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...
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Glyn Coy
Feb 19, 20194 min read
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...
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Glyn Coy
Dec 16, 20181 min read
Beckhampton - gateway to the Neolithic
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...
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Glyn Coy
Nov 23, 20182 min read
Martinsell Hill, Oare
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...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20181 min read
Oldbury Castle, Cherhill
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...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20182 min read
Windmill Hill, Avebury
I stumbled across Windmill Hill while visiting the not so hidden Wiltshire site of West Kennet Long Barrow. On the sign at the entrance,...
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Glyn Coy
Aug 30, 20182 min read
The Devil's Den and Fyfield Down
The Devil's Den is a bit of a curiosity. It is hard to find and involves hiking through fields with an ordnance survey map, as it is on...
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Glyn Coy
Jul 29, 20181 min read
Roman Road - Morgan's Hill to Beckhampton
Wiltshire has a few Roman Roads which can still be walked on, but I discovered this one while visiting Morgan's Hill in 2017. The map...
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Glyn Coy
Jul 29, 20183 min read
Milk Hill and the Pewsey Downs
Milk Hill is the highest point in Wiltshire and is part of the Pewsey Downs, a rolling set of chalk grassland hills between Devizes and...
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Glyn Coy
Jul 9, 20183 min read
Hackpen Hill, Barbury Castle and The Ridgeway
Hackpen Hill can be seen on the right as you drive north from Avebury towards Swindon. I have often glimpsed across to see the spindly...
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Glyn Coy
Mar 30, 20181 min read
River Avon, Chisenbury
Early in 2018, I was asked to film some work done on the River Avon near the Chisenbury tank crossing just south of Upavon. This was...
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Glyn Coy
Nov 9, 20171 min read
Hat Gate, Marlborough
I found this tiny nature reserve on the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust website when I was looking for places to visit near Marlborough and...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 23, 20172 min read
Jones's Mill,Pewsey
The name of this Wiltshire Wildlife reserve is puzzling, as there is no mill here although there may well have been one in the distant...
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Glyn Coy
Jul 17, 20172 min read
Ramsbury Meadow, Marlborough
I had heard of Ramsbury so many times over the years of living in Wiltshire but my visit to the meadow was also my first time to this...
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Glyn Coy
Jul 13, 20172 min read
Morgan's Hill, Calne
If I can encourage you to do one thing in your life, it would be to visit Morgan's Hill on a clear summer's day and just take in the...
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Glyn Coy
Jun 28, 20171 min read
Peppercombe Wood, Urchfont
Peppercombe Wood in Urchfont. These place names sound like they belong in Middle Earth, populated by hobbits. But Urchfont is a very real...
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