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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


River Avon, Chisenbury
Early in 2018, I was asked to film some work done on the River Avon near the Chisenbury tank crossing just south of Upavon. This was...
Glyn Coy
Mar 30, 20181 min read


Cherhill White Horse
The white horse on Cherhill Down is quite prominent, and can be spotted when you drive from Bromham towards Calne. It sits on a hill...
Glyn Coy
Mar 18, 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


Westbury White Horse and Bratton Camp
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...
Glyn Coy
Dec 18, 20172 min read


Winter Blues
I've been taking a bit of a hiatus from my Wiltshire wanderings this winter, but to prepare myself for spring and summer my focus has...
Glyn Coy
Dec 11, 20171 min read


Devizes White Horse
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...
Glyn Coy
Nov 21, 20172 min read


Hat Gate, Marlborough
I found this tiny nature reserve on the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust website when I was looking for places to visit near Marlborough and...
Glyn Coy
Nov 9, 20171 min read


Jones's Mill,Pewsey
The name of this Wiltshire Wildlife reserve is puzzling, as there is no mill here although there may well have been one in the distant...
Glyn Coy
Oct 23, 20172 min read


Clouts Wood and Markham Banks, Wroughton
Clouts Wood is part of a quite large nature reserve in Wroughton, Wiltshire. The reserve itself is a connected habitat, which starts with...
Glyn Coy
Oct 2, 20172 min read


Grovely Wood and Little Langford Down
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...
Glyn Coy
Sep 4, 20172 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


The Devenish, Salisbury
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...
Glyn Coy
Jul 26, 20172 min read


Ramsbury Meadow, Marlborough
I had heard of Ramsbury so many times over the years of living in Wiltshire but my visit to the meadow was also my first time to this...
Glyn Coy
Jul 17, 20172 min read


Morgan's Hill, Calne
If I can encourage you to do one thing in your life, it would be to visit Morgan's Hill on a clear summer's day and just take in the...
Glyn Coy
Jul 13, 20172 min read


Blakehill Farm and Stoke Common Meadows, Cricklade, Wiltshire
Blakehill Farm Please note that this is an important wildlife site and big parts of it are not accessible to the public. If you want to...
Glyn Coy
Jul 13, 20173 min read


Peppercombe Wood, Urchfont
Peppercombe Wood in Urchfont. These place names sound like they belong in Middle Earth, populated by hobbits. But Urchfont is a very real...
Glyn Coy
Jun 28, 20171 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
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