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The Vanguard Way is a long-distance walk of 66.2 mi (106.5 km)^[1] from East Croydon station in outer London ( OS grid reference TQ328658), travelling from the north, to Newhaven, on the south coast of England.^[2]^[3] It passes through the counties of Surrey, Kent and East Sussex, between Croydon and Newhaven, East Sussex.^[2] It connects the London suburbs to the south coast, via the North Downs, Ashdown Forest, South Downs National Park and the Cuckmere valley.^[2]

The walk was developed in celebration of the 15th anniversary in 1980 of the Vanguards Rambling Club, who named themselves after an occasion when they returned from a walk travelling in the guard's van of a crowded train.^[4] The route's formal establishment occurred on 3 May 1981, and the Vanguards Rambling Club remained as the route's management^[5]^[3] until 2022, when responsibility was transferred to the Vanguard Way Association.^{[
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The Vanguard Way connects with central London with the Wandle Trail along the River Wandle from Croydon and is sometimes used as a walking route between London and Paris, connecting with the ferry ports on the south coast. The walk also connects with the London Outer Orbital Path, North Downs Way, Pilgrims' Way, Greensand Way, London Countryway, Eden Valley Walk, Forest Way, Wealdway, Sussex Border Path, the South Downs Way and the England Coast Path.

Places on the way

Gallery

Views along Vanguard Way

On Short Cliff above Cuckmere Haven, Vanguard Way follows a coastal path
From Tide Mills towards Newhaven
Woodland portion near Buxted
Vanguard Way across Ashdown Forest
Vanguard Way crosses the tram line

References

^ "Vanguard Way – LDWA Long Distance Paths". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vanguard Way (including map, GPS files and statistics)". WalkingEnglishman.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Vanguard Way – Walking Tour in Croydon – Visit South East England". Tourism South East. 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ Saunders, Colin (2018). "Footline Press". ColinSaunders.org.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2019. This remarkable and idiosyncratic walking route was set up in 1981 by the Vanguards Rambling Club, which takes its name from their being established in the guard's van of a ramblers' excursion train...
^ Saunders, Colin (2009). "The Vanguard Way – How It All Began – Action". Users.GreenBee.net. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vanguard Way.

Official website – includes a free downloadable guide to the route
The Vanguard Way – detailed coverage by Long Distance Walkers Association
Interactive map of the Vanguard Way – from The Walking Englishman

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v t e Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
National Trails (England and Wales)	Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Walk Cotswold Way Glyndŵr's Way Hadrian's Wall Path King Charles III England Coast Path North Downs Way Offa's Dyke Path Peddars Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path Pennine Bridleway Pennine Way The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way
Other trails (England and Wales)	Capital Ring Esk Valley Walk Lea Valley Walk London Outer Orbital Path Norfolk Coast Path Peak District Boundary Walk Pennine Journey Shakespeare's Way Vanguard Way Wales Coast Path Yorkshire Water Way
Scotland's Great Trails	Annandale Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Borders Abbeys Way Cateran Trail Clyde Walkway Cross Borders Drove Road Dava Way Fife Coastal Path Formartine and Buchan Way Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Great Glen Canoe Trail Great Glen Way Great Trossachs Path John Muir Way Kintyre Way Loch Lomond and Cowal Way Moray Coast Trail Mull of Galloway Trail River Ayr Way Rob Roy Way Romans and Reivers Route St Cuthbert's Way Southern Upland Way Speyside Way Three Lochs Way West Highland Way West Island Way
Long-distance path (Northern Ireland)	Ulster Way

Named footpaths in London

v t e Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
North Downs	Botley Hill Box Hill Colley Hill Combe Bottom Gatton Park Hackhurst and White Downs Hog's Back Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Newlands Corner Norbury Park Ranmore Common Seale Chalk Pit Woldingham and Oxted Downs
Greensand Ridge	Albury Heath Blackheath Common Colyers Hanger Devil's Jumps Devil's Punch Bowl Frensham Common Gibbet Hill Gong Hill Hankley Common Hankley Farm Holmbury Hill Leith Hill Moor Park Oxmoor Copse Puttenham and Crooksbury Commons St Martha's Hill Stockstone Quarry Thursley Common Winterfold Forest Witley Common Wotton Common
Low Weald	Brook Brick Pit Chiddingfold Forest Netherside Stream Outcrops
Rivers	Law Brook Mole Ock Pipp Brook Tillingbourne Wey
Lakes and ponds	Busbridge Lakes Frensham Ponds Silent Pool
Long-distance paths	Downs Link Greensand Way Mole Gap Trail North Downs Way Thames Down Link Vanguard Way Wey South Path
National Cycle Routes	NCR21 NCR22

Transport in Surrey

Road

Motorways	M23 M25 M3
A-roads	A217 A23 A24 A240 A243 A25 A29 A3 A31 A3100 A323 A331
Service stations	Clacket Lane Cobham

Airports

Rail

Main lines	Alton Line Ascot–Ash Vale line Brighton Main Line Chertsey branch line Epsom Downs Branch Hampton Court branch line New Guildford Line North Downs Line Oxted line Portsmouth Direct Line Redhill–Tonbridge line Shepperton branch line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner line Waterloo to Reading Line
Closed lines	Cranleigh line Horton Light Railway London Necropolis Railway
Stations	Addlestone Ash Ash Vale Ashtead Bagshot Banstead Betchworth Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Brookwood Byfleet & New Haw Camberley Chertsey Chilworth Chipstead Clandon Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Dorking Dorking Deepdene Dorking West Dormans Earlswood Effingham Junction Egham Epsom Epsom Downs Esher Ewell East Ewell West Farncombe Farnham Frimley Godalming Godstone Gomshall Guildford Hampton Court Haslemere Hersham Hinchley Wood Horley Horsley Hurst Green Kempton Park Kingswood Leatherhead Lingfield London Road (Guildford) Longcross Merstham Milford Oxshott Oxted Redhill Reigate Salfords Shalford Shepperton Staines Sunbury Tadworth Tattenham Corner Thames Ditton Upper Halliford Upper Warlingham Virginia Water Walton-on-Thames Wanborough West Byfleet Weybridge Witley Woking Woldingham Worplesdon
Closed stations	Ash Green Halt Baynards Bramley & Wonersh Cranleigh Epsom Town Monks Lane Halt Tongham
Heritage railways	Old Kiln Light Railway

Buses

Stations	Guildford Bus Station
Companies	Arriva London First Beeline London General Metrobus Safeguard Coaches Stagecoach South Sullivan Buses White Bus Services

Waterways

Navigable Rivers	River Thames
Canals	Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations

Footpaths

National Trails	North Downs Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Blackwater Valley Path Downs Link E2 Greensand Way London Outer Orbital Path Mole Gap Trail St Swithun's Way Thames Down Link Vanguard Way Wey South Path