I wrote some notes on the Picked hill site

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5851/picked_hill.html

Basically the route was built over by the Kennet and Avon canal.

An alternative walking route was created along ancient paths via the edge of Salisbury Plain and Cranbourne Chase to the Dorset Coast.

This was named, the Wessex Ridgeway and runs from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, a total of 219km/136 miles

The route was devised by local Ramblers during the 1980s in support of the RA's aim to establish a single National Trail along the ancient trackways linking the south coast of England to the Wash. Although National Trail status is yet to be achieved the route is recognised by the local authorities and was opened in 1994.

It links to the Ridgeway National Trail near Avebury and walkers can then continue along the Icknield Way and Peddars Way to Hunstanton.

The Wessex Ridgeway also connects with the Hardy Way, Imber Range Perimeter Path, Jubilee Trail (Dorset), Kennet and Avon Walk, Liberty Trail, Macmillan Way, Monarch's Way, Ridgeway, and the South West Coast Path.

Check out The Ramblers site for more info on all the avobe routes
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/

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