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WALKING IN THE NORTH WESSEX DOWNS
by Steve Davison
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
About the Author
Steve Davison is a freelance writer and photographer who has lived in Berkshire for over 25 years. He has written several guidebooks, as well as articles for a number of outdoor magazines and other publications, including local and national newspapers. He specialises in hill walking and European travel, with interests in nature, geology and the countryside. A keen hill walker for many years and a Mountain Leader, Steve has also worked as a part-time outdoor education instructor. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. Find out more about him at www.steve-davison.co.uk.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
The Great Stones Way
Walking in the Chilterns
The Ridgeway National Trail
Walking in the New Forest
Walking in the Thames Valley
© Steve Davison 2015
First edition 2015
ISBN: 978 1 85284 728 9
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Updates to this Guide
While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/728/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.
Front cover: The Wansdyke stretching out over Tan Hill (Walk 21)
CONTENTS
Walking in the North Wessex Downs
Waymarking, access and rights of way
Walk 1 Chapel Row, Bucklebury and Stanford Dingley
Walk 2 Ashampstead and Yattendon
Walk 4 Shillingford, Wittenham Clumps and Dorchester on Thames
Walk 5 Blewbury and the Astons
Walk 6 West Ilsley and Farnborough
Walk 7 Ardington and the Hendreds
Walk 8 Great Shefford, Chaddleworth and East Garston
Walk 9 Lambourn and Eastbury
Walk 10 The Ridgeway and the Letcombe villages
Walk 11 Compton Beauchamp, Woolstone and the Uffington White Horse
