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View The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition 2024
The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2024 exhibition can now be viewed on this website
Winter Newsletter 2024
In the winter 2024 issue of the newsletter we report on the final event, on Ivinghoe Beacon, in the year-long celebration of the official opening of the Ridgeway National Trail 50 years previously. We also look at the person who did so much to deliver this and so much...
Autumn Newsletter 2023
In this autumn’s newsletter we look at a lot of the things that have happened or got underway on the Ridgeway National Trail in the last three months. For starters, over 70 people converged on Coombe Hill, Bucks, at the end of September to celebrate the Trail’s 50th...
Summer Newsletter 2023
Horses figure large in our summer newsletter, with an article on carriage driving on the Ridgeway, and a review of the book The Bridleway, how horses shaped the British landscape. Another type of horse, the Uffington - chalk - White Horse, was under scrutiny by...
Review of the book “The Bridleway – How Horses Shaped the British Landscape”
One of our Committee Member’s Jane Imbush has written a review of this book – click the News and Events webpage to read her review.
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Theme for the 2024 Competition
The theme for the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition 2024 competition can be found on the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize page here: Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2024 Webpage
Spring Newsletter 2023
In our spring newsletter we start with the 7th annual Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition which was a great success – great art exemplified by record sales and attendances. We look at the winners – and the visitors. The Ridgeway is a challenge in another respect:...
Annual Report 2022
Winter Newsletter 2023
This is a big year for the Ridgeway National Trail – it’s 50th. We report on the launch of the anniversary, led by its Patron Mary-Ann Ochota at the Sanctuary, Avebury, and on the start of our #RidgewaySpotter activity that you can join in to give added interest to...
Ridgeway Spotter Guide
Become a #RidgewaySpotter and celebrate The Ridgeway National Trail’s 50th anniversary. Download the #RidgewaySpotter guide to discover the monthly themes. All you have to do is visit the Ridgeway National Trail, see what you can spot, take photos and post them on social media using #RidgewaySpotter.