Britain’s Oldest Road A friend and I recently cycled the Ridgeway,which follows a ridge of chalk hills from the small town of Streatley on the River Thames to the village of Avebury in Wiltshire.Unlike many countries in Europe,including Scotland,people are not allowed to walk wherever they like in the countryside of England and Wales.We can only use footpaths and so forth,which have been specially marked.The Ridgeway is thought of as Britain’s oldest Britain’s Oldest Road A friend and I recently cycled the Ridgeway, which follows a ridge of chalk hills from the small town of Streatley on the River Thames to the village of Avebury in Wiltshire .Unlike many countries in Europe, including Scotland, people are not allowed to walk wherever they like in the countryside of England and Wales.We can only use footpaths and so forth, which have been specifically marked. The Ridgeway is thought of as Britain’s oldest