Start: Williams Automobiles, 1000. End: near Andover, around 1530
This route crosses some of the finest countryside in southern England, linking Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. You’ll travel from the wooded western edge of the Cotswolds, across the rolling chalk downs of Wiltshire, through the prehistoric landscape of Avebury and the Marlborough Downs, before finishing in the tranquil Bourne Valley of north Hampshire.
The scenery changes constantly: steep limestone valleys around Stroud, broad views over the Vale of Pewsey, the dramatic chalk escarpment below the Westbury White Horse, sweeping downland roads across the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, and finally the crystal-clear chalk streams and pretty villages of the Bourne Valley. It’s a route that showcases many of southern England’s most distinctive landscapes, with medieval market towns, ancient villages and open countryside connected by some wonderfully enjoyable driving roads.