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Scratchbury Camp, Norton Bavant
While driving out of Warminster towards Salisbury there are some hills on the left side of the road. One of them has a prominent barrow...
Glyn Coy
May 20, 20182 min read


Erlestoke Park Wood
Erlestoke is a place I've often driven through but never really stopped to take a look. It is a nice little village on the road between...
Glyn Coy
May 5, 20182 min read


Cley Hill, Warminster
A long time ago, the Devil heard that Devizes had converted to Christianity so he filled up a sack of earth from Somerset and set off to...
Glyn Coy
Apr 27, 20182 min read


Roundway Down, Devizes
Roundway Down is an Iron Age hill fort on the outskirts of Devizes and is an imposing sight. This steep hill can be seen for miles...
Glyn Coy
Mar 8, 20182 min read


Dunscombe Bottom, Warminster
I had mixed feelings when I looked into visiting this site, as it looked like a tiny slither of land with no footpath access which had...
Glyn Coy
Aug 16, 20172 min read


Penn Wood, Calne
One of the first things I noticed about Penn Wood is that it isn't a wood. At least, not yet. In 2010 some 10,000 trees were planted and...
Glyn Coy
Jun 21, 20172 min read


Vincients Wood, Chippenham
Like all established woodland, when you walk around Vincients Wood you really feel like it is old. It's not a a large wood - at just...
Glyn Coy
Jun 15, 20172 min read


Conigre Mead, Melksham
While Wiltshire Wildlife Trust manages some large, rural sites it also looks after little pockets of urban wildlife. Conigre Mead is a...
Glyn Coy
Jun 2, 20172 min read


Biss Wood, Trowbridge
Biss Wood Biss Wood is a standalone site, separated from Green Lane Wood by a field which will eventually become Green Lane Wood nature...
Glyn Coy
Apr 23, 20172 min read


Green Lane Wood, Trowbridge
If you look at Green Lane Wood from the air it looks like a place under pressure from urbanisation. The North East corner is dissected by...
Glyn Coy
Apr 22, 20173 min read
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