Milk Hill is the highest point in Wiltshire and is part of the Pewsey Downs, a rolling set of chalk grassland hills between Devizes and Pewsey which are prominent in the landscape and almost invite the passer by to park up and take a stroll along the ridge. At just over 1,000 feet, they are high enough to offer fantastic views of the Pewsey Vale and beyond but low enough to make walking over them not too strenuous. You can do a circular walk from the Pewsey Downs car park whi

Out of all the fabulous White Horses in Wiltshire, the one in Alton Barnes is a clear favourite of mine. Not just because of its aesthetics, but mainly because of its location. It sits proudly on the side of Milk Hill, the highest point in Wiltshire, and is surrounded by the Pewsey Downs in a landscape that is both stunningly beautiful and full of ancient history. It dates back to 1812 when it was commissioned by a local farmer, the wonderfully named Robert Pile. The story is

The Hackpen White Horse is a spindly, chalk figure etched into the hillside just below the Ridgeway and can be glimpsed from the A361 if you are driving between Swindon and Avebury. Not as prominent as some of the other White Horses in Wiltshire, it still stands proud on the hill it occupies overlooking fields which often have crop circles in the summer months. It is said the the horse was cut in 1838 to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria. A parish clerk of Broad Hi

Hackpen Hill can be seen on the right as you drive north from Avebury towards Swindon. I have often glimpsed across to see the spindly White Horse on the hill and on busy summer days, I could see many cars in the car park at the top of the hill. This is clearly a place that people come to to experience the local landscape, so I decided to join them. The road to the car park snakes up the hill, and in the field below the summit a crop circle could be clearly seen. It was an in

Bratton Camp is one of several Iron Age hill forts in Wiltshire, but this one is most famous for its distinctive White Horse carved into the hillside. Westbury White Horse is the oldest and arguably the most famous White Horse hill figure in Wiltshire. Bratton Hill can be viewed from miles around and as such, the horse itself is a local landmark. I live more than 5 miles away as the crow flies and can see this horse clearly from the top of my house. It also comes into view fr

Carved in 1999, this is the youngest of the carved White Horses and is located at bank field, close to Roundway Hill. It was created to celebrate the millennium but it is not the first white horse to be carved near Devizes - back in 1845 a horse was cut into the west side of Roundway Hill underneath Oliver's Castle. After years of neglect, Snobs Horse, as it was known locally, disappeared around 1922 although it's outline has been seen occasionally. Situated at the top of a h