For people interested in the challenge of long distance walking/cycling/riding The Ridgeway connects with several other long distance routes or shorter routes that link to other long distance paths. Some of these are fully or partly open to cyclists and horse riders. Where a website exists for the path, a link is provided in the table below. Otherwise information may be obtained via the Ramblers or the Long Distance Walkers Association.
| Route | Joining/Leaving point of Ridgeway |
Start to finish |
Length |
| Wessex Ridgeway | Overton Hill SU119681 | Ridgeway at Overton Hill to Lyme Regis | 136 m (219 km) |
| Three Downs Link |
Ogbourne St George SU212737 or Southeast of Wantage SU443850 |
Ridgeway to South Downs Way National Trail at Alresford | |
| D'Arcy Dalton Way | Wayland's Smithy SU281854 | Ridgeway at Wayland's Smithy to Wormleighton near Banbury | 66 m (106 km) |
| Lambourn Valley Way | White Horse Hill SU300862 | Ridgeway at White Horse Hill to Newbury | 20 m (32 km) |
| Thames Path National Trail | Goring-on-Thames bridge SU595808 | Source of the River Thames near Kemble to Thames Barrier at Greenwich | 184 m (294 km) |
| Swans Way | Bledlow SP770012 | Ridgeway at Goring-on-Thames to Salcey Forest in Northamptonshire | 65 m (104 km) |
| Midshires Way | Bledlow SP770012 | Ridgeway at Bledlow to Trans Pennine Trail at Stockport | 230 m (363 km) |
| Chiltern Way | Various points at Ewelme, Watlington, Chinnor and Wendover | A circular route through the Chilterns | 133 m (200km) |
| Oxfordshire Way | Watlington SU703945 | Bourton-on-the-Water to Henley-on-Thames | 65 m (104 km) |
| South Bucks Way | Buckmoorend SP849050 | Ridgeway at Coombe Hill, west of Wendover, to Grand Union Canal at Denham | 23 m (44 km) |
| North Bucks Way | South of Great Kimble SP830054 | Ridgeway south of Great Kimble to Grafton Way near Wolverton | 35 m (56 km) |
| Chiltern Link | Southeast of Wendover SP882064 | Ridgeway southeast of Wendover to Chess Valley Walk at Chesham | 8m (13km) |
| Grand Union Canal Walk | Tring Station SP948121 | London to Birmingham | 145 m (234 km) |
| Icknield Way | South of Ivinghoe Beacon SP961163 | Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path National Trail at Knettishall Heath | 105 m (169 km) |
| Two Ridges Link | South of Ivinghoe Beacon SP961168 | Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to Greensand Ridge Walk at Leighton Buzzard | 8 m (13 km) |