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Jurassic Way
Jurassic Way
	A sign near Welford, Northamptonshire
Length	88 mi (142 km)
Location	Midlands of England, United Kingdom
Trailheads	Banbury, Oxfordshire; 52°03′25″N 1°19′48″W / 52.057°N 1.330°W; Stamford, Lincolnshire; 52°39′02″N 0°28′51″W / 52.6505°N 0.4809°W
Use	Hiking
Season	All year

The Jurassic Way is a designated and signed long-distance footpath that connects the Oxfordshire town of Banbury with the Lincolnshire town of Stamford in England.^[1] It largely follows an ancient ridgeway traversing Britain; most of its 88-mile (142 km) route is in Northamptonshire on the Jurassic limestone ridge in the north of that county.^[2]^[3]

The trail goes near the Oxford and Grand Union canals, past the Great Central Railway's Catesby Tunnel and viaduct, the River Welland, the 82-arch viaduct at Harringworth,^[4] and Rockingham Castle.^[5]

It connects with these long-distance footpaths:

The ancient trackway on which the Jurassic Way is based likely continued at each end, particularly following the Lincoln Cliff towards the Humber estuary.

References edit

^ jurassicway
^ Ramblers Association – Information – Path – Jurassic Way Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "County paths". Northamptonshire County Council. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013. ; includes downloadable maps as .pdf
^ Jurassic Way walking route in Northamptonshire Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jurassic Way – LDWA Long Distance Paths
^ Grand Union Canal Walk – Paths Routes and Trails – Information – Ramblers' Association Archived 18 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Macmillan Way Archived 27 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine
^ Oxford Canal Walk – Paths Routes and Trails – Information – Ramblers' Association Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine