The footpath is waymarked by metal and plastic disks on wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture, and where this is not possible stickers on lampposts etc. It has also spawned several circular routes that use sections of the main footpath. These are also waymarked.
This route is shown as a series of green diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps and as a series of red diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps.
Walbury Hill is also the start of the Test Way and is the start of the Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 Mile Trail Race, the first 11 miles of its route being on Wayfarer's Walk.
Places of interest
The following places of interest, hillfort sites and hills can be found along the length of the Walk (listed from southeast to northwest):