Old Ferry Boat, St Ives

The Ouse Valley Way is approximately 150 miles long !

It has been split up into 5 Main Sections, and each Main Section has been further split into 4 Sub Sections. At an average of 12.5 miles per day, it will take 12 days to complete.

The Start Point is the source of the River Great Ouse at Syresham, Northamptonshire. The finish point is at King's Lynn, Norfolk. Landscape - it is a flat walk, through picturesque villages and market towns. Easy walking for all.

Fact File

1. The Ouse Valley Way wasopen on Friday May 7th 2004. It is Britain's newest long distance walk.
2. The Ouse Valley Way is approximately 150 miles long. It has been split up into 5 Main Sections, and each Main Section has been further split into 4 Sub Sections.
3. At an average of 12.5 miles per day, it will take 12 days to complete.
4. The Start Point is the source of the River Great Ouse at Syresham, Northamptonshire. The finish point is at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
5. Landscape - it is a flat walk, through picturesque villages and market towns. Easy walking for all.

Holywell

Holywell is a peaceful and picturesque village and idyllic on a summer’s day. There has been a ferry across the Ouse here for centuries, in fact, even the enigmatic Saxon hero Hereward the Wake is said to have crossed here.

The riverside Old Ferry Boat Inn, which retains the right to run a ferry across the river, claims to be England’s oldest inn. In the bar, you’ll see a slab reputed to be the gravestone of Juliet Tewsley, whose unrequited love for a local wood-cutter caused her to commit suicide in 1050. Her ghost is said to walk every year on the anniversary of her death, March 17th.

In the graveyard of the church of St John the Baptist is the holy well which gives the village its name. Its water are said to be blessed by St Ivo. The well was restored in 1845 and is blessed on the nearest Friday to the 24th June each year.