By Paul Timlett On Thursday 6 February I woke to a thick fog. I hadn’t planned to go out photographing this day but it was too good an opportunity to miss. T...

By Paul Timlett I feel a deep sadness every time I visit Imber. Over the 25 years that I’ve lived in the area I’ve been to this abandoned village many times....

Hidden Wiltshire's year of 2019 began with a post about 1917. Planning applications were being seen in pockets of open space around Shrewton as the filmset f...

By Steve Dewey Because I have a brother in Westbury, and I used to live in Marlborough, one of the interesting ways back and forth between our houses was to ...

We are now deep into the Autumn season and over the next two weeks the leaves will be at their colourful best, before they fall to the ground. We all know of...

The mysterious Robin Hood's Bower can be found deep in the heart of Southleigh Wood near Warminster. I cannot seem to find out how it arrived at its name, bu...

I still have a list as long as my arm of sites to visit, so this little project is likely to continue for some years yet. We have had some guest contributors...

By Steve Dewey I grew up in Warminster, on the edge of SPTA West, and then moved away for a long while. Because access to SPTA West is more restricted than i...

Sarsen stones can be found in several places on the Marlborough Downs. Last year I discovered an enormous field of them on Fyfield Down which many locals cal...

It was while I was planning a visit to Ludgershall Castle that I noticed Collingbourne Wood. On the Ordnance Survey map I could clearly see an enormous fores...

Ludgershall is a small town about 16 miles North of Salisbury, close to the border with Hampshire and not too far from Andover. It is a place I have driven t...

I wrote about RAF Ramsbury earlier in the year, and touched on the part it played in World War Two. Today the site has been returned to agriculture and almos...

I read somewhere that the village of Fifield Bavant is the smallest in Wiltshire with just two houses. I also read that the Church is the smallest in Wiltshi...

I have often driven from Steeple Ashton towards Edington and admired the contours of Edington Hill. Unlike its near neighbour at Bratton which houses the fam...

One of the benefits of living in Wiltshire is that is a rural county. Even in the urban areas, once you get outside of the towns you instantly find yourself ...

By Sara French from Hireth Woodland Therapy It is Good Friday and sunny as you like. The Orange Tips flit hither and thither. Just ahead, not promising a gre...

I discovered this Iron Age fort when I was looking at Oysters Coppice on the ordnance survey map. Just a short walk to the South West of the coppice, it is a...

I was in two minds whether to write this blog post, as I wanted to keep this piece of Hidden Wiltshire all to myself. Oysters Coppice is a wonderful little w...

By Paul Timlett Inspired by Glyn Coy’s visit to Knook Castle in January 2019 I decided to visit it for myself. It’s around a 15 minute drive from where I liv...

Bluebells are a welcome sight in spring, as blue carpets of flowers can transform our woodlands and for a few days and weeks turn them into something magical...