White Horse Trail
A 91-mile long-distance path in Wiltshire, making a circuit of the county and visiting viewpoints enabling the walker to see the eight white horses cut into the turf of Wiltshire’s chalk hillsides. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: ST 898 515
Distance: 91 miles (146 km)
Time: 38–46 hours
Duration: 7–9 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
130 Salisbury, Stonehenge, Wilton and Market Lavington
143 Warminster and Trowbridge
156 Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon
157 Marlborough, Savernake Forest, Avebury and Devizes
169 Cirencester, Swindon, Fairford and Cricklade
Summary
The White Horse Trail is a circular walking route, originally created by Wiltshire Ramblers with assistance from Wiltshire Council, passing through Charlton St Peter, North Newnton, the Manningfords, Pewsey, Oare, Marlborough, Broad Hinton, Broad Town, Clyffe Pypard, Clevancy, Cherhill, Avebury, Alton Barnes, Honeystreet, Devizes, Bulkington, Keevil, Steeple Ashton, Dunge, and Bratton, providing views of the eight white horses cut into the turf of Wiltshire’s chalk hillsides.
As well as visiting many historic and prehistoric locations and passing close to the start of the Ridgeway, the trail incorporates a section of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The White Horses, in order of appearance on the trail, are Westbury, Pewsey, Marlborough, Broad Hinton (Hackpen Hill), Broad Town, Cherhill, Alton Barnes, and Devizes.