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The Ridgeway: Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon
by: Nick Hill
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Updated information
Page 19 – Motor Vehicles
Motor vehicles can only use byways that have no Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) on them. Cyclists can use bridleways, restricted byways and byways (including those with TROs on them).
Page 24 – National Trail events
The National Trails Office organize events along the Ridgeway all year round.
Page 56 – Natural England contact details
Natural England (tel 0845 600 3078, web www.naturalengland.org.uk), Northminster House, Peterborough, PE1 1UA.
From Emma Dann, a reader:
Page 97, Map 4 - Barbury Castle
Unfortunately the Castle Café is no more. I walked that way approx November 2009 and it is now derelict and looks like it will be raized to the ground at some point.
From Martin Hockey, a reader:
Page 40 & 147 – Transport
Apart from the buses the book mentions, there is a very useful bus at Lewknor. The Oxford Tube bus stops near the M40 junction with the B4009, and runs from there to Oxford, and to Hillingdon and London. It runs every 12 to 15 minutes most of the day. Details on this website: www.oxfordtube.com
Page 148 – Map 34
The map does not show access to/from the M40 at Junction 6 - this is very useful for people starting or finishing at Lewknor. There is also a path from the junction to the Ridgeway just north of the M40 that it would be useful for those taking the Oxford Tube bus.
Page 100 – Accommodation
The small town of Chiseldon, about 3 miles from the Ridgeway, has a choice of B&Bs and a reader recommends Norton House (tel 01793 741210, web www.nortonhouse.uk.com), at 46 Draycott Road.
New accommodation
The YHA Clyffe Pypard (tel 01793 731386, web www.yha.org.uk), is next to The Goddard Arms in the village of Clyffe Pypard and both places are run by the same couple. It's about 4.5 miles from the Ridgeway, via Broad Hinton, using the White Horse Trail – see Map 3.
Page 161 Princes Risborough
Ridgeway Lodge, Upper Icknield Way, Saunderton is on the Ridgeway,where the Ridgeway meets the Upper Icknield Way south of Princes Risborough. Offers bed and breakfast accommodation.
website: www.ridgewaylodge,co.uk
Tel: 01844 345438
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