The Greater Ridgeway - A Walker's Guidebook

Detailed guidebook to walking the entire Greater Ridgeway 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 580km (360 miles).

The Greater Ridgeway

A walk along the ancient route from Lyme Regis to Hunstanton

Author

Ray Quinlan

Cover

Paperback - PVC

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852843465

Availability

Published

Price

£12.95

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (2)
Sample Photos (3)

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, Cambridge, Thetford, Hunstanton

Difficulty

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

Must See

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

Running for 583 km (363 miles), the full Ridgeway, archaeologists tell us, was walked when the stone circle at Avebury was just a glint in its builder's eye. Neolithic tradesmen, pilgrims and invading armies of five millennia have used this route, which is now fully accessible to walkers and ramblers.

The Greater Ridgeeway route incorporates four established long-distance paths:

The Wessex Ridgeway (Lyme Regis to Overton)
The Ridgeway National Trail (Overton to Ivinghoe)
The Icknield Way (Ivinghoe to Thetford)
The Peddars Way (Knettishall to Hunstanton).

It is a walk of incredible variation: from the flat open plateau of the Salisbury Plain to the undulating Dorset hills; from airy ridges above Wantage to the big sky country around Thetford; from small, intimate villages of the shires to the pleasant northern fringes of Luton.

This complete guide to walking the entire Ridgeway includes full route and accommodation details, and is thoroughly illustrated with 60 maps and many photographs.