Long-distance footpath in southern England
Shakespeare's Way waymarker in Oxfordshire
Shakespeare's Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England , United Kingdom.
The route
The 235 km (146 mi) waymarked route (which opened in 2006) runs from William Shakespeare 's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to the modern Shakespeare's Globe (near the site of the original Globe Theatre ), on the south bank of the River Thames in London . The Globe replicates a late Elizabethan or early Jacobean theatre of the period.
The route is intended to shadow a possible route taken by Shakespeare himself when journeying between London, where he acted and wrote his plays, and his home in Stratford.
The route passes through part of the Cotswolds , the Chiltern Hills , the valley of the River Stour, Warwickshire , Oxford and enters the Thames Valley at Marlow, Buckinghamshire before following the Grand Union Canal and then the Thames Path into London .
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