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Photo of Pewsey White Horse, a hill figure near Wootton Rivers in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Pewsey White Horse© Detmar Owen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Pewsey StationPewsey

Pewsey Station sits inside the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. 26 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Kennet & Avon Canal, an 87-mile canal running from Reading to Bristol, England.Highlight

Kennet & Avon Canal

Canal

The broad-beam crossing of southern England — river, canal and river again from Bristol's Avon to the Thames at Reading, over the chalk by the Caen Hill flight.

0.7 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of Pewsey White Horse, a hill figure near Wootton Rivers in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Pewsey White Horse

Hill figure near Wootton Rivers

A trim little horse cut on Pewsey Hill in 1937 for George VI's coronation, on the site of an older lost one.

2.5 km SE

Photo: Martinsell Hill, a viewpoint near Wootton Rivers in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Martinsell Hill

Viewpoint near Wootton Rivers

One of Wiltshire's highest downs near Pewsey, crowned by an ancient enclosure with sweeping views over the Vale of Pewsey.

3.9 km NE

Photo of Alton Barnes White Horse, a hill figure near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Alton Barnes White Horse

Hill figure near Avebury

The largest of the well-kept Wiltshire horses, cut in 1812 high on Milk Hill above the Vale of Pewsey.

6.3 km NW

Photo of Marlborough White Horse, a hill figure in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Marlborough White Horse

Hill figure near Marlborough

A small horse cut by Marlborough schoolboys in 1804, tucked onto Granham Hill above the Kennet.

8.2 km N

Photo of Tottenham House and Savernake Forest, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Tottenham House and Savernake Forest

House & garden near Wootton Rivers

An ancient working woodland of oaks and beeches, crossed by Capability Brown's mile-long Grand Avenue.

8.8 km NE

Photo of West Kennet Long Barrow, a chambered tomb near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

West Kennet Long Barrow

Chambered tomb near Avebury

One of Britain's largest Neolithic chambered tombs, open to walk inside, within sight of Silbury Hill.

9.1 km NW

Photo of Marlborough, a village in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Marlborough

Village

North Wessex Downs town with one of England's widest high streets, colonnaded and tiled, between the college and the Kennet.

9.1 km N · Wiltshire

Photo of West Kennet Avenue, a stone row near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

West Kennet Avenue

Stone row near Avebury

Neolithic avenue of paired standing stones winding south from Avebury towards The Sanctuary, its northern stretch re-erected in the 1930s.

9.7 km NW

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Southcott Vineyard

Vineyard near Pewsey

Family-run vineyard on the edge of Pewsey making sparkling wine from classic Champagne grape varieties.

1.2 km SE

Wootton Rivers

Village

Thatched village between Pewsey and Marlborough, strung along a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal.

5.2 km NE · Wiltshire

Photo of Lockeridge Dene, a country estate near Marlborough in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Lockeridge Dene

Country estate near Marlborough

A National Trust place in Wiltshire.

7.2 km N

Photo of the River Kennet, a 45-mile river running from Marlborough Downs to River Thames at Reading, England.

River Kennet

River

A Berkshire chalk river from the Marlborough Downs to the Thames at Reading, shadowed most of the way by the Kennet & Avon Canal.

7.7 km N · Berkshire & Wiltshire

Photo of Red Lion Freehouse, a pub near East Chisenbury, Wiltshire, south west England.

Red Lion Freehouse

Pub near East Chisenbury

Thatched Pewsey Vale inn at East Chisenbury with a beer garden by the Avon, serving ambitious cooking from its own kitchen garden.

8 km S

Photo of Piggledene, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Piggledene

SSSI near Avebury

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire.

8.4 km N

Photo of The Sanctuary, Avebury, a stone circle in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

The Sanctuary, Avebury

Stone circle near Avebury

Concrete markers on Overton Hill tracing rings of timber posts and later stones raised from about 2500 BC, where West Kennet Avenue ends.

8.6 km NW

Photo along the Ridgeway, an 86-mile National Trail running from Avebury to Ivinghoe, England.

The Ridgeway

National Trail

Britain's oldest road — a prehistoric chalk track past Avebury, hillforts and white horses.

8.8 km NW · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Wessex Ridgeway, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, south west England.

Wessex Ridgeway

Long-distance path

The prehistoric chalk line continued — from Marlborough across Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase to the sea at Lyme Regis.

8.9 km N · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Everything else within 10 km (8) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.