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...

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 above Pewsey Vale. I had a route in mind that would take me up onto Milk Hill from Stanton St Bernard, then following Wansdyke I’d walk along the ridge line to Tan Hill before heading south over Clifford’s Hill. I figured from there I would drop down to the Kennet and Avon Canal before completing the circuit to Stanton St Bernard. With the

Bushcombe Bottom and Bidcombe Hill Right in the South West corner of Wiltshire you will find The Deverills, a string of villages between...

If you've ever driven (or ridden) along the B390 road between Shrewton and Chitterne, or the minor road between Chitterne and Tilshead,...

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...

Early in January when I was checking the Ordnance Survey maps for sites to visit in Wiltshire, I stumbled across an earthwork called...

In my travels, I have discovered some great historical sites near the Stourhead estate. White Sheet Hill (Iron Age and Neolithic) and...

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...

In September 2014 the village of Lower Seagry dedicated a memorial to two spitfire pilots who were killed nearby in 1941. Situated on a...

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...

This site was born in 2017 out of a simple idea - find hidden places in Wiltshire, ones that are not so well known and visit them,...

Beckhampton isn't really hidden, because many of us drive through it regularly as it stands on the A4, a thoroughfare that has been a...

Martinsell Hill first came to my attention in November 2018, when a fabulous picture of a dusk sky from the top was posted on twitter by...

Castle Hill is something that I have seen many times over the years as I pass through Mere, or pass by on the busy A303. It is a very...

Chiselbury Camp is another fine example of an Iron Age hill fort sitting on top of a chalk hill in Wiltshire. Although less well...

Cherhill Down has featured quite a bit in some of my other posts, not least the one about the Cherhill White Horse that sits upon its...