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

Hidden among trees at the base of Luccombe Bottom is a beautiful spring. It gushes free flowing, chalk filtered clear water into an...

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

As I write this, today is ANZAC day 2020, where Australia and New Zealand commemorate their men and women from the Armed Forces who paid...

By Paul Timlett I feel a deep sadness every time I visit Imber. Over the 25 years that I’ve lived in the area I’ve been to this abandoned...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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

In this post about a wood, you will find no photos of woodland because while this is a location with many trees, the greater interest is...

I could see Battlesbury Camp when I walked up Scratchbury Camp a few weeks earlier. Another Iron Age hill fort in the hills above...

Wiltshire has a lot of woodland sites that are worth visiting, from the enormous Savernake Forest down to small pockets of ancient...

This is a 3 mile walk that takes you up and around Box Hill. Detail of the route and a map can be downloaded here: Walk and Map. Box Hill...

While driving out of Warminster towards Salisbury there are some hills on the left side of the road. One of them has a prominent barrow...

Erlestoke is a place I've often driven through but never really stopped to take a look. It is a nice little village on the road between...

A long time ago, the Devil heard that Devizes had converted to Christianity so he filled up a sack of earth from Somerset and set off to...

Roundway Down is an Iron Age hill fort on the outskirts of Devizes and is an imposing sight. This steep hill can be seen for miles...

I had mixed feelings when I looked into visiting this site, as it looked like a tiny slither of land with no footpath access which had...