Icknield Way

an ancient British path first used many thousands of years ago. It leads south-west from the Wash to Berkshire, often along the tops of hills. Modern roads now follow parts of it and other parts are used by people who enjoy walking in the countryside.

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▪ ancient route, England, United Kingdom

      famous prehistoric trackway across England from Norfolk to Wiltshire, following dry ground along the East Anglian ridge, the Chiltern Hills, and the Berkshire Downs. In Wiltshire are the great foci of the prehistoric occupation of the county at Stonehenge and Avebury; on the Norfolk–Suffolk border near Brandon are the major flint mines known as Grime's Graves. The name, British in origin, was used first for the western sections in Berkshire but is now applied more generally to the track north of the Thames, which is crossed at the Goring Gap. In parts the track is doubled above and below the spring line of the escarpment, suggesting seasonal variation in use.

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