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Bratton Downs

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Bratton Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire of 4 km². The county has 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is among the largest in the county.

For arrivals by rail, Westbury (Wilts) Station is about 2.6 km to the west. Salisbury Plain and Great Cheverell Hill are among the SSSIs within 4.6 km.

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Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa

Restaurant · With rooms near Bishopstrow

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

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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.

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Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

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Big chalk downland and old hunting country, with some of the darkest night skies in southern England

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Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Devizes

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