Talk:Monarch's Way

Having done minor edits to a couple of villages on the path I wondered about creating a Category:Monarch's Way for such villages. This does not seem to have been done for this or other paths. Any opinions either way? Pterre (talk) 15:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

That keen, huh? I'm feeling bold. Pterre (talk) 13:48, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I have replaced the deleted image of the waymark sign with one I took on a walk today & added a very brief overview of the route. I was wondering if wikipedians who know different sections could add more detailed descriptions of their local sections. A team of us did this this, using the talk page as a sandbox, for the South West Coast Path which is now a Good Article. I will start an outline below & ask anyone who might be interested to add to it. NB my only real knowledge is of the route in north Somerset.— Rod ^talk 21:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

A great resource for the route with loads of photos of the Monarchs way in sequence has been put together on geograph (ie CC licencing so we can use them) at page 1 & page 2.— Rod ^talk 15:28, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Several parts of the route from Worcester to Stratford-upon-Avon via Boscobel are described as "following the canal". My understanding is that most of the canals were built in the second half of the 18th century - long after the exploits of 1651 - so I wonder if there is a better wording or some explanation that the Monarch's Way differs from the original route because of the need to cross the subsequently constructed canals (or similar)?— Rod ^talk 13:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I have added a comment to the text to explain that the Monarch's Way is an approximation of the king's escape route using public rights of way. Little of the countryside would be as it was when the king passed by. In the 17th and 18th centuries the common land and open fields were enclosed. The late 18th century saw canals built with more built in the first half of the 19th century. The turnpike roads were built in the early 19th century. The second half of the 19th century saw the start of railway construction though one of the railways used by the walk dates from the early 20th century. The industrial revolution and coal mining transformed the Black Country where villages and hamlets became towns in their own right. Using canals and disused railways allows an insight into the development and industrial heritage along the route.

John M1d (talk) 18:48, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Category:Monarch's Way has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. Peter James (talk) 21:07, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

The waymarks are certainly not all yellow, as the article implies. I was on part of the MW today and there were blue backgrounds. I suspect the footpath parts are yellow and the bridleway parts blue, and there may be other colours of course.--109.156.179.219 (talk) 18:46, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Good point. In the absence of a source for the colour scheme I redid that sentence in the intro without stating any colour. --Wire723 (talk) 08:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)