Ebsbury Down

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Ebsbury Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.53 km². The county has 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies within Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

Salisbury Station is about 9 km away to the south-east. For more of the same, Burcombe Down and Camp Down are close by.

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