The Ridgeway, Hambledon Hill, Dorset. 'Ridgeway’ refers to an ancient track that runs along the high ridges of hills. They are unpaved, relying simply on the hard ground to provide a suitable surface for travelling on. The Ridgeway in England stretches 85 miles from Overton Hill in Wiltshire, to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. The track has been in use for more than 5,000 years.and follows a chalk ridgeline past Neolithic stone circles, burial mounds, earthworks and Bronze Age hill forts Great Places, Beautiful Places, British Countryside, Get Outdoors, Local History, Back To Nature, Fantasy Landscape