Severn Way
Start of the Severn Way path at the source of the Severn
Length	224 mi (360 km)
Designation	Long-distance trail
Trailheads	Plynlimon Bristol
Use	Hiking
Highest point	Plynlimon, 752 m (2,467 ft)
Season	All year

TheSevern Way is a waymarkedlong-distance footpath in the United Kingdom, which follows the course of theRiver Severn throughMid Wales and western England.

According to the Long Distance Walkers Association the Severn Way is 224 miles (360 km) long.^[1]

The source of the River Severn is high onPlynlimon,^[2] in the uplands ofmid Wales,^[3] from where both river and walk descend^[4] toLlanidloes,Newtown, Powys^[5] andWelshpool. It then follows the towpath of theMontgomeryshire Canal, passing throughShrewsbury,Shropshire and theSevern Gorge. It passes the cradle of theIndustrial Revolution atIronbridge before passing throughBridgnorth, Hampton Loade and Highley (in Shropshire), andBewdley^[6] inWorcestershire,Stourport-on-Severn,Worcester,Upton-upon-Severn andTewkesbury. It entersGloucestershire and passes throughGloucester itself before passingBerkeley Castle and following theSevern Estuary^[7] pastSlimbridge.^[8] Originally, the path finished atSevern Beach, but it has recently been extended toBristol viaLawrence Weston,Shirehampton and through theAvon Gorge.

The River Avon Trail is part of the Kennet and Avon Walk which goes cross country from Reading on the Thames to the Severn Estuary. The Severn Way includesGloucestershire Way,Wye Valley Walk,Worcestershire Way, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Walk, Worcester & Birmingham Canal Walk, Three Choirs Way and Telford and Wrekin Walks, and Shakespeare's Avon Way.^[9]

• Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
• List of crossings of the River Severn
• Severn bore

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• Photos of the Severn Way on geograph.org.uk

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