RIDGEWAY

A 'ridgeway' is a road or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.

Contents

Roads and pathways

Towns and places

People

Other "Ridgeway" references

Roads and pathways

★ One of the best known ridgeways is the 'Ridgeway National Trail', also known as 'The Ridgeway Path', which runs across southwestern England, along the chalk escarpment, connecting various archaeological sites, notably Wayland's Smithy and the Uffington White Horse.

★ ''The Ridgeway'', running through Enfield is a 'road' along the southmost extent of the glaciers in the last ice age.

★ The Hærvejen is an ancient track in its longest version from the tip of Jutland to the banks of the river Elbe in Danemark and Germany.

★ The Rennsteig is a path along the ridge of the Thuringian Forest in Germany.

★ The Kammweg is a path projected in 1904 to follow the mountains surrounding Bohemia.

★ The Rennweg (Arnsberger Wald) is an old Traderoute along the Arnsberg Forest.
''See also:'' the Ridge Route in California.

Towns and places

There are several towns and other places named 'Ridgeway':
In England:

★ Ridgeway, Derbyshire
In Canada:

★ Ridgeway, Ontario
In the United States:

★ Ridgeway, Alaska

★ Ridgeway, Iowa

★ Ridgeway, Ohio

★ Ridgeway, Missouri

★ Ridgeway, New York

★ Ridgway, Pennsylvania

★ Ridgeway, South Carolina

★ Ridgeway, Virginia

★ Ridgeway, Wisconsin

★ Ridgeway (town), Wisconsin

★ Ridgeway Township, Michigan
In South Africa:

★ Ridgeway, South Africa

People

There are several people named 'Ridgeway':

★ Aden Ridgeway, an Australian Democrat politician

★ Matthew Ridgway, a United States Army general

Other "Ridgeway" references

★ Ridgeway Clocks, the oldest continuously produced line of longcase clocks in the United States.