List of hill figures in Wiltshire

This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire.

The White Horse Flag, an unofficial flag of Wiltshire depicting the Cherhill White Horse.

White horse figures

Rank Name Location Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Westbury White Horse Westbury 1778[1] 245 170 feet (52 m) 180 feet (55 m)
2 Cherhill White Horse Cherhill 1780 243 165 feet (50 m) 120 feet (37 m)
3 Marlborough White Horse Preshute 1804 219 62 feet (19 m) 47 feet (14 m)
4 Alton Barnes White Horse Alton Barnes, near Alton 1812 211 160 feet (49 m) 180 feet (55 m)
5 Hackpen White Horse Broad Hinton 1838 185 90 feet (27 m) 90 feet (27 m)
6 Broad Town White Horse Broad Town 1864 159 80 feet (24 m) 60 feet (18 m)
7 Pewsey White Horse Pewsey 1937 86 66 feet (20 m) 45 feet (14 m)
8 Devizes White Horse Roundway 1999 24 150 feet (46 m) 148 feet (45 m)

Military figures

Rank Name Location Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Fovant Badges Fovant 1916 107
2 Royal Warwickshire Badge Sutton Mandeville 1916 107
3 Shiny 7th Badge Sutton Mandeville 1916 107
4 Lamb Down Military Badge Codford 1916–17 106 175 feet (53 m) 150 feet (46 m)
5 Map of Australia Compton Down, near Compton Chamberlayne 1917 106 150 feet (46 m) About 125 feet (38 m)
6 Bulford Kiwi Bulford 1919 104 About 460 feet (140 m) 420 feet (128 m)

Others

Rank Name Location Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Tame Buzzard Line[2] New Art Centre, Salisbury[2] 2001[3] 22 2.3 feet (0.7 m)[4] 115 feet (35.1 m)[4]
2 Pterry the Pterodactyl[5] Upavon Golf Club 21st century About 45 feet (14 m) About 38 feet (12 m)
3 Devizes White Horse replica[6] Nursteed School, Devizes[6] 2012[6] 11 About 15 feet (5 m) About 14.8 feet (5 m)

Former figures

Rank Name Location Created Lost Width Height Image
1 Former Westbury White Horse Westbury Unknown (no later than 1742) 1778 96 feet (29 m) 32 feet (10 m)
2 Former Pewsey White Horse Pewsey 1785 1937 43 feet (13 m) Unknown
3 Former Devizes White Horse Devizes 1845 Around 1922 Unknown Unknown
4 Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire 1860s Unknown Unknown Unknown
5 Finsbury Rifles Hurdcott Badge[7] Barford St Martin[7] 1910s Unknown
6 Rockley White Horse Rockley Discovered 1948 20th century 126 feet (38 m) 66 feet (20 m)
7 Laverstock Panda[8] Laverstock[8][9] 1969[8] 1980s 55 feet (17 m) 55 feet (17 m)
8 Marlborough Arrow[10] Marlborough[10] 1969[10] 1969[10]
9 Tan Hill Donkey Tan Hill Unknown 1970s 75 feet (23 m) Unknown
10 Mock white horse on Battlesbury Hill[11] Warminster[11] 2006[11] 2006[11]

See also

References

  1. "WILTSHIRE'S WHITE HORSES". Visit Wiltshire. 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Gallery: The Sculpture Park". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. "Super Nature: Tame Buzzard Line". The Roche Court Educational Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. "Visitor Information". Upavon. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. Cowen, Lewis (11 October 2012). "Devizes school unveils white horse to mark 10th birthday". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. Hows, Mark. "Hurdcott Badge (Finsbury Rifles)". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. "The Great Laverstock Panda mystery". BBC. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  9. "A new face on the Wiltshire Downs". The Times: 12. 27 January 1969.
  10. Hows, Mark. "Marlborough Scout Logo". The Hillfigure Homepage. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. Hinman, Niki (6 April 2006). "April Fool as second white horse appears on hillside". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  12. "Bloemfontein White Horse". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  13. "White Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  14. "Designs that Were Never Made". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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