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The Wessex Ridgeway is a long-distance footpath leading from Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, to Lyme Regis, on the coast in Dorset. The footpath is about 136 miles (219km) in length.

The Wessex Ridgeway may conveniently be divided into twelve sections, each of a reasonable length for a day walk, but other divisions are possible.

1. Marlborough to Morgan's Hill (13 miles (21km))

2. Morgan's Hill to West Lavington (13 miles (21km))

3. West Lavington to Battlesbury (12 miles (19km))

4. Battlesbury to Hindon (12 miles (19km))

5. Hindon to Win Green Hill (11 miles (18km))

6. Win Green Hill to Shroton (12 miles (19km))

7. Shroton to Ansty (10 miles (16km))

8. Ansty to Cerne Abbas (10 miles (16km))

9. Cerne Abbas to Maiden Newton (9 miles (15km))

10. Maiden Newton to Beaminster (10 miles (16km))

11. Beaminster to Birdsmoorgate (10 miles (16km))

12. Birdsmoorgate to Lyme Regis (10 miles (16km)