This was a place I’d wanted to visit for a long time. It could hardly be further from the walk I did in the extreme south west of...

Erlestoke Wood is quite a pleasant place to walk and I've already written on this site about its abundance of bluebells in the spring....

It’s been a while since I’ve put together a new walk for Hidden Wiltshire. And I have to admit I didn’t put this one together either. It...

The Gallops at Beckhampton has intrigued me for a long time. It is an expanse of land with mixed use, split between racehorse training...

Before St John's Church was built in West Ashton in 1846, the villagers would use St Mary's Church in Steeple Ashton for funerals. To get...

Sarsen Stones and the Devil’s Den About four years ago I did a walk on Fyfield Down to see the source of the sarsen stones (also known as...

It has been a long time in planning and was postponed for a year due to the pandemic, but I'm pleased to announce that we have finally...

This walk starts in the Wiltshire metropolis of Warminster, but quickly leaves the urban area and heads up in the hills to explore more...

Over the years I have driven past the delightful Fonthill Lake but never stopped to take a closer look, so I resolved recently to rectify...

Artist David Alderslade suggested we visit this unique location in Folly Wood near Market Lavington.

This circular walk takes in the small Wiltshire villages of Sutton Veny and Tytherington, doing a circular loop which takes you high up...

In late October I spotted a window in the weather where the sun might shine for a few hours, so I drove across to Edington and parked...

Having already explored Oldbury Camp and the area around the Lansdowne monument on Cherhill Down, I wanted to take a look at Ranscombe...

By Paul Timlett This walk scrapes into Wiltshire by the skin of its teeth. In fact I parked my car in Hampshire but within 100 metres...

By Paul Timlett If I had to choose my favourite part of Wiltshire, the Vale of Pewsey and its downs would be a serious contender. Its...

The hills around Warminster sit on the edge of the wide expanse of Salisbury Plain and contain an incredible amount of history. While...

By Paul Timlett This walk is a little different. Instead of the classic downland and big skies that are characteristic of the Wiltshire...

By Paul Timlett Apart from a description of my walk together with accompanying photographs, in this blog you’ll find a few comments about...

While walking on Picquet Hill above Edington, I noticed a long barrow marked on the map nearby. It was situated on Tinhead Hill quite...

By Paul Timlett That’s the thing about my blogs. Nothing for weeks then two come along at once. But now that travel restrictions have...

By Paul Timlett This blog was updated with additional information and a route map on 1 December 2021. Since this is a blog about walking...

By Fred Palmer I’ve lived in Wiltshire all my life, and have often seen individual pillboxes in fields and by streams, but never known...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...