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King's Play Hill

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King's Play Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.29 km². It is one of 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.

The closest station is Melksham, about 10.3 km to the west. Nearby SSSIs include Roundway Down and Covert, Morgan's Hill and Calstone and Cherhill Downs.

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

North Wessex Downs

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Hungerford

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

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

Devizes White Horse

Hill figure near Devizes

The newest Wiltshire horse, cut on Roundway Hill for the millennium in 1999 — and the only one that faces right.

2 km SE

Photo of Caen Hill Locks, a landmark near Devizes, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Caen Hill Locks

Landmark near Devizes

A flight of 29 locks climbing 237 feet in two miles on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Devizes, a triumph of Georgian engineering.

4.8 km SW

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

Cherhill White Horse

Hill figure near Avebury

Wiltshire's second-oldest white horse, cut in 1780 on Cherhill Down beneath the Lansdowne Monument.

5.6 km NE

Photo of Lacock, a village in Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Lacock

Village

National Trust-owned village of timbered and stone cottages with a medieval abbey and barn, kept free of modern clutter and much used on screen.

9.5 km W · Wiltshire

Photo of Silbury Hill, a prehistoric mound near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Silbury Hill

Prehistoric mound near Avebury

Europe's largest man-made prehistoric mound.

9.7 km E