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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
The Annual Report for 2020
Annual Report for 2020
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2021 Exhibition
As announced in the recent Newsletter, it does not seem safe and sensible to hold a physical exhibition for the Swire Ridgeway Arts prize this year. Hence, the 2021 Arts Prize will be an online exhibition. The exhibition will be open on line at our web site at...
Winter Newsletter 2021
Following the letter from the Chairman, this Newsletter gives a report from the Secretary ‘The Secretary’s Minute Book’, an update from the Treasurer, an update on the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize, a report on the Great Chalk Way, snippets from Ridgeway Partnership News...