Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb

#7542 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England, organised by the South Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club. The first practice meeting was held on 25 June 1967, when Patsy Burt, driving a McLaren-Oldsmobile set a time of 39.90 sec. The first competition event was held on 23 July 1967. ()

Coordinates: 51°2'2"N, 1°58'9"W

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Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wilton House, Old Wardour Castle, Fovant Badges, Vale of Wardour.

5.8 miNE
Stately home with a major art collection
Wilton House
148 min walk • Nestled in the lush Wiltshire countryside, Wilton House stands as an enduring testament to British architectural grandeur and aristocratic taste. This stately home, with its origins dating back to the 1540s, is not only a museum but also a living piece of history...
5.2 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles, History museum
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury
133 min walk • Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles west of Salisbury.
1.4 miN
Memorial
Fovant Badges
36 min walk • The Fovant Badges are a set of regimental badges cut into a chalk hill, Fovant Down, near Fovant, in southwest Wiltshire, England. They are located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley; or approximately 1⁄2 mile southeast of Fovant.
4.8 miW
Valley
Vale of Wardour, Tisbury
122 min walk • The Vale of Wardour encompasses the valley of the River Nadder in the county of Wiltshire, England.
4.3 miE
Church
St Mary & St Lawrence's Church
110 min walk • The Church of St Mary & St Lawrence in the village of Stratford Tony, south Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It stands on the south bank of the River Ebble, accessed from the north down a lane, across the river and up a bank.
6 miSW
Archaeological site
Cranborne Chase
153 min walk • Cranborne Chase is a chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The plateau is part of the English Chalk Formation and is adjacent to Salisbury Plain and the West Wiltshire Downs in the north, and the Dorset Downs to the south west.
5.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Grovely Wood
134 min walk • Grovely Wood is one of the largest woodlands in southern Wiltshire, England. It stands on a chalk ridge above the River Wylye in Barford St Martin parish, to the southwest of the village of Great Wishford, within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
6.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fonthill Lake
162 min walk • Fonthill Lake is a lake in southwest Wiltshire, England. It lies just to the south of the village of Fonthill Bishop, east of the village of Fonthill Gifford, and northeast of Fonthill Abbey.
3.6 miN
Museum, History museum
Philipps House
92 min walk • Philipps House is an early nineteenth-century Neo-Grecian country house at Dinton, overlooking the Nadder valley about 8 miles west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
1.9 miS
Village
Bowerchalke
49 min walk • Bowerchalke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 9 miles southwest of Salisbury. It is in the south of the county, about 1 mile from the boundary with Dorset and 2 miles from that with Hampshire.
5.1 miE
Sport, Sport venue
Salisbury Racecourse
131 min walk • Salisbury Racecourse is a flat racecourse in the United Kingdom featuring thoroughbred horse racing, 3 miles southwest of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Fifteen race meetings a year are held there between early May and mid-October.