List of hill figures in Wiltshire

This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire (ranked by age).

White horse figures

Rank Name Location Coordinates Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Westbury White Horse Westbury 51°15′49″N 2°08′49″W / 51.2635°N 2.1469°W / 51.2635; -2.1469 1778[1] 247 170 feet (52 m) 180 feet (55 m)
2 Cherhill White Horse Cherhill 51°25′30″N 1°55′47″W / 51.4251°N 1.9297°W / 51.4251; -1.9297 1780 245 165 feet (50 m) 120 feet (37 m)
3 Marlborough White Horse Preshute 51°24′46″N 1°44′15″W / 51.4127°N 1.7375°W / 51.4127; -1.7375 1804 221 62 feet (19 m) 47 feet (14 m)
4 Alton Barnes White Horse Alton Barnes, near Alton 51°22′21″N 1°50′53″W / 51.3726°N 1.8480°W / 51.3726; -1.8480 1812 213 160 feet (49 m) 180 feet (55 m)
5 Hackpen White Horse Broad Hinton 51°28′21″N 1°49′03″W / 51.4724°N 1.8175°W / 51.4724; -1.8175 1838 187 90 feet (27 m) 90 feet (27 m)
6 Broad Town White Horse Broad Town 51°30′12″N 1°51′33″W / 51.5033°N 1.8591°W / 51.5033; -1.8591 1864 161 80 feet (24 m) 60 feet (18 m)
7 Pewsey White Horse Pewsey 51°19′16″N 1°45′24″W / 51.3212°N 1.7566°W / 51.3212; -1.7566 1937 88 66 feet (20 m) 45 feet (14 m)
8 Devizes White Horse Roundway 51°22′35″N 1°58′42″W / 51.3763°N 1.9784°W / 51.3763; -1.9784 1999 26 150 feet (46 m) 148 feet (45 m)

Military figures

Rank Name Location Coordinates Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Fovant Badges Fovant 51°03′14″N 1°58′45″W / 51.0539°N 1.9791°W / 51.0539; -1.9791 1916 109 Approx. 1,804 feet (550 m) as the crow flies from left-most badge to right-most one Largest badge has a height of approx. 131 feet (40 m)
2 Royal Warwickshire Badge Sutton Mandeville 51°02′34″N 2°01′30″W / 51.0429°N 2.0249°W / 51.0429; -2.0249 1916 109 Approx. 328 feet (100 m) Approx. 213 feet (65 m)
3 Shiny 7th Badge Sutton Mandeville 51°02′32″N 2°01′20″W / 51.0421°N 2.0223°W / 51.0421; -2.0223 1916 109 Approx. 36 feet (11 m) Approx. 66 feet (20 m)
4 Lamb Down Military Badge (ANZAC badge) Codford 51°09′13″N 2°01′28″W / 51.1537°N 2.0245°W / 51.1537; -2.0245 1916–17 108 175 feet (53 m) 150 feet (46 m)
5 Map of Australia Compton Down, near Compton Chamberlayne 51°03′42″N 1°56′24″W / 51.0618°N 1.9400°W / 51.0618; -1.9400 1917 108 210 feet (64 m) About 178 feet (54 m)
6 Bulford Kiwi Bulford 51°11′39″N 1°42′54″W / 51.1941°N 1.7151°W / 51.1941; -1.7151 1919 106 About 130 feet (40 m) About 460 feet (140 m)

Others

Rank Name Location Coordinates Created Age (years) Width Height Image
1 Tame Buzzard Line[2] New Art Centre, East Winterslow, Salisbury[2] 51°06′17″N 1°38′39″W / 51.1047°N 1.6441°W / 51.1047; -1.6441 2001[3] 24 2.3 feet (0.7 m)[4] 115 feet (35.1 m)[4]
2 Pterry the Pterodactyl[5] Upavon Golf Club 51°17′39″N 1°46′57″W / 51.2941°N 1.7825°W / 51.2941; -1.7825 c. 2000–2020 About 45 feet (14 m) About 38 feet (12 m)
3 Devizes White Horse replica[6] Nursteed School, Devizes[6] 2012[6] 13 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. ^ a b "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Super Nature: Tame Buzzard Line". The Roche Court Educational Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Visitor Information". Upavon. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Cowen, Lewis (11 October 2012). "Devizes school unveils white horse to mark 10th birthday". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b Hows, Mark. "Hurdcott Badge (Finsbury Rifles)". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d Hows, Mark. "Marlborough Scout Logo". The Hillfigure Homepage. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d 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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