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FACTFILE |
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Length
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137km/85
miles from Overton Hill, near Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon along
Britain's oldest road. |
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Terrain
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Not too strenuous - mostly following the
ancient chalk ridge route used by prehistoric man,
a broad track past the ancient hillforts
of the North Wessex Downs, across the Thames and then along lower-lying
paths through the wooded countryside of the Chilterns. |
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Connecting Paths |
Aylesbury
Ring, Chiltern Link, Chiltern Way, D'Arcy Dalton Way, Grand Union Canal
Walk, Hertfordshire Way,
Icknield Way, Lambourn Valley Way, Midshires Way,
Oxfordshire Way, Thames Path,
Wessex Ridgeway. |
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Maps
Great savings!
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Explorer :
157,
170,
171,
181
Landranger:
165,
173,
174,
175
The way is shown on recent
editions of these maps. |
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Tourist Information
Centres
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Abingdon
01235 522711; Avebury 01672 539425; Berkhamsted 01438 737333; Didcot
01235 813243; Dunstable 01582 471012; Faringdon 01367 242191;
Marlborough 01672 513989; Princes Risborough 01844 274795; Swindon 01793
530328; Thame 01844 212834; Tring 01442 823347; Wantage 01235 760167;
Wallingford 01491 826972; Wendover 01296 696759 |
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THE
RIDGEWAY
