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A stunning area to explore. Chalk tracks aplenty. Watch out for cyclists, especially if you have a dog, the bikers can be speedy.

Morgan's Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and hilltop vantage point where you can enjoy commanding views over Cherhill Down and the plains of north Wiltshire.

Roundway Down is an Iron Age hill fort that can be seen for many miles around. This steep-sided, wildlife-rich chalk grassland down has fantastic views from the top. It's also a great place to spot wildflowers and butterflies in summer.

Accessible via bridleways and byways from Yatesbury or the A4361 from Avebury. If walking you can follow a footpath route from Avebury too. Great 360 views of the surrounding area and is said to be home to some nesting Owls.

The Devizes Millennium White Horse is one of the most recent chalk figures cut in the UK, created in 1999. It sits up on an escarpment on Roundway Hill just north of Devizes and it's easily accessible by multiple footpaths and bridleways. You can view the horse from the south as well as from neighbouring Milk Hill. It's one of many past and present chalk horses on Wiltshire's hills.

Watch out for dogs walkers in this popular spot. There are many trails and dogs and walkers can come from any direction. Also look out as you head from the open areas into the thick trees at dusk as you may suddenly find you can see the cross cross Or roots under your wheels.

The newest of Wiltshire's White Horses, Devizes was cut in 1999 to mark the Millennium. It's located on Roundway Hill to the north of Devizes. https://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/things-to-do/devizes-white-horse-p1692753

The Cherhill White Horse is the second oldest in Wiltshire being cut in 1780, possibly inspired by the horse at Westbury cut two years earlier. There is a far older horse at Uffington Castle in Oxfordshire which is thought to date back to the Bronze Age some 3000 years ago. The Cherhill horse was made under the guidance of Dr Christopher Alsop of Calne who gave instructions by megaphone from a distance. At one time there were 13 white horses in Wiltshire now only 8 survive due to lack of management. The Cherhill horse which is looked after by the local Parish Council underwent some serious restoration in 2002. The outline needed to be re-cut and 160 tonnes of fresh chalk was packed on to the horse held in place by wooden boarding. Now the horse is maintained by weeding and re-chalking every two years which is done by the Cherhill White Horse Restoration Group with the help of the local scout group. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calstone-and-cherhill-downs/features/cherhill-white-horse