Photo of Barbury Castle Country Park, a country park near Broad Town in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

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Barbury Castle Country Park

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Barbury Castle Country Park is a country park in Wiltshire, covering 0.53 km². The Albion Guide charts ten country parks in the county; this is one of them. The surrounding countryside is part of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Swindon, about 8.4 km to the north. Coate Water Country Park and Lydiard Park are among the country parks within 9.2 km.

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Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.

North Wessex Downs

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Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

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

Hackpen White Horse

Hill figure near Avebury

A neat square-set horse cut for Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838, on Hackpen Hill just below the Ridgeway.

2.9 km SW

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

Broad Town White Horse

Hill figure near Broad Town

The northernmost Wiltshire horse, reputedly cut in 1864, clinging to a steep slope above the village.

5.7 km W

Photo of Avebury, an ancient site near Marlborough in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Avebury

Ancient site near Marlborough

Vast henge and circle wrapping a whole village.

8.1 km SW

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

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.

8.5 km SW

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

Marlborough White Horse

Hill figure near Marlborough

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

8.7 km S