 Since 2012 responsibility for Ardington and the neighbouring parish of Lockinge has been combined in a joint single parish council for Ardington and Lockinge.Ardington is a downland village, with its parish stretching from the loam rich north to the chalk downlands to the south.The ancient path of the Ridgeway runs through the southern part of the parish, along the North Wessex Downs AONB section of the route.