Westmill Woodland Burial Ground

#1221 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Westmill Woodland Burial Ground is a green burial ground in the Vale of White Horse on the border of Oxfordshire with Wiltshire in southern England. In the distance, the Uffington White Horse, an Iron Age horse carved into the white chalk on the Berkshire Downs, can be seen to the southeast. ()

Coordinates: 51°36'59"N, 1°39'38"W

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Westmill Woodland Burial Ground – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uffington White Horse, Trout Inn, Buscot House, Wayland's Smithy.

4.9 miSE
Famous hill figure and castle remains
Uffington White Horse
125 min walk • Carved into the rolling chalk hills of Oxfordshire, the Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric enigma that captivates the imagination of visitors and historians alike. This ancient hill figure, etched into the landscape over 3,000 years ago during the late Bronze Age...
5.2 miN
Nightlife
Trout Inn, Lechlade
132 min walk • The Trout Inn is a pub next to the River Thames at Lechlade in the English county of Gloucestershire. The Grade II listed stone building consists of two two-storey structures, one late medieval and the other added in the 18th century.
3.7 miN
Historical place, Park, History museum
Buscot House, Faringdon
95 min walk • Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire within the historic boundaries of Berkshire. It was built in an austere neoclassical style between 1780 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Loveden. It remained in the family until sold in 1859 to Robert Tertius Campbell, an Australian.
4.4 miSE
Archaeological site, Historic walking areas
Wayland's Smithy
113 min walk • Wayland's Smithy, nestled in the verdant landscape of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, is a site steeped in ancient history and folklore. This Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb, dating back to approximately 3,600 BC, is a testament to the architectural acumen...
4.8 miSE
Archaeological site, Forts and castles, Mysterious site
Uffington Castle
124 min walk • Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end.
4.7 miSE
Archaeological site, View point
Dragon Hill
121 min walk • Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
2.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Badbury Hill
72 min walk • Badbury Hill is a hill in the civil parish of Great Coxwell near Faringdon in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. The summit of the hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort known as Badbury Camp. It is roughly circular in shape, most of which was levelled early in the 19th century.
5.1 miS
Area
Wanborough, Swindon
131 min walk • Wanborough is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles southeast of Swindon town centre.
4.4 miSE
Memorial
Cotswold-Severn Group, Shrivenham
113 min walk • The Cotswold-Severn Group are a series of long barrows erected in an area of western Britain during the Early Neolithic. Around 200 known examples of long barrows are known from the Cotswold-Severn region, although an unknown number of others were likely destroyed prior to being recorded.
4.8 miNE
51°39'32"N • 1°34'17"W
Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon
123 min walk • Historical place, View point, Forts and castles
4.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Hardwell Castle
105 min walk • Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire.