View from Roundway Down – Quakers Walk loop from Devizes

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View from Roundway Down – Quakers Walk loop from Devizes

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View from Roundway Down – Quakers Walk loop from Devizes

01:49

16.2km

180m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.80 km

Coate Bridge on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Highlight • River

Good views of the Kennet and Avon canal and surrounding farmland

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4.51 km

View from Roundway Down

Highlight • Viewpoint

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.

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6.29 km

View from Oliver’s Castle hill fort

Highlight • Historical Site

Oliver's Castle is an Iron Age hill fort with awe-inspiring views across the plain over Devizes and beyond. The fort gets its name from the Battle of Roundway, when Sir William Waller's 2,500-strong cavalry camped here for three nights. As is common throughout England, anything related to the Civil War usually ends up linked to Oliver Cromwell, though.

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7.15 km

View from Wessex Ridgeway

Highlight • Natural

Vast views, but can get very muddy!

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11.3 km

Devizes Millennium White Horse

Highlight • Viewpoint

Off the trail, opposite to the entrance of the wood.

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11.3 km

View of Devizes from North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Views all over Devizes

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12.7 km

Quakers Walk

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is a wonderful path from Devizes to Roundway, at the base of Walkers Hill. A tree-lined walkway, it's been a public right of way for 200 years although the path itself likely dates back at least 700 years, running through the Roundhill estate. If you park in Devizes, it's a great path to use to ascend the downs and visit the Millennium white horse.

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14.8 km

The Crammer Pond

Highlight • Lake

Perhaps the most famous local legend is that of the Moonrakers, which is reputed to have taken place at the Crammer (Devizes town’s pond).

The story goes that a group of Wiltshire smugglers heard the Excise Men approaching the town, therefore they had to quickly conceal the contraband brandy they were carrying by rolling the barrels into the Crammer. Once the Excise Men had passed, the smugglers needed to recover the barrels using a rake. The Excise Men were suspicious and therefore came back to take a second look. Catching the men with rakes they demanded to know what they were doing. Not being stupid, one pointed to the reflection of the moon in the pond’s surface and said that they were trying to rake out the cheese from the water.

The Excise Men left, laughing at how stupid Devizes people can be. However it was the smugglers who had the loudest laugh as their quick thinking had stopped them being caught.

To this day, Wiltshire people are known as ‘Moonrakers’.

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16.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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