The Greater Ridgeway - A Walker's Guidebook - Southern England

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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
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Available as eBook
Cover
Paperback - PVC
Published
1 Mar 2003
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852843465
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ISBN (10)
1852843462
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm
Weight
350g
Pages
256
No. Maps
74
No. Photos
80
Originally Published
1 Mar 2003

The Greater Ridgeway

A walk along the ancient route from Lyme Regis to Hunstanton by Ray Quinlan

A detailed guidebook to walking the entire Greater Ridgeway across southern England from Lyme Regis, on the south coast, to Hunstanton, on the Norfolk coast, combining the shorter Icknield Way with the Wessex ridgeways and the Peddars Way - a total of over 580km (360 miles). More...

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Seasons

Any time of the year, but probably a more pleasant walk through spring and summer.

Centres

Lyme Regis, Shaftesbury, Warminster, Marlborough, Swindon, Reading, Goring, Berkhampstead, Luton, Read More... Cambridge, Thetford, Hunstanton

Difficulty

A long, long walk, but the difficulties are largely due to the challenge of the length rather than Read More... the difficulties of the route.

Must See

White horses, stone circles, evidence of England’s earliest dwellers along some of their ancient Read More... tracks and trails.
 
 

Route Summary
Introduction

Part 1: The Wessex Ridgeway
Stage 1      Lyme Regis to Beaminster
Stage 2      Beaminster to Cerne Abbas
Stage 3      Cerne Abbas to Shilllingstone
Stage 4      Shillingstone to Ludwell
Stage 5      Ludwell to Heytesbury
Stage 6      Heytesbury to Coulston Hill
Stage 7      Coulston Hill to Devizes
Stage 8      Devizes to Avebury

Part 2: The Ridgeway National Trail
Stage 9      Avebury to Fox Hill
Stage 10    Fox Hill to Scutchamer Knob
Stage 11    Scutchamer Knob to Mongewell
Stage 12    Mongewell to Chinnor
Stage 13    Chinnor to Wendover
Stage 14    Wendover to Ivinghoe Beacon

Part 3: The Icknield Way
Stage 15    Ivinghoe beacon to Luton Leagrave
Stage 16    Luton Leagrave to Letchworth
Stage 17    Letchworth to Royston
Stage 18    Royston to Great Chesterford
Stage 19    Great Chesterford to Stetchworth
Stage 20    Stetchworth to Icklingham
Stage 21    Icklingham to Knettishall

Part 4: The Peddars Way
Stage 22    Knettishall to Little Cressingham
Stage 23    Little Cressingham to Castle Acre
Stage 24    Castle Acre to Sedgeford
Stage 25    Sedgeford to Hunstanton

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