The Ridgeway
Ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the ancient British road and National Trail. For other uses, see Ridgeway (disambiguation).
The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road.[2] The section clearly identified as an ancient trackway extends from Wiltshire along the chalk ridge of the Berkshire Downs to the River Thames at the Goring Gap, part of the Icknield Way which ran, not always on the ridge, from Salisbury Plain to East Anglia.[3] The route was adapted and extended as a National Trail, created in 1972. The Ridgeway National Trail follows the ancient Ridgeway from Overton Hill, near Avebury, to Streatley, then follows footpaths and parts of the ancient Icknield Way through the Chiltern Hills to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. The National Trail is 87 miles (140 km) long.
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The Ridgeway | |
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Length | 87 miles (139km) |
Location | southern England, United Kingdom |
Designation | UK National Trail |
Trailheads | Overton Hill, near Avebury, Wiltshire and Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire |
Use | Hiking |
Elevation change | 3,881 feet (1,183 m)[1] |
Season | All year |
Trail map | |
Map of the Ridgeway National Trail in the south of England |
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