King's Way
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- See also: KingswayKingsway-Canada:*Burnaby—Kingsway, a federal electoral district in British Columbia between 1988 and 1997*Kingsway , a road in Edmonton, Alberta *Kingsway , a road in Vancouver, British Columbia...
King's Way or the Allan King Way is a 45 mile long-distance footpath
Trail
A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
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. This footpath
Trail
A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...
was created by the Hampshire Area of the Ramblers' Association as a memorial to the late Allan King a former Publicity Officer who was partly responsible for the formation of a number of Groups in Hampshire. It runs from Portchester to Winchester.
The footpath is waymarked
Waymarking
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by metal and plastic disks found attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture. These have the words Allan Kings Way. Where the route coincides with the same route as other long distance paths the waymarking is not continuous. There is a free downloadable guide book to the route available on the Eastleigh Ramblers web site at http://www.eastleighramblers.hampshire.org.uk it is in A5 page format so if printing on A4 do not forget to print at 2 book pages per printed page. Do not forget to send the author feedback if there are any errors or amendments required to the guide book to keep it up to date.
This route is shown as a series of green diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps and as a series of red diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps.
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See also
- Long-distance footpaths in the UK