Complex sentence: The area is popular with cyclists, walkers & rabbits--a bridleway runs along the ridge of the Down--and it lies at the south-eastern edge of the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty.
Split into simpler sentences: The area is popular with cyclists, walkers & rabbits. A bridleway runs along the ridge of the Down--and it lies at the south-eastern edge of the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty.