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View The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition 2022
The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2022 exhibition can now be viewed on this website
Ridgeway National Trail Slide Show
A few years ago FoR member Steve Davison produced a slide show of various points along the Ridgeway National Trail. It provides an excellent overview and reminds us of the beauty and varied scenery along the Trail. Click here to watch the slide show.
Winter Newsletter 2022
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Ridgeway. Using press cuttings we look at the efforts of the first 10 years to get non-essential motor vehicles banned from the National Trail. We highlight your time-limited opportunity to influence the...
Race to the Stones 9-10 July 2022
The Race to the Stones from Lewknor to Avebury follows the Ridgeway celebrated as Britain’s oldest path, your 100km route follows the historic trail past Wayland’s Smithy, Uffington White Horse and Barbury Castle before reaching the iconic ancient Stone Circle at...
Autumn Newsletter 2021
The autumn issue of the Friends of the Ridgeway contains grave news about a threat to White Horse Hill, Uffington, though there are more joyous articles as well. Author Robert Twigger waxes lyrical about the joys of ridge walking. Anthony Burdall encourages the...
Ridgeway Friends Day and the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize April 2022
The Friends of the Ridgeway are delighted to announce that the Ridgeway Friends Day and Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition will be held next year on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2022. Full details can be seen on the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2022 Webpage
Anna Dillion and Hedley Thorne – North Wessex Airscapes Exhibition
Anna Dillon, who designed our Friends of the Ridgeway logo, is a passionate lover of the Ridgeway and adjacent countryside, which she captures with her distinctive style of painting. Anna has teamed up with aerial landscape photographer Hedley Thorne to produce an...
Summer Newsletter 2021
A new-look newsletter coinciding with the Ridgeway getting back to normal, with articles on Trail events and maintenance that resumed at the start of summer. Anthony Burdall describes the outcomes of this year’s Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize, with the winning works for...
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2021 winners announced
At the prizegiving on Sunday 25 April 2021, The Chair of Judges, Lucy Stopford announced the winners of the 2021 competition. The Judges had been impressed by the number, variety and quality of the entries and found it difficult to pick winners. The overall winner is...
View The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition
The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2021 exhibition can now be viewed on this website