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    Great Ridge
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Feb 8, 2020
    • 7 min

    Great Ridge

    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...
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    Imber
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    Imber

    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...
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    2019 in review
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Dec 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    2019 in review

    Hidden Wiltshire's year of 2019 began with a post about 1917. Planning applications were being seen in pockets of open space around...
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    The Old Slow Coach Road
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Old Slow Coach Road

    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...
    934 views0 comments
    Autumn in Hidden Wiltshire
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Autumn in Hidden Wiltshire

    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...
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    Robin Hood's Bower
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Oct 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Robin Hood's Bower

    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...
    1,909 views0 comments
    Planning ahead......and naked highwaymen
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Sep 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Planning ahead......and naked highwaymen

    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...
    178 views0 comments
    Black Heath - Salisbury Plain
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Sep 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Black Heath - Salisbury Plain

    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...
    1,006 views0 comments
    Piggledene and Lockeridge Dene Sarsen Stones
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Aug 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Piggledene and Lockeridge Dene Sarsen Stones

    Sarsen stones can be found in several places on the Marlborough Downs. Last year I discovered an enormous field of them on Fyfield Down...
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    A Walk around Collingbourne Wood, Ludgershall
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jul 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Walk around Collingbourne Wood, Ludgershall

    It was while I was planning a visit to Ludgershall Castle that I noticed Collingbourne Wood. On the Ordnance Survey map I could clearly...
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    Ludgershall Castle
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ludgershall Castle

    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...
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    RAF Ramsbury Memorials
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jun 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    RAF Ramsbury Memorials

    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...
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    Fifield Bavant and the smallest Church in Wiltshire
    hiddenwiltshire
    • May 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fifield Bavant and the smallest Church in Wiltshire

    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...
    269 views2 comments
    Edington Hill, Luccombe, Combe and Longcombe Bottom
    hiddenwiltshire
    • May 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Edington Hill, Luccombe, Combe and Longcombe Bottom

    I have often driven from Steeple Ashton towards Edington and admired the contours of Edington Hill. Unlike its near neighbour at Bratton...
    1,500 views0 comments
    Biss Meadows, Yarnbrook, Clanger Wood and West Ashton walk
    hiddenwiltshire
    • May 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Biss Meadows, Yarnbrook, Clanger Wood and West Ashton walk

    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...
    585 views0 comments
    Lanhill Long Barrow
    hiddenwiltshire
    • May 12, 2019
    • 5 min

    Lanhill Long Barrow

    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,...
    628 views0 comments
    Castle Rings Fort
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Apr 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Castle Rings Fort

    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...
    280 views0 comments
    Oysters Coppice, Gutch Common
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Oysters Coppice, Gutch Common

    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...
    348 views0 comments
    Heytesbury, Knook Castle and Upton Lovell
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Apr 7, 2019
    • 7 min

    Heytesbury, Knook Castle and Upton Lovell

    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...
    563 views0 comments
    Bluebells in Wiltshire
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Apr 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bluebells in Wiltshire

    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...
    541 views0 comments
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