I agree with all of the comments of the previous two reviewers, overall it was a pleasant and easy to follow route, with the one exception of the paths through the fields either side of the M4....

Snailblakes

There isn't a safe crossing for the A419 following this route....

Andrea Sim

Again the path to the M4 crossing was not visible and we used the track and then small road to a housing estate to access the crossing....

Walx Wessex

I walked The Ridgeway from Wantage to Ashbury in the morning, including a break to join in the annual Scouring of the White Horse. Lunch in Ashbury, and then walked this Slow Way back to Wantage in the late afternoon. There’s a brief glimpse of the White Horse itself (Photo 3) from the path out of Woolstone....

Martin Ellis

There are two high styles with longer step downs than usual, one between Sevenhampton and Shrivenham and the other between Bourton and Ashbury. The bridge accross River Cole between Sevenhampton and Shrivenham looks a little precarious but it is acctually very solid....

Carol Wilkes

At Dog kennel copse there's a two feet step down to the field from the wooden bridge due to a step missing....

Lesley

Relatively easy to navigate, although the path vanished through a couple of fields near the base of the white horse on the Darcy Dalton way. Stiles and signs kept us on track....

Juliet Handy

Turning right onto the Ridgeway (Photo 1), the route levels off for the next few km before it turns left onto a wide bridleway heading south (Photo 2). After crossing the M4, the route takes an immediate left onto a bridleway (Photo 5) which initially runs alongside the motorway then climbs up to meet the road. The route crosses the road to a byway opposite (Photo 7) and then it is a pleasant and easy walk downhill to Aldbourne which can soon be seen in the distance (Photo 8)....

Ursula

Starting in Ashbury the route largely follows a series of footpaths below the B4507 which runs along the northern spring-line of the Berkshire Downs below the Ridgeway all the way to Wantage. After Sparsholt the route makes more use of the road with quite a long section to Childrey and another section after crossing the B4507 at East Challow to Letcombe Regis. For visitors new to the area though, it may be tempting, as a more scenic option, to climb up to the Ridgeway from Ashbury to Waylands Smithy, following it to take in the Uffington White Horse and then on to Segsbury Camp where you can drop down to Letcombe Regis to pick-up the footpath into Wantage....

Ursula

From Ashbury, the route follows a footpath between the fields from behind the church up to the Ridgeway. Beyond this point, the route then follows a series of byways and crosses the gallops before meeting a no-through road that takes you down to Lambourn....

Ursula