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 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 ...

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 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...

Long Knoll (grid reference ST794376) is just to the south of Maiden Bradley and has long been a visible milestone to me on the way down to Stourhead. When wa...

Right in the South West corner of Wiltshire you will find The Deverills, a string of villages between Warminster and Mere with the word Deverill in their nam...

By Paul Timlett. If you've ever driven (or ridden) along the B390 road between Shrewton and Chitterne, or the minor road between Chitterne and Tilshead, you ...

I've been meaning to write a post about Langford Lakes for a while. It is in the Wylye Valley, and is a flagship site for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. It is qui...

In my travels, I have discovered some great historical sites near the Stourhead estate. White Sheet Hill (Iron Age and Neolithic) and Park Hill Camp (Iron Ag...

Castle Hill is something that I have seen many times over the years as I pass through Mere, or pass by on the busy A303. It is a very prominent landmark, ris...

Chiselbury Camp is another fine example of an Iron Age hill fort sitting on top of a chalk hill in Wiltshire. Although less well preserved than other hill fo...

White Sheet Hill is another fine example of elevated chalk grassland which has evidence of ancient history at its summit. While I have already visited plenty...

If you have been following this site for a while you will know that I cover a lot of Iron Age sites in Wiltshire. Whilst I was visiting White Sheet Hill near...

Grovely Wood is big, and as it stands on a chalk ridge it is hilly and interesting. It is so big that I got lost in it when I was looking for Little Langford...

I visited the Devenish on a hot, humid summer day and appreciated the ample shade provided by the trees and the grassy, steep hills to lounge on while taking...

One word comes to mind every time I think about my visit here. Stunning. If any site can capture the essence of Wiltshire this is it. 40% of all the worlds c...