Burcombe Down

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Burcombe Down is one of 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire. It lies inside Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape. For more of the same, Knapp and Barnett's Downs and Knighton Downs & Wood are close by. The closest station is Salisbury, about 6.6 km to the east.

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