One of the links in a prehistoric route often called the Greater Ridgeway, from The Wash to the South Devon Coast, this route basically extends the Ridgeway National Trail to the south-west. Passed on the way, through Wiltshire, are the stone circles at Avebury (a World Heritage Site jointly with Stonehenge – see website), the Vale of Pewsey, the northern edge of Salisbury Plain, the Wylye Valley and Win Green Hill. In Dorset Cranbourne Chase, Cerne Abbas with the 180ft high Cerne Giant and Pilsden Pen are visited before a short route through Devon leads to the finish in Dorset.
At Marlborough, the route links to the start of waymarked Wansdyke Path.
Map of the Wessex Ridgeway
