The Ridgeway by Bus

A photographic exploration of buses adjacent to the Ridgeway National Trail. This book will be of interest to the bus enthusiasts of central southern England and hopefully inspire visits to this beautiful part of the country

Known as ‘Britain’s oldest road’, The Ridgeway path links Avebury, Wiltshire, with Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. For over 5,000 years the path has been used for a variety of reasons and today remains one of the most interesting trails to explore. Over its 87-mile length it crosses the counties of Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, passing through two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the North Wessex Downs and the Chilterns. Matt Cooper explores bus and coach operators along the course of The Ridgeway, sometimes deviating from the path to visit nearby centres of interest to document the recent bus and coach scene there. His vibrant selection of images covers a forty-year period up to the present day and showcases the wide variety of vehicle types, liveries and types of service to be found here. The bus and coach industry has changed considerably since the 1980s, along with the needs and requirements of passengers and the technology in use, and this is reflected in the photographs presented here. With a superb array of images, this book will be of interest to the bus enthusiasts of central southern England and hopefully inspire visits to this beautiful part of the country.