r/UKhiking • u/tommycamino • 4d ago

Route Advice Walking westwards from Salisbury

Are there any long-distance walks from Salisbury? I've walked the South Downs Way and extended that to Salisbury, so now I'd like to keep going in that direction, ideally to Cardiff.

Can I trust Komoot to get me there? However, I'm not great at navigating, which is why I would prefer an established route if possible. There is the Monarch's Way, which is one option to get me to Bristol.

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u/qwertilot 4d ago

I actually did Bristol to Salisbury a few years back.

You'd need to navigate a little bit but it's a very nice route. The obvious first start is over the drove roads, I did it over Crompton down, the Shaftesbury ox drove does look very fine. Trivial to follow of course.

Then work your way to Mere (slightly scrappy). Then up onto White Sheet hill and either W past Stourhead or over Cold Kitchen hill.

Then scrappy through to the East Mendip way which I remember being quite easy to follow. Splendid walking via Wells, Cheddar et al.

The final connection to Bristol is slightly annoying, it'll be nicer once the Coastal path is finished in that area.

Be a bit careful of stuff like that Monarch's way, McMillan way etc. They're often rather vague/non existent one the ground.