Glyn Coy
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...
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Glyn Coy
- 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...
Glyn Coy
- 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...
Glyn Coy
- Mar 24, 2019
- 10 min
Knap Hill, Medieval Shaw, Huish and Oare in the Pewsey Downs
By Paul Timlett. UPDATED 22 December 2020. Today I revisited parts of this walk and realised that I made a major mistake when writing the...
Glyn Coy
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
RAF Ramsbury Commemoration
This year I have started to appreciate Wiltshire's military past, and there are a lot of long abandoned RAF bases which are little more...
Glyn Coy
- Mar 3, 2019
- 6 min
Long Knoll and Little Knoll, Kilmington
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...
Glyn Coy
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
Whaddon and Semington - The Hidden War
When I started Hidden Wiltshire I wanted to find those places off the beaten track. But just recently, I have started to appreciate how...
Glyn Coy
- Feb 19, 2019
- 4 min
Milk Hill, Tan Hill and Cliffords Hill - Pewsey Downs
By Paul Timlett A couple of months ago I volunteered to shoot photographs and write a blog for Hidden Wiltshire about three of the hills...
Glyn Coy
- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
Cold Kitchen Hill, Bidcome Hill and Bushcombe Bottom, The Deverills
Right in the South West corner of Wiltshire you will find The Deverills, a string of villages between Warminster and Mere with the word...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain
By Paul Timlett. If you've ever driven (or ridden) along the B390 road between Shrewton and Chitterne, or the minor road between...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 26, 2019
- 2 min
Langford Lakes, Steeple Langford
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...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 24, 2019
- 2 min
Knook Castle
Early in January when I was checking the Ordnance Survey maps for sites to visit in Wiltshire, I stumbled across an earthwork called...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 10, 2019
- 3 min
RAF Zeals and the Dakota Memorial, Beech Clump
In my travels, I have discovered some great historical sites near the Stourhead estate. White Sheet Hill (Iron Age and Neolithic) and...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 10, 2019
- 1 min
To do list
I have big plans to grow the content of the site quickly this year, and to do that I'm trying to work out how other followers can...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Seagry Spitfire Memorial
In September 2014 the village of Lower Seagry dedicated a memorial to two spitfire pilots who were killed nearby in 1941. Situated on a...
Glyn Coy
- Jan 4, 2019
- 1 min
"1917"
By Paul Timlett If Stephen Spielberg has his way this little corner of South Wiltshire will, in a year or so's time, become very famous...
