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Steeple Ashton

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Steeple Ashton is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.26 km². The county has 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The nearest railway station is Trowbridge, about 6.2 km to the west. Nearby SSSIs include Bratton Downs and Salisbury Plain.

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Photo of Westbury White Horse, a hill figure near Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Westbury White Horse

Hill figure near Steeple Ashton

The oldest and best known of the Wiltshire horses, cut into the down below Bratton's Iron Age ramparts and remodelled in 1778; it shows for miles across the vale.

4.4 km S

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

Kennet & Avon Canal

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.

5 km N · spans 5 counties

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.

9.3 km NE

Photo of Bradford on Avon Tithe Barn, a landmark near Bradford-on-Avon in the Cotswolds, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Bradford on Avon Tithe Barn

Landmark near Bradford-on-Avon

Great 14th-century barn of Shaftesbury Abbey's farm at Barton, 51 metres long, its stone-slate roof carried on massive timber crucks.

10 km NW

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

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

10 km NW · spans 10 counties

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

10.1 km NW