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 93m | Descent 62m | |
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Amesbury—King’s Somborne
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Amekin one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 32km/20mi | Ascent 351m | Descent 387m | ||
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Bratton—Amesbury
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Braame one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 37km/23mi | Ascent 488m | Descent 521m | ||
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Market Lavington—Amesbury
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Marame one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 303m | Descent 324m | ||
Salisbury—Amesbury
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Salame one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent 241m | Descent 219m | ||
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Upavon—Amesbury
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Upaame one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 18km/11mi | Ascent 230m | Descent 206m | ||
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Warminster—Amesbury
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Warame one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 34km/21mi | Ascent 350m | Descent 401m | ||
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Wilton—Amesbury
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Wilame one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 15km/9mi | Ascent 272m | Descent 256m |
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Collective progress
33% of Amesbury’s nine route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to Amesbury’s Slow Ways
2 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Amesbury
20km out of 206km have been walked and reviewed
53km of reviews have been shared in Amesbury
Latest Updates
For this review of Salame One I followed the route in reverse, from Amesbury to the Salisbury meeting point. The route begins following a picturesque, intimate footpath under tree cover crossing several footbridges over the River Avon and its tributaries. Leaving Durnford behind is the aptly-named road Jubilee Hill which has a moderate upward gradient, featuring the optional detour onto an interesting raised earthwork footpath. Crossing the road at Phillips Lane, the route rounds Old Sarum then joins the fairly steep and rough Portway footpath descending to bring you level with Salisbury at the paved semi-residential Stratford Road. Cross the road and continue until you reach Salisbury’s traffic-free full-tarmac trail to your left. From here follow the signs toward City Centre onto the meeting point.. 2) Halfway up Jubilee Hill road the Slow Ways route suggests you leave the road and pass through a couple of pedestrian gates and walk along the footpath parallel around 200m to then rejoin the road. Though not essential, it offers a nice change of pace so I would recommended it if suitable....
Charles312
Please do not walk or review this route. It is about to be removed as part of a network review. It will be replaced with Amesbury - Bulford....
Slow Ways Cristie
A short walk along a no through road and a left onto the footpath before the end takes you on a bridge across the A303 towards Ratfyn (photo 2). Then follow the track north (views across the Plain - photo4) and downhill (photo 5) until it turns to the left at 178433....
Amesburypeter
Of note, the Slow Ways Route indicates to use an unmarked road just north of Great Durnford but this is now a "Gated" Private Estate (Photographs attached that show either end of this section), so the road out of the village is to be used....
Mandmbrown
One slight issue is that on Netton Hill, the route shows as following the right of way as defined on the OS map. In practice, you would need to follow the paths on the ground since the RoW is blocked by fairly dense rape seed (April 2021)...
Phil W
Slow Ways added Amebul one, a new walk from Amesbury to Bulford Camp
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Amekin one, a new walk from Amesbury to King’s Somborne
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Marame one, a new walk from Market Lavington to Amesbury
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Salame one, a new walk from Salisbury to Amesbury
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Warame one, a new walk from Warminster to Amesbury
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Amesbury’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SU1544641420
Lat / Lon
51.17181° / -1.78043°
Easting / Northing
415,446E / 141,420N
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Facilities
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