Great West Way® Travel Magazine | Issue 02
Welcome to the Great West Way 2020 issue. Discover the Great West Way 125-mile touring route between London and Bristol based on ancient routes, roaming through idyllic countryside, quaint villages and elegant towns.
Welcome to the Great West Way 2020 issue. Discover the Great West Way 125-mile touring route between London and Bristol based on ancient routes, roaming through idyllic countryside, quaint villages and elegant towns.
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THANK YOU TO<br />
THANK YOU THOSE TO OUR WHO AMBASSADORS<br />
HELPED<br />
US ALONG THE WAY<br />
Title Ambassadors<br />
Bristol Airport<br />
Canal & River Trust<br />
<strong>Great</strong> <strong>West</strong>ern Railway<br />
National Trust<br />
Destination Ambassadors<br />
Bath Business Improvement District<br />
Bradford on Avon Town<br />
Calne Town<br />
Chippenham Town<br />
Corsham Town<br />
Cotswolds Tourism<br />
Devizes Town<br />
Henley on Thames Town<br />
Hungerford Town<br />
Malmesbury Town<br />
Marlborough Town<br />
Marlow Town<br />
North Wessex Downs AONB<br />
Reading UK<br />
Royal Borough of<br />
Windsor & Maidenhead<br />
Steeple Ashton Village<br />
Stonehenge & Avebury World<br />
Heritage Site<br />
Swindon Town<br />
Tourism South East<br />
Trowbridge Town<br />
Vale of Pewsey<br />
Visit Bath<br />
Visit Bristol<br />
Visit Thames<br />
VisitNewbury<br />
VisitRichmond<br />
VisitWiltshire<br />
Designated Attraction<br />
& Hotel Ambassadors<br />
Aerospace Bristol<br />
Bowood House & Garden, Calne<br />
Cheddar Gorge & Caves<br />
Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen,<br />
Hungerford<br />
Longleat, Warminster<br />
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet,<br />
Swindon<br />
The Old Bell Hotel, Malmesbury<br />
The Roman Baths, Bath<br />
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa,<br />
Bath<br />
Stonehenge<br />
Thermae Bath Spa, Bath<br />
Wadworth Brewery & Tours, Devizes<br />
<strong>West</strong> Berkshire Brewery, Yattendon<br />
<strong>West</strong>onbirt, The National<br />
Arboretum, Tetbury<br />
Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa,<br />
Malmesbury<br />
Windsor Castle<br />
Discover more about<br />
our Ambassadors at:<br />
<strong>Great</strong><strong>West</strong>Way.co.uk<br />
Gateway Ambassadors<br />
Devizes Marina Day Boat Hire<br />
Rick Stein, Marlborough<br />
A Taste of England<br />
Devizes Wharf Tea room<br />
River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames<br />
Title Ambassadors<br />
a’Beckett’s Vineyard, Devizes Gateway Ambassadors Didcot Railway Centre Devizes Marina<br />
Roman Prior Bath Park Private Landscape Hire Garden<br />
Abbey Hotel, Bath<br />
Donnington Grove, Newbury Devizes Marina Day Boat Hire The Rose Queens of Hungerford Arms, East Garston<br />
Bristol The Airport Abbey Quarter, Reading Abbey Hotel DoubleTree by Hilton, Devizes Swindon Wharf Tea room Roseate Reading House Museum London, Tyburnia<br />
Canal & Active River Trust England<br />
The Abbey Quarter Dukes Hotel, Bath Didcot Railway Centre<br />
The Roseate The Red Reading Lion East, Chisenbury<br />
<strong>Great</strong> <strong>West</strong>ern Alder Ridge Railway Vineyard, Hungerforda’Beckett’s Vineyard Dyrham Park, Chippenham Donnington Grove<br />
The Roseate REME Museum Villa Bath<br />
National Trust<br />
Active England<br />
DoubleTree by Hilton, Swindon<br />
River & Rowing Museum<br />
Aldermaston Tea Rooms, Reading<br />
The Engineman’s Rest Café, Crofton<br />
Roves Farm, Sevenhampton<br />
Aldermaston Tea Rooms,<br />
Dyrham Park<br />
Roseate House London<br />
Aldwick Estate, Bristol<br />
Destination Ambassadors<br />
Visitor Centre, & ShopFashion Museum, Bath The Engineman’s Rest Café Royal Berkshire, The Roseate Sunninghill Villa, Bath<br />
Alison Howell’s Foottrails Aldwick Estate French Brothers, Windsor The Farm Camp<br />
The Royal The Oak, Roseate Yattendon Reading<br />
Bath Business All Saints Improvement Church, Alton District Priors Alison Howell’s Foottrails The Gainsborough Bath French Spa Brothers<br />
The Royal Rose Windsor of Hungerford Pub<br />
Bradford The on Apartment Avon Town Bath<br />
Alton Priors Church The George Inn, Glenside Hospital Museum Salisbury Roves Camping Farm and Caravanning Club Site<br />
Calne Town Apex Hotel, Bath<br />
Apex Hotel, Bath Norton St Philip <strong>Great</strong> Northern Hotel<br />
Salisbury Royal Cathedral Oak, Yattendon<br />
Chippenham Town<br />
Arnos Vale Cemetery<br />
Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport Salisbury Cathedral<br />
Apsley House, London<br />
Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol<br />
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Sarum Tours<br />
Corsham<br />
Around and About Bath<br />
Hampton Court Palace<br />
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Sarum Tours<br />
Cotswolds Arnos Tourism Vale Cemetery, Bristol Aspley House Guyers House Hotel, Harrow Corsham at Little Bedwyn Sally Narrowboats, Salters Steamers Bradford on Avon<br />
Destination Around Bristol and About Bath Atwell-Wilson Motor Hampton Museum by Hilton Helen Bristol Browning’s Airport Royal Oak Salters Savouring Steamers, Bath Reading<br />
Devizes Atwell-Wilson Town Motor Museum, Calne Avalon Lodge Bed and Hampton Breakfast Court Palace, Henley East Greenlands MoleseyHotel<br />
Henley Avalon Thames Lodge Bed and Breakfast, Avebury DevizesLandscape Wiltshire Helen Browning’s Royal Heritage Oak, Bed Bishopstone & Breakfast<br />
Savouring Shaw Bath House<br />
Shaw House Skydive Netheravon<br />
Hungerford<br />
Avebury<br />
Town<br />
Landscape<br />
Avon Valley Adventure<br />
Henley<br />
& Wildlife<br />
Greenlands<br />
Park<br />
Hotel<br />
Hobbs of Henley<br />
Sheephouse<br />
Stonor<br />
Manor<br />
Park<br />
Cottages, Maidenhead<br />
Malmesbury Town<br />
Bailey Balloons<br />
The Holburne Museum<br />
South <strong>West</strong> Heritage Tours<br />
Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park, Bristol Henley Rowing Association<br />
Sir Christopher Wren Hotel & Spa, Windsor<br />
Marlborough Town<br />
Bainton Bikes<br />
Holiday Inn, Salisbury - Stonehenge South <strong>West</strong>ern Railway<br />
Marlow Bailbrook House Hotel, Bath Barbara McLellan Heritage Bed & Breakfast, Honey Street Calne Boats & Café Skydive Stourhead Netheravon<br />
North Wessex Bailey Balloons, Downs AONB Bristol<br />
Reading The UKBarn Theatre, Cirencester<br />
The Barn Theatre<br />
Barrington Court<br />
Herongate Fitness & Hungerford Wellbeing, Wharf Hungerford and Kintbury<br />
The Hidden Gardens Iford of Bath Manor Gardens<br />
South <strong>West</strong> SUP Bristol Heritage Tours<br />
South <strong>West</strong>ern The Swan, Railway Bradford on Avon<br />
Royal Borough Barrington of Windsor Court, & Ilminster Bath Apartment Breaks Hobbs of Henley Inspirock<br />
Stay in Swinley Bath Bike Hub<br />
Maidenhead<br />
Bath Apartment Breaks<br />
The Bath Brew House<br />
The Holburne Museum,<br />
Jane<br />
Bath<br />
Austen Centre<br />
Stonehenge<br />
Thames<br />
and<br />
Lido<br />
Avebury World Heritage Site<br />
Stonehenge & Avebury WHS<br />
Bath Bus Company<br />
Kenavon Venture<br />
Thames Rivercruise<br />
Bath Area Self Catering<br />
Holiday Inn, Salisbury – Stonehenge<br />
Stonehenge Landscape<br />
Swindon Town<br />
Bath Self Catering<br />
Koffmann & Mr. Whites<br />
Three Tuns Freehouse<br />
Tourism Beanhill South East Farm B&B, Chippenham Beanhill Farm B&B Honey Street Mill Café English and French Brasserie Stonor Tintinhull Park, Henley Garden on Thames<br />
Trowbridge The Bear Town Hotel, Devizes Berkeley Castle Hotel Novotel Reading Lacock Centre Abbey, Fox Talbot Stourhead, Totteridge Stourton Farm<br />
Vale of Berkeley Pewsey Castle<br />
Best <strong>West</strong>ern Plus Angel Hungerford Hotel, Wharf Museum and village<br />
Strawberry Tour and Hill Explore House & Garden, Twickenham<br />
Visit Bath Best <strong>West</strong>ern Plus Angel Hotel, Chippenham<br />
Iford Manor Gardens, The Bradford Langley on Avon<br />
Sulis Guides Tours 2 Order<br />
Visit Thames<br />
The Bird in Hand, Knowl Hill<br />
Bombay Sapphire<br />
The Jane Austen Centre,<br />
Lido Bristol<br />
Bath<br />
The Swan<br />
TransWilts<br />
Hotel,<br />
Community<br />
Bradford on<br />
Rail<br />
Avon<br />
Partnership<br />
Visit Newbury<br />
Bozedown Alpacas<br />
Lytes Cary Manor<br />
Troutbeck<br />
Visit Richmond<br />
The Black Swan Hotel, Devizes<br />
Bristol Blue Glass<br />
The Kingsbury @ No.8,<br />
Macdonald<br />
Marlborough<br />
Hotel & Spa Bath<br />
Swinley<br />
Tucking<br />
Bike Hub<br />
Mill<br />
Swinley<br />
Self catering<br />
Forest’s Trail Centre,<br />
VisitWiltshire Blenheim Palace, Woodstock Bristol Cathedral Koffmann & Mr White’s Maidenhead English Heritage French Centre Bracknell Tutti Pole<br />
Bombay Sapphire, Whitchurch Bristol Community Ferry Brasserie, Boats Bath Manor Farm B&B<br />
Teashop Tyntesfield By The Canal, Newbury<br />
Designated Boscombe Attraction Down Aviation Collection, Bristol Salisbury Packet Boats Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Marlborough Museum College and Village Summer School Thames University Lido, Reading of Bristol Botanic Garden<br />
& Hotel Bozedown Ambassadors Alpacas, Reading Bristol Tandem Hire The Langley, Slough The Matthew Of Bristol Thames Vaughan’s Rivercruise, Kitchen Reading<br />
Bristol Zoo Gardens<br />
Meadowbank House<br />
Vintage Classics<br />
The Bridge Tea Rooms, Bradford on Avon Liberty Car Tours, Bath<br />
Three Tuns Freehouse, <strong>Great</strong> Bedwyn<br />
Aerospace Bristol<br />
Brooks Guest House B&B, Bath<br />
Merchants House<br />
The Watermill Theatre<br />
Alder Ridge<br />
Bristol<br />
Vineyard<br />
Blue Glass<br />
Bruce Branch Boats<br />
Lido Spa & Restaurant,<br />
Mompesson<br />
Bristol<br />
House<br />
Tintinhull<br />
Wellington<br />
Garden<br />
Arch<br />
Bowood Bristol House Cathedral & Gardens<br />
Brunel’s SS <strong>Great</strong> Britain Lorne House, Corsham Montacute House<br />
Totteridge <strong>West</strong> Farm Berkshire Camping Museum Pods, Pewsey<br />
Cheddar Bristol Gorge Community & Caves Ferry Boats Buttle Farm Lytes Cary Manor The Museum of English Rural Life Tour and We Explore The Curious<br />
McArthurGlen Bristol Insight Designer Outlet, Swindon Canal Trust Café Maidenhead Heritage MV Centre Jubilee<br />
Tours 2 Whitchurch Order Silk Mill<br />
Fashion Bristol Museum Nordic Bath Walking<br />
Castle Combe Circuit Manor Farm Courtyard Newark Cottages, Park Thatcham TransWilts Wiltshire Community landscape, Rail Stonehenge Partner<br />
Longleat<br />
Cheddar Gorge<br />
The Newbury Pub<br />
Wiltshire Museum<br />
Bristol Packet Boats<br />
The Manor House, Castle Combe<br />
Troutbeck Guest House, East Chisenbury<br />
The Roman Baths<br />
The Chilterns View<br />
Newbury Racecourse<br />
Wiltshire Music Centre<br />
Royal Crescent<br />
Bristol Tandem<br />
Hotel & Spa<br />
Hire<br />
Chippenham Museum<br />
Marlborough College<br />
No.<br />
Summer<br />
1 Royal Crescent<br />
School<br />
Tucking<br />
Wiltshire<br />
Mill View,<br />
Wildlife<br />
Midford<br />
Trust, Blakehill Farm<br />
Stonehenge The Bristol Wing<br />
and Heritage Centre The Matthew of Bristol Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm<br />
Turner’s Wiltshire House, Wildlife Twickenham Trust, Lower Moor<br />
Thermae Bristol Bath Zoo Spa Gardens<br />
Church Farm Country The Cottages Merchant’s House, The Marlborough<br />
Old Bell, Malmesbury The Tutti Wiltshire Pole, Hungerford<br />
Wildlife Trust, Jones’s Mill<br />
Wadworth Brooks Brewery Guest & House Tours B&B, Bath Clifton Suspension Bridge Mill Farm Glamping, The Poulshot Old Chapel<br />
Tyntesfield, Woolley Wraxall Grange Hotel<br />
<strong>West</strong> Berkshire Brooks Guest Brewery House B&B, Bristol& Visitor Centre Mompesson House, Old Salisbury Sarum<br />
<strong>West</strong>onbirt, The National Arboretum Cobbs Farm Shop<br />
Oldbury Tours<br />
Bruce Branch Boats, Marlborough<br />
Monkey Island Estate, Bray<br />
Whatley Manor<br />
Compass Holidays<br />
Parkway Shopping, Newbury<br />
Windsor Brunel’s Castle SS <strong>Great</strong> Britain, Bristol The Courts Garden Montacute House Pound Arts<br />
Buttle Farm, Compton Bassett Cricklade Hotel Museum of East Asian Practical Art, Bath Car and Motorhome<br />
Canal Trust Café,<br />
Bradford on Avon<br />
Crofton Beam Engines The Museum of English hire, Rural Chippenham Life, Reading<br />
Cumberwell Country MV Cottages Barbara McLellan, Prince Bradford Street on Social Avon<br />
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham<br />
MV Jubilee, Newbury<br />
Castle Hotel, Windsor<br />
MV Kenavon Venture, Devizes<br />
Cheddar Camping and Caravanning Club Site National Garden Scheme<br />
Cheddar Gorge<br />
Newark Park, Ozleworth<br />
Discover more about our Ambassadors at: <strong>Great</strong><strong>West</strong>Way.co.uk<br />
Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site<br />
The Chilterns View, Wallingford<br />
Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre<br />
Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm, Salisbury<br />
Church Farm Country Cottages, Bradford on Avon<br />
Clayton’s Kitchen, Bath<br />
Cliffe Farm Dairy, <strong>West</strong> Lavington<br />
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol<br />
Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen, Englefield<br />
Compass Holidays, Cheltenham<br />
Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney<br />
The Courts Garden, Trowbridge<br />
Cricklade House Hotel, Swindon<br />
Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton<br />
The Crown & Anchor, Ham<br />
The Crown, Tolldown<br />
Cumberwell Country Cottages, Bradford on Avon<br />
Devizes Camping and Caravanning Club Site<br />
Devizes Marina<br />
The Newbury Pub<br />
Newbury Racecourse<br />
No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath<br />
No.15 <strong>Great</strong> Pulteney, Bath<br />
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxall<br />
Old Sarum, Salisbury<br />
Oldbury Tours<br />
Original Wild, Bath<br />
Parkway Shopping Centre, Newbury<br />
Pennyhill Park, Bagshot<br />
Postern Hill Campsite, Marlborough<br />
The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham<br />
Practical Car & Van Hire, Chippenham<br />
The Prince Street Social, Bristol<br />
Prior Park Landscape Garden, Bath<br />
The Queens Arms Hotel, East Garston<br />
Reading Museum<br />
Red Lion Freehouse, East Chisenbury<br />
REME Museum, Lyneham<br />
University of Bristol Botanic Garden<br />
Vaughan’s Kitchen, Devizes<br />
Vintage Classics, Melksham<br />
Visit Hillbrush, Mere<br />
Waddesdon Manor<br />
Walton on Thames Camping and<br />
Caravanning Club Site<br />
The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor<br />
The Wave, Bristol<br />
We The Curious, Bristol<br />
Wellington Arch, London<br />
<strong>West</strong> Berkshire Museum, Newbury<br />
Whitchurch Silk Mill<br />
White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett<br />
Wild Swim Bike Run<br />
Wilton Windmill<br />
Wiltshire Museum, Devizes<br />
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon<br />
Windsor Carriages<br />
Windsor Duck Tours<br />
Woolley Grange Hotel, Bradford on Avon<br />
WWT Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve,<br />
Swindon<br />
WWT Jones’s Mill at the Vera Jeans Reserve,<br />
Pewsey<br />
WWT London Wetland Centre, Barnes<br />
WWT Lower Moor Farm<br />
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon<br />
YMCA, Bath
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