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...

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...

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...

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...

Sarsen stones can be found in several places on the Marlborough Downs. Last year I discovered an enormous field of them on Fyfield Down...

It was while I was planning a visit to Ludgershall Castle that I noticed Collingbourne Wood. On the Ordnance Survey map I could clearly...

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...

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...

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...

I have often driven from Steeple Ashton towards Edington and admired the contours of Edington Hill. Unlike its near neighbour at Bratton...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 drive from where...

Bidcombe Wood - by Paul Timlett Bluebells are a welcome sight in spring, as blue carpets of flowers can transform our woodlands and for a...

UPDATED 22 December 2020. Today I revisited parts of this walk and realised that I made a major mistake when writing the original blog in...

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...

Long Knoll and Little Knoll from King Alfred's Tower by Glyn Coy 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 to Stourhead. When walking in the landscape around there, I have often taken photos of it and use it as an orientation point when walking. It is a distinctive ridge of chalk grassland which is about a mile in length and looks like a spine. There are fine views of it from White S

When I started Hidden Wiltshire I wanted to find those places off the beaten track. But just recently, I have started to appreciate how...