Stockton Wood and Down

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Stockton Wood and Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.6 km². It is one of 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Tisbury, about 7 km to the south. Other SSSIs nearby include Tytherington Down, Ebsbury Down and Salisbury Plain.

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Photo of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, a National Landscape in England.

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Tisbury

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

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

2.1 km S · spans 14 counties

Photo along the Wessex Ridgeway, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, south west England.

Wessex Ridgeway

Long-distance path

The prehistoric chalk line continued — from Marlborough across Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase to the sea at Lyme Regis.

3.5 km W · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Photo of Fovant Badges, a hill figure near Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, south west England.

Fovant Badges

Hill figure near Broad Chalke

A row of regimental cap-badges cut into the down by soldiers in the First World War — the biggest and most complete group of hill figures in England.

9.5 km SE

Photo of Pythouse Kitchen Garden, a restaurant near Tisbury, Wiltshire, south west England.

Pythouse Kitchen Garden

Restaurant near Tisbury

Walled-garden restaurant where the menu is built around its own regenerative kitchen garden.

9.9 km SW

Photo of Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa, a restaurant in Wiltshire, south west England.

Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa

Restaurant · With rooms near Bishopstrow

Georgian country-house hotel dining in parkland by the River Wylye near Warminster.

10.5 km NW