Barefoot Walk to London
The Route
The route from Derby to 10 Downing Street, London take 17 days to walk barefoot.
It will be broken down into four stages - each stage comprising of four days (three walking and one resting).
The final day will cover the final leg to 10 Downing Street.
The stages are listed in detail below. You can also view the Interactive Map to view the route.
Stage 1: Derby to Leicester
Day 1: Derby to Melbourne - 8.5 miles
Start at Market Place, Derby through Corn Market, Victoria Street, Saint Peter's Street, Osmaston Road (A514), Alvaston,
Chellaston, cross A50, A514, Melbourne.
Day 2: Melbourne to Coalville - 8.7 miles
Leave Melbourne, cross A42, Melbourne Road, Gelsmoor Road, Zion Hill, St George's Hill, Swannington.
Spring Lane, Thornborough Road, Coalville
Day 3: Coalville to Leicester - 13.6 miles
Leave Coalville on London Road, A511, A50 to Groby.
Leave Groby along A50 to Leicester.
Day 4: Rest day in Leicester.
Stage 2: Leicester to Northampton
Day 5: Leicester to Husbands Bosworth - 13.9 miles
Leave Leicester on Welford Road (A594 and A5199) through Oadby, Amesby, Knaptoft to Husbands Bosworth.
Day 6: Husbands Bosworth to Spratton - 10.8 miles
Follow the A5199 through Welford, Thornby, Creation to Spratton.
Day 7: Spratton to Northampton - 7.3 miles
Spratton through Chapel Brampton to Northampton.
Day 8: Rest day in Northampton
Stage 3: Northampton to Dunstable
Day 9: Northampton to Gayhurst - 12.0 miles
Leave Northampton on A508 (London Road), cross A45 onto B526 (Newport Pagnell Road).
Hackleton, Horton, Stoke Goldingham arriving at Gayhurst
Day 10: Gayhurst to Woburn - 12.0 miles
Leave Gayhurst through Lathbury, Newport Pagnell, A509/London Road, cross M1, A5130, Woburn Sands, Ashley Heath, Woburn
Day 11: Woburn to Dunstable - 8.6 miles
Leave Woburn on A4012/Bedford Street through Hockliffe, take A5 to Dunstable
Day 12: Rest day somewhere near Dunstable
Stage 4: Dunstable to Elstree
Day 13: Dunstable to Redbourn - 10.1 miles
Dunstable and towards Kensworth, through Markyate to Redbourn. (Route avoids the A5).
Day 14: Redbourn to St Albans - 4.2 miles
Via Redbourn Road
Day 15: St Albans to Elstree - 8.0 miles
Via A5183
Day 16: Rest day somewhere near Elstree
The final leg will go from Elstree to 10 Downing Street (13.3 miles) arriving on 2nd July 2008.