The Ridgeway is Britain's oldest road, running for 85 miles through Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

This ancient road extends from Ivinghoe Beacon in the north to Overton Hill in the south.

For centuries The Ridgeway has provided a route for travellers, cattle drovers, traders and armies moving through this corridor of fertile chalk downland.

The ancient hill fort of Uffington dates from 600 BC and is an example of a defensive position with its enormous ramparts, although some historians argue that it may have been more symbolic than defensive.

The White Horse of Uffington, which lies close to The Ridgeway path, is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain.

Carved out into the chalk escarpment, the horse measures 374 feet in length, and is thought to date back to 1000BC in the late Bronze Age.

The hill on which it sits is crowned by the Bronze Age hill-fort of Uffington Castle.

Nearby is Dragon Hill, where St George allegedly slew the beast, and this has given rise to many tales in local mythology.

The Ridgeway gives good access to these sites.