Connect Cowes with Slow Ways
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Isle of Wight
Slow Ways linking Cowes and East Cowes, Newport (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Yarmouth
England / Isle of Wight / Cowes
Cowes’s four Slow Ways are 63% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Cowes from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Cowes—East Cowes
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Coweas one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 1km/1mi | Ascent 11m | Descent 11m | ||
Cowes—Newport (Isle of Wight)
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Cownew one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 59m | Descent 68m | ||
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Southampton—Cowes
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Soucow one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 19km/12mi | Ascent 82m | Descent 85m | |
Yarmouth—Cowes
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Yarcow one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 22km/14mi | Ascent 304m | Descent 305m |
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Collective progress
63% of Cowes’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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8 people have contributed to Cowes’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Cowes
50km out of 50km have been walked and reviewed
102km of reviews have been shared in Cowes
Latest Updates
The walk along Medina Road, Birmingham Road, and High Street is very pleasant, with shops, restaurants, and pubs lining most of the way....
Leslie Backus
Easy route for cycling commuter to/ from ferry. if walking just be careful of passing cycles....
Richard Eltringham
Beautiful views but not suitable for wheeling. Surface is also exclusively earth (on clay)...
Rosy Jones
Often used by people commuting between Newport, St Mary's Hospital and Cowes. Connects to the "Red Squirrel" Route from Newport to Sandown via Merstone, Arreton and Langbridge....
Rosy Jones
Uses Floating Bridge so check it is operating. £1 single ticket...
Emma Dodd
Uses the Red Squirrel route so clearly marked...
Emma Dodd
It is 100% a passenger/car ferry service. www.redfunnel.co.uk...
x333xxx
The Red Funnel company runs ferries from Southampton to Cowes (there are other ferry services to the Isle of Wight from Portsmouth and Lymington)....
NiobeMelon
To reach East Cowes from West, you can walk through the town, along Birmingham Road and into Medina Road - at the end of which, you can catch the chain ferry (Floating Bridge 6) to East Cowes. If FB6 is not in service, there will be passenger-only boat to take you across the river. From East Cowes, it's a few minutes through town to reach the Red Funnel ferry terminal....
MammaPo
All in all, it's a delightful walk - you might even see some red squirrels, after whole the path is named....
MammaPo
Slow Ways added Cownew one, a new walk from Cowes to Newport (Isle of Wight)
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Cowes’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SZ4969496125
Lat / Lon
50.76259° / -1.29676°
Easting / Northing
449,694E / 96,125N
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This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Cowes's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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