The Ridgeway GPX, Stages & Public Transport Guide

Start → Telephone Box · 139 km · 6 transit-optimized stages

139km

Total Distance

6

Stages

1,683m

Total Ascent

198

Transit Stops

Plan The Ridgeway

The Ridgeway covers 139 km with 1,683 m of ascent from Start to Telephone Box. Use the full-route GPX, stage GPX files, elevation profile, and public transport stops to choose a hiking, trail running, or fastpacking schedule.

Best season
May-Oct
GPX coverage
Full route plus 6 stage GPX files
Transit access
5 of 6 stages start or finish by public transport
Stage options
7 days hiking / 3 days trail running / 5 days fastpacking

🚌 Why transit-optimized?

We split The Ridgeway into 6 stages. 5 of them start or end at a transit stop — look for the 🚌 icon in the stage directory below.

📥 Download GPX 🗺️ Open in Planner 🏔️ 3D Flyover 139.4 km · 1,683m gain

Full Trail Map

Stage Directory

#StageDistanceTransit
1Start → Km 2020 km—
2Km 20 → St Johns Road41.9 km🚌
3St Johns Road → Garden Centre22.8 km🚌
4Garden Centre → Woolstone Turn19.3 km🚌
5Woolstone Turn → Southend19.5 km🚌
6Southend → Telephone Box15.9 km🚌
Total139.4 km

How Long Does It Take?

7 days (20 km/day)

Comfortable pace with time to enjoy the scenery. 7 days.

Elevation Profile

50m100m150m200m250m0 km20 km40 km60 km80 km100 km120 km140 km271m42m
Flat (<5%) Easy (5–10%)

Transit Stops Along the Trail

Bus and train stops within 2 km of the trail, sorted by distance along the route.

KmStopDistance to Trail
63.1🚌 Winterbrook Lane550m
65.1🚌 Freedom Cottages173m
65.4🚌 Cholsey Meadows871m
65.4🚌 Hospital Corner1106m
65.4🚌 Waterloo Close1549m
65.4🚌 Abbots Mead1045m
65.5🚌 Honey Lane1223m
65.8🚌 The Forty1026m
65.7🚌 Papist Way near Station1445m
65.8🚌 Recreation Ground612m
66🚌 Glebe Close614m
66.5🚌 Preparatory School354m
68.8🚌 Glebe Cottages212m
69.2🚌 Cleeve Road109m
70.8🚌 Goring and Streatley Station1538m
72.3🚌 Underhill929m
77.2🚌 Old Railway Bridge4315m
80.6🚌 Swan Hotel PH2354m
80.8🚌 Newbury Lane2179m
84.8🚌 Fermi Avenue East1101m
85🚌 Eighth Street South1011m
85.8🚌 Curie Entrance3081m
86🚌 Thompson Entrance3458m
86.3🚌 Reading Road4525m
85.1🚌 Diamond Light Source1114m
86.2🚌 Curie Avenue3167m
85.8🚌 Becquerel Avenue Terminus1014m
86.3🚌 Eighth Street North3386m
86.3🚌 Rowstock Corner4151m
86.5🚌 Acorn Close4042m
87.2🚌 Coulings Close3638m
87.3🚌 Portway Close3502m
87.4🚌 The Plough Inn3820m
87.7🚌 The Hare3587m
88.2🚌 Church Street4490m
88.2🚌 Ardington Turn4087m
90🚌 School Road2168m
90.1🚌 Crab Hill A4174922m
90.1🚌 Kingsgrove4600m
90.1🚌 Seymore Crescent4701m
92.5🚌 Seesen Way2387m
92.5🚌 Community Hospital2358m
92.5🚌 Charlton Park2314m
92.5🚌 Fyfield Close2295m
92.5🚌 Wolage Drive4246m
92.5🚌 Mandhill Close3794m
92.5🚌 Harcourt Way4811m
92.5🚌 Grove Road Roundabout4508m
92.5🚌 Upthorpe Drive4878m
92.5🚌 Harcourt Green4919m
92.5🚌 Aldworth Avenue4981m
93.8🚌 Newbury Street2532m
93.8🚌 Market Place2468m
93.8🚌 Ham Lane2506m
93.8🚌 Cane Lane3738m
93.8🚌 Grove Airfield Memorial4195m
93.8🚌 Whittington Crescent4458m
93.8🚌 Stockham School4950m
93.8🚌 Wittington Crescent4568m
93.8🚌 Fitzwaryn School4784m
93.8🚌 Health Centre4412m
94🚌 KIng Alfred's West2365m
94.2🚌 Hamilton Drive2489m
94.5🚌 Hedge Hill Road2579m
94.9🚌 Church1093m
95.9🚌 Gramps Hill511m
99.3🚌 The Hatchet Pub2831m
98.2🚌 Ridgeway1159m
100.3🚌 Bus Shelter1686m
100.4🚌 Letter Box1419m
101.5🚌 Hill View618m
102.3🚌 Village Turn3731m
103🚌 Uffington Trading Estate3697m
103.2🚌 Shotover Corner2303m
103.3🚌 Lady Walk2029m
103.6🚌 Woolstone Road2944m
104🚌 Woolstone Turn1337m
105.1🚌 Green4375m
105.4🚌 Hughes Crescent4228m
107.3🚌 Ashdown House1608m
107.5🚌 The Ridgeway120m
106.4🚌 Rose and Crown PH1999m
108.6🚌 Idstone Road240m
107.2🚌 Military College of Science4537m
109🚌 Rectory Farm1024m
109.1🚌 Idstone Road Farm1806m
109.1🚌 Bishopstone Pond2134m
110.9🚌 North Field3635m
109.9🚌 Whatleys Orchard2557m
109.9🚌 Lower Bourton Turn4672m
111.9🚌 Hatchet Hill Turn533m
112🚌 Russley Down Turn750m
112.5🚌 City Corner789m
112.9🚌 The Burj110m
112.5🚌 Lower Farm788m
112.5🚌 Upper Farm1058m
114.1🚌 Black Horse1687m
114.2🚌 Liddington Crossroads1094m
112.5🚌 Brewers Arms4045m
114.3🚌 Royal Mail Centre4823m
114.3🚌 Faraday Road4660m
114.3🚌 Faraday Park4220m
114.3🚌 Murdock Road4122m
114.3🚌 Magdalen Road1942m
114.3🚌 College Green1813m
114.3🚌 The Beanlands2069m
114.3🚌 New Calley Arms2283m
114.3🚌 Redlands Way3770m
114.3🚌 Marsh Cottage4510m
112.5🚌 Cross Keys4123m
114.3🚌 Spinney Close1022m
114.3🚌 Lytchett Way4513m
114.3🚌 Rainscombe Road4021m
114.3🚌 Great Western Hospital3548m
114.3🚌 Axford Close4005m
114.3🚌 The Drive4346m
114.3🚌 Bowleymead4595m
114.3🚌 St Ambrose Close4170m
114.3🚌 Pinnegar Way4015m
114.3🚌 Liddington Turn1245m
114.3🚌 Village Inn1125m
114.3🚌 Lordswood4106m
114.3🚌 Tregantle Walk4737m
114.3🚌 Coate Village3732m
114.3🚌 Tryon Close3468m
114.3🚌 White Edge Moor3227m
114.3🚌 Homington Avenue3934m
114.3🚌 Biddestone Avenue East3895m
115.4🚌 The Birches4726m
115.4🚌 Coate Water4472m
114.3🚌 Holiday Inn4103m
114.3🚌 Sun Inn4225m
114.3🚌 Snodshill Roundabout3873m
114.3🚌 Fairwood4157m
114.3🚌 Liden Academy3644m
114.3🚌 Liden Centre3201m
115.4🚌 Downs View House1412m
115.4🚌 Community Centre4309m
115.4🚌 Ripon Way4584m
115.5🚌 The Crescent2769m
115.5🚌 Berryfield2340m
115.5🚌 Bolehyde Close2316m
115.4🚌 Lucknam Crescent2402m
115.4🚌 Oare Lane2602m
115.5🚌 Patriots Arms2802m
115.5🚌 Landmark Hotel2440m
115.5🚌 Station Road2182m
115.5🚌 Primary School2098m
115.5🚌 Meadow Stores2668m
115.5🚌 Butts Road2025m
115.5🚌 New Road1988m
118.3🚌 Whitefield Farm1403m
119.4🚌 Downs Golf Club1067m
119.4🚌 Bypass1098m
123.5🚌 Southend171m
124.8🚌 Liddiards Green1307m
126.9🚌 Lower Herdswick Farm2351m
127.1🚌 Ladysmith Road2463m
127.3🚌 Draycot Close3270m
127.3🚌 Home Close4172m
127.3🚌 Hodson Road4006m
127.6🚌 Hodson Turn3661m
129.1🚌 Dairy Road3379m
129.1🚌 Burderop Barns3354m
129.1🚌 Burdeop Park Lodge3120m
129.2🚌 Burderop Wood2870m
129.2🚌 Whittingham Drive3907m
129.4🚌 Beranburh Field4082m
129.4🚌 Overtown Turn3953m
129.4🚌 Brimble Hill Bottom2703m
130.1🚌 Woodland View4119m
130.1🚌 Thorney Park3799m
130.1🚌 Wroughton Junior School4571m
130.1🚌 Ridgeway School4720m
130.1🚌 Lister Road4606m
130.1🚌 Berkeley Road4909m
130.1🚌 Perrys Lane4980m
130.1🚌 Kellsboro Avenue4724m
130.1🚌 Ellingdon Road4879m
130.1🚌 Maunsell Way4791m
130.2🚌 Elcombe Turn3150m
130.2🚌 Science Museum3882m
130.8🚌 Uffcott Turn2275m
131.6🚌 The Bell2547m
131.8🚌 Fourways Crossroads2171m
132.8🚌 Turn2282m
133.6🚌 Village Square2425m
133.6🚌 Berwick Shelter2352m
134.5🚌 Winterbourne Monkton2571m
136.8🚌 Red Lion2275m
137.3🚌 Harrington Court2192m
138.1🚌 Telephone Box840m
138.5🚌 Roundabout3257m
138.5🚌 Waggon & Horses2849m
138.5🚌 Riding Stables3173m
138.9🚌 Avebury Trusloe2434m
139.4🚌 The Firs4812m
139.4🚌 Old School661m

The The Ridgeway is a 139 km long-distance hiking trail in United Kingdom. This car-free guide breaks it into 6 transit-optimized stages, each starting and ending at a public transport stop.

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🗂️ Open data source: The Ridgeway on OpenStreetMap (relation 8879). Transit stops from OSM.

Route data from OpenStreetMap © contributors, licensed under ODbL. Updated 2026-04-02.