On the east, visitors can explore England’s Capital, the ideal entry point to the ®Great West Way, featuring world-renowned royal sights and rich cultural heritage. If you are starting your journey in London, be sure to make the most of the Great West Way Discoverer Pass, offering unlimited off-peak train travel from London Paddington/Waterloo, to Bristol Temple Meads. Here, you can stop off at Hungerford, conveniently placed on the main train line from London Paddington.

With Hungerford sitting along the east of the route, in West Berkshire, visitors can enjoy the towns charm and heritage, whilst also exploring its surrounding landscapes of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, a walkers paradise when venturing along the Great West Way! Along these historic paths, and a short distance outside Hungerford, nearby landmarks can be found when entering the county of Wiltshire, including Crofton Beam Engines and Wilton Windmill. Centrally located along the route, and venturing up into the Cotswolds, Wiltshire showcases some of the most picturesque scenes, with patchwork fields, chalk plateaux and irresistibly pretty villages. It’s not all rural heartland, of course, there are market towns, Medieval cities and World Heritage Sites to explore too.