Vanguard Way PhotoGuide
Vanguard Way footpath guidance
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The Vanguard Way is a 66 mile (107km) footpath from south London to the south Coast - from East Croydon station to the Seaford cliffs & Newhaven station.
Not too long and not too short it takes a few days to walk it all.
This guide combines the text & information from Colin Saunders with 3,000 photos (at points along the route & of things to see) taken mostly by John Jefkins who also created this app.
You can download the text, offline maps and photos in 10 sections (each of about 12mb) using your own wifi before you set-off to view the whole route.
Whilst en-route, the app also allows you to view on-line maps that use location services to display the blue dot (to show where you are on your phone's maps) - should you get lost.
More information about the Vanguard Way and it's history can be found on the Vanguard Way website http://www.vanguardway.org.uk/.
This guidance has all been produced by voluntary effort from members of the Vanguard Way rambling club and this app is offered to you on that basis.
more Targets IOS 18
1.18 09/02/2025
Minor edits. Republished for IOS 16.
1.15 08/08/2023
Missing Section description photos added for sections 8,9 and 10. Minor Edits
1.13 08/16/2022
V1.12 adds options to select an alternative route (eg in section 4 just north of Forest Row)
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V1.11 added
- Introduction & User Guide (as a new tab on the home screen)
- The section picker List now contains numbers/letters in panels coloured according to colours used in the route map
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Version 1.10 added:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information were added for all 20 route sections.
1.12.1 06/01/2022
V1.12 adds options to select an alternative route (eg in section 4 just north of Forest Row)
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V1.11 added
- Introduction & User Guide (as a new tab on the home screen)
- The section picker List now contains numbers/letters in panels coloured according to colours used in the route map
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Version 1.10 added:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information were added for all 20 route sections.
1.12 05/31/2022
This version adds:
- Introduction & User Guide (as a new tab on the home screen)
- The section picker List now contains numbers/letters in panels coloured according to colours used in the route map
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Version 1.10 added:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information has now been added for all 20 route sections.
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V1.09 added extra buttons for Links (eg to stations), cafes, Pubs and historic information about places en-route.
South-North sections have been enabled, with all 20 sections (10 each direction) now available to download.
1.11b 11/17/2021
This version adds:
- Introduction & User Guide (as a new tab on the home screen)
- The section picker List now contains numbers/letters in panels coloured according to colours used in the route map
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Version 1.10 added:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information has now been added for all 20 route sections.
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V1.09 added extra buttons for Links (eg to stations), cafes, Pubs and historic information about places en-route.
South-North sections have been enabled, with all 20 sections (10 each direction) now available to download.
1.11a 11/16/2021
This version adds:
- Introduction & User Guide (as a new tab on the home screen)
- The section picker List now contains numbers/letters in panels coloured according to colours used in the route map
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Version 1.10 added:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information has now been added for all 20 route sections.
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V1.09 added extra buttons for Links (eg to stations), cafes, Pubs and historic information about places en-route.
South-North sections have been enabled, with all 20 sections (10 each direction) now available to download.
1.11 11/16/2021
This version adds:
- Title text by the information buttons for historic information (written by Colin Saunders) with historic and other information about places en-route.
- A new "locate" button that uses your GPS location to switch guidance to the route point nearest to your current location.
Links and historic information has now been added for all 20 route sections.
V1.09 added extra buttons for Links (eg to stations), cafes, Pubs and historic information about places en-route.
South-North sections have been enabled, with all 20 sections (10 each direction) now available to download.
1.10 10/31/2021
This version adds extra buttons for Links (eg to stations), cafes, Pubs and historic information about places en-route.
The historic information is currently available for sections 1 and 2, with the rest to be added in the next 2 weeks.
South-North sections have been enabled, with all 10 sections now available to download (in addition to all 10 South-North sections).
1.09 10/07/2021
This version makes further minor changes to enable South-North sections to be added.
It also fixes a recent issue when displaying North-South internet maps.
South-North sections have been enabled, with sections A, B , C, F, G, H and J now added
The last 3 will be added over the next 2 weeks.
1.08 09/10/2021
This version makes minor changes to enable South-North sections to be added.
South-North sections have been enabled, with sections A, B and C now added
Sections G and H - Forest Row all the way to Limpsfield) are also available now.
Others will be added over the next 2 weeks.
1.07 09/01/2021
South-North sections have been enabled, with the first pair (sections G and H - Forest Row all the way to Limpsfield) available today.
Others will be added over the next 2 weeks.
1.06 08/26/2021
Section 9 added.
Sections can now be all automatically loaded.
V 1.04 auto-asked for Location services to be active (ie to show your location as a blue dot on online maps - to show you where you are.
It explains that "we don't know where you are" - as no data is uploaded to us. Cosmetic change to move an overlapping button on iPads.
In v1.03
Sections 6, 7 and 8 added. Last user point is now remembered - to automatically go back to that point if you close down the app.
Improved updating of section information. Minor other improvements.
1.05 05/29/2021
Version auto-asks for Location services to be active (ie to show your location as a blue dot on online maps - to show you where you are.
It explains that "we don't know where you are" - as no data is uploaded to us. Cosmetic change to move an overlapping button on iPads.
In v1.03
Sections 6, 7 and 8 added. Last user point is now remembered - to automatically go back to that point if you close down the app.
Improved updating of section information. Minor other improvements.
1.04 05/27/2021
Sections 6, 7 and 8 added. Last user point is now remembered - to automatically go back to that point if you close down the app.
Improved updating of section information. Minor other improvements.
1.03 05/19/2021
Improved downloading of not just sections 1-2, but also now sections 3, 4 and 5. App now auto-downloads section 2 whilst user is viewing section 1.
Guide photos added for Oxted link. Minor other improvements.
Having got this published we plan to pause changing the app until after May 3rd's event - to take note of feedback then received.
1.02 05/03/2021
Improved downloading of Section 1 and 2 photos and information needed for our 40th anniversary walk on May 3rd
1.01 04/28/2021
Targets IOS 18
more Version 1.18 09/02/2025
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.
