Devizes White Horse, Avebury

Name: Devizes White Horse
Address: Avebury, United Kingdom

#17 among attractions in Avebury

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Devizes White Horse, officially known as the Devizes Millennium White Horse, is a chalk hill figure of a horse located on Bank Field, an escarpment at Roundway Hill, on the outskirts of the town of Devizes above the hamlet of Roundway, Wiltshire, England; it is about ½ mile north of Roundway. It was cut in 1999 to celebrate the forthcoming third millennium, and is based on a design of another white horse hill figure, which was also known as Devizes White Horse, or sometimes The Snobs Horse, which was very close to the present horse as it was also on Roundway Hill beneath the Oliver's Castle hill fort. Traces of the Snobs Horse can still be seen under the right conditions. ()

Coordinates: 51°22'35"N, 1°58'42"W

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Avebury United Kingdom

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Devizes White Horse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caen Hill Locks, Devizes Town Hall, Wiltshire Museum, Kennet and Avon Canal Museum.

2.6 miSW
Canal
Caen Hill Locks, Devizes
67 min walk • Caen Hill Locks are a flight of 29 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire, England.
1.9 miS
City hall
Devizes Town Hall, Devizes
49 min walk • Devizes Town Hall is a municipal building in St John's Street in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Devizes Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
1.9 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
50 min walk • The Wiltshire Museum, formerly known as Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Devizes Museum, is a museum, archive and library and art gallery in Devizes, Wiltshire, England.
1.6 miSW
Museum
Kennet and Avon Canal Museum, Devizes
42 min walk • The Kennet and Avon Canal Museum is a museum in Devizes, Wiltshire, covering the history of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The museum is located in an old bonded warehouse at Devizes Wharf, approximately 1 mile from the Caen Hill Flight.
2 miSW
Church
St Peter's Church, Devizes
50 min walk • St Peter's Church is an Anglican parish church in Devizes, Wiltshire. It is a Victorian church and is situated on the Bath Road, one of four Anglican churches in the town. It is in the Anglican Diocese of Salisbury but is under the Episcopal care of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet. It is also an active member of Devizes Churches Together.
3.8 miNE
Memorial
Lansdowne Monument
96 min walk • The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty.
1.2 miSE
51°21'43"N • 1°57'55"W
Devizes Marina, Devizes
30 min walk • Boat tours, Sailing, Boat rental
3.7 miE
Cemetery
Long Barrow at All Cannings, Avebury
94 min walk • The Long Barrow at All Cannings is a modern barrow near All Cannings, Wiltshire, inspired by the neolithic barrows built 5,500 years ago. It was the first barrow built in Britain in thousands of years.
5.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Milk Hill
140 min walk • Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors east of Devizes, is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, southwest England, at some 295 m above sea level. It is the location of the Alton Barnes white horse.
5.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Marden Henge
151 min walk • Marden Henge is the largest Neolithic henge enclosure discovered to date in the United Kingdom. The monument is northeast of the village of Marden, Wiltshire, within the Vale of Pewsey and between the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge.
1.8 miSW
Nightlife
Black Swan Hotel, Devizes
46 min walk • The Black Swan Hotel is a traditional inn and hotel in Devizes, Wiltshire. Overlooking the Market Place on the A360 road, the inn was built in 1737. It is associated with the nearby Wadworth Brewery. The inn is reputedly haunted; a young woman in a long dress is said to wander the corridors and walk through the walls.