Photo of Uffington White Horse, a hill figure in the North Wessex Downs, Oxfordshire, south east England.

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Photo of Uffington White Horse, a hill figure in the North Wessex Downs, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Uffington White Horse

Hill figure near Uffington

Britain's oldest chalk hill figure, a 110-metre stylised horse cut into the downs above the Vale of White Horse.

Photo of The Blowing Stone, a rock formation near Uffington in the North Wessex Downs, Oxfordshire, south east England.

The Blowing Stone

Rock formation near Uffington

A perforated sarsen boulder in a Kingston Lisle garden that can be sounded like a horn, tied to legends of King Alfred.

Photo: Wittenham Clumps, a viewpoint near Dorchester-on-Thames in the North Wessex Downs, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Wittenham Clumps

Viewpoint near Dorchester-on-Thames

Twin beech-crowned chalk hills above the Thames, Round Hill and the Iron Age hillfort of Castle Hill, with wide views.

Photo of Carfax Tower, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.

Carfax Tower

Landmark near Oxford

Surviving 12th-century tower of St Martin's church at Oxford's central crossroads, climbable for rooftop city views.

Photo of Dragon Hill, a landmark near Uffington in the North Wessex Downs, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Dragon Hill

Landmark near Uffington

Flat-topped chalk knoll below the White Horse, its bare crown linked in legend to St George slaying the dragon.

Photo of Faringdon Folly Tower, a folly near Buckland, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Faringdon Folly Tower

Folly near Buckland

A 100-foot brick-and-stone tower in a hilltop wood, England's last great folly, built for Lord Berners in 1935.

Photo of Abingdon County Hall, a landmark near Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Abingdon County Hall

Landmark near Clifton Hampden

Baroque county hall of 1678–82 raised on open arches above the market place, once home to the assize court and now Abingdon's museum.

Photo of North Hinksey Conduit House, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.

North Hinksey Conduit House

Landmark near Oxford

Small stone conduit house of the early 1600s on the slopes above North Hinksey, built to pipe spring water into Oxford's Carfax Conduit.

Watlington White Mark

Hill figure near Watlington

Not a horse but a tall tapering spire, cut in 1764 by a local squire so his church would seem to have one when seen from the town.