South of Chipping Norton, North Wessex Downs AONB offers walking, cycling, and horseback riding along quiet roads and bridle paths. Ridgeway National Trail, noted as Britain’s oldest road, is a 137-kilometre trackway in North Wessex. Stop by Snelsmore Common’s picnic area or Savernake Forest, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), before settling down under a star-filled sky.