Wherryman's Way is a long-distance footpath in the English

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Route

Wherryman's Way is long, running between

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

and

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...

. It follows the course of the

River Yare The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network. The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the villag ...

where possible, with some significant stretches away from the river where there is no continuous path alongside the Yare. Where the

River Chet The River Chet is a small river in South Norfolk, England, a tributary of the River Yare. It rises in Poringland and flows eastwards through Alpington, Bergh Apton, Thurton and Loddon. At Loddon it passes under the A146 through Loddon Mill ...

meets the Yare, it follows the former upstream to

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and then largely uses roads to the

Reedham Ferry Reedham Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry across the River Yare in the English county of Norfolk, in the Broads. The ferry crosses the river near the village of Reedham and is the only crossing of the Yare between the bridge carrying the A47 on ...

to cross the River Yare. From Reedham the route is along the northern bank of the Yare the rest of the way, passing

Berney Arms Berney Arms is a settlement on the north bank of the River Yare, close to Breydon Water in the England, English county of Norfolk. It is part of the civil parish of Reedham, Norfolk, Reedham, in the Non-metropolitan district, district of Broadl ...

where it joins the route of the

Weavers' Way The Weavers' Way is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham North railway station, Aylsham to Yarmouth Beach railway station, Great Yarmouth railway line, which ...

. The two routes then follow the northern edge of

Breydon Water Breydon Water is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve, a Ramsar site and a Special Protection Area. It is part of the Berney Marshes and Breydon Water nature reserv ...

before going under Breydon Bridge and into Great Yarmouth. By Vauxhall Bridge next to

Great Yarmouth railway station Great Yarmouth railway station (originally Yarmouth Vauxhall) is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The other terminus at the eastern end of the lines is ...

a sculpture marks the end points of the Wherryman's Way, Weavers' Way and

Angles Way The Angles Way is a long-distance footpath in England, close to the River Waveney and River Little Ouse and thus close to the Norfolk/Suffolk border between Great Yarmouth and Thetford. Originally the Angles Way went only as far as Knettishall ...

. The trail is named after the trading wherries that used the River Yare to travel inland to Norwich.

Media

In September 2011,

Future Radio Future Radio is a local community radio station serving the city of Norwich, Norfolk. The station is part of local charity Future Projects History Future Radio began broadcasting in May 2004 with its first 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RS ...

broadcast a five-episode series of documentaries about the Wherryman's Way, funded by the

Broads Authority The Broads (known for marketing purposes as The Broads National Park) is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the terms "Norfolk Broads" and "Suffolk Broads" are correctly used ...

's Sustainable Development Fund.

References

External links

Wherryman's Way Official Website

Wherryman's Way Blog

Wherryman's Way
on the

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website.
Map of the trail
on the

website.

Route

Media

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External links

Further reading