周辺の天然記念物・トップ7

Birdhenge was made in 2014 with the aid of a grant from the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Beauty. It is visible from a public path between Heytesbury and Knook in the Wylye Valley.

Brilliant downhill. Mostly grass so I wouldn't fancy it uphill!

White Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow, its name deriving from the chalk plain upon which it is built. First described by archaeologist William Cunnington, it is one of a number of long barrows in the area and is today looked after by the National Trust. The calcerous chalk grassland here is home to many wildflowers, butterflies and other insects, incuding rare bees only found in a few sites in Britain.

Wylye Down National Nature Reserve is a relatively small area of chalk grassland but is home to an array of rare plant species, including the burnt-tip orchard and the early gentian

Very big long barrow just off the Imber Range path. Access via a stile. Great views across the Salisbury plain.

Very big long barrow on the Imber Range path. Access is via a stile and a short scramble up on top. You get great views across Salisbury Plain and there are some lovely wild orchids and other flowers.

Classic climb for this area and could be described as a rolling hill. Not the hardest in the area but can be a stinger in any descent length route in the area.

Middle Hill, nicknamed locally as ‘piggy in the middle’, is a conical chalk hill that stands between Battlesbury Hill to the northwest and Scratchbury to the southeast. This row of hills is on the southwestern edge of Salisbury Plain overlooks the Wylye valley. Atop the hill you find an ancient and sizable bowl barrow.