In the novel Taken at the Flood, Long Ridge is one of the hills surrounding the village of Warmsley Vale. David Hunter told the police that on of the death of Enoch Arden, he had intended to catch the 7.20 train but missed it. He therefore went for a walk to Downe Copse, Bats Hill and Long Ridge while waiting for the next train. Poirot noted that these three features described a circuit around the White House.