Scratchbury Camp

#2956 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Scratchbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort on Scratchbury Hill, overlooking the Wylye valley about 1 km northeast of the village of Norton Bavant in Wiltshire, England. The fort covers an area of 37 acres and occupies the summit of the hill on the edge of Salisbury Plain, with its four-sided shape largely following the natural contours of the hill. ()

Coordinates: 51°11'51"N, 2°7'42"W

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Scratchbury Camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Westbury White Horse, Warminster Town Park, St Denys' Church, St Giles' Church.

4.6 miN
Hill figure originally cut in the 1600s
Westbury White Horse, Westbury
116 min walk • Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England.
2.4 miW
City hall
Warminster Town Park, Warminster
60 min walk • Warminster Town Hall is a former municipal building in the Market Place of Warminster, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Warminster Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.7 miW
Church
St Denys' Church, Warminster
70 min walk • St Denys' Church is the parish church of the town of Warminster, Wiltshire, England, and is the town's oldest church. Begun in the 11th century, rebuilt in the 14th and restored in the 19th, it is a Grade II* listed building.
4.2 miNE
Church
St Giles' Church
107 min walk • St Giles' Church in the deserted village of Imber, Wiltshire, England, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.8 miW
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Shearwater Lake
98 min walk • Shearwater is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, about 2 ¹⁄₄ miles southwest of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. The lake is formed from a tributary of the River Wylye. It is within the Longleat Estate and is one of five lakes of various sizes.
2.4 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Warminster Athenaeum, Warminster
61 min walk • Warminster Athenaeum is a Victorian theatre in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, and a Grade II listed building. Built in Jacobean style in 1857/8 to designs by William Jervis Stent, it is held in trust on behalf of the residents of Warminster by a charitable trust and is Wiltshire’s oldest working theatre.
4.6 miN
Archaeological site
Bratton Castle
117 min walk • Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age built hill fort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the Salisbury Plain escarpment. The hill fort comprises two circuits of ditch and bank which together enclose a pentagonal area of 9.3 hectares.
4.5 miW
Forts and castles
Cley Hill
115 min walk • Cley Hill is a prominent hill to the west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. Its summit has a commanding view of the Wiltshire / Somerset county boundary, at 244 metres elevation. The land is in Corsley parish and is owned by the National Trust.
4.4 miNW
Church
St. Mary's Church
113 min walk • St Mary's Church in Old Dilton, Wiltshire, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 26 April 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 6 September 1974.
1.4 miSE
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
35 min walk • The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Heytesbury is the Church of England parish church for the parish of Heytesbury with Tytherington and Knook, Wiltshire, England. It was a collegiate church from the 12th century until 1840. The present building is largely 13th-century and is designated as Grade I listed.
1.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Battlesbury Camp
31 min walk • Battlesbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hill fort on Battlesbury Hill near the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, South West England. Excavations and surveys at the site have uncovered various finds and archaeological evidence.