North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Description

The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (also known as the Chalkenwolds) is located in the English counties of West Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The AONB covers an area of some 1,730 km2 (670 sq mi). It takes the form of a horseshoe on its side, with the open end facing east, surrounding the town of Newbury and the River Kennet watershed. The northern arm reaches as far east as the suburbs of Reading in mid-Berkshire and as far north as Didcot in South Oxfordshire, whilst the southern arm similarly reaches Basingstoke in northern Hampshire. The western extreme of the AONB reaches as far as Calne and Devizes. The highest points are the 297 m (974 ft) summit of Walbury Hill, situated southeast of Hungerford in West Berkshire (and the highest point in southern England east of the Mendip Hills), and the Milk Hill-Tan Hill plateau northeast of Devizes in central Wiltshire, at 295 m (968 ft) above sea level.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Adder's Lane
  • Alan's Path
  • Aldbourne to Hilldrop Lane
  • All Walks
  • Bargeway
  • Bay Bridge to Marlborough Common
  • Berkshire Circular Walks
  • Bitham Lane
  • Bitham Road
  • Blue & Orange Walks
  • Blue Walk
  • Brian's Path
  • Brown's Lane
  • Bungham Lane
  • Buttsfield Road
  • Byway
  • Chalky Lane
  • Chandlers Yard
  • Charlton Court
  • Chase Woods via Whiteshards Bottom and Blue Barn to Ridgeway
  • Church Lane
  • Church Walk
  • Coffin Way
  • Coldharbour Road
  • Column Ride
  • Cox's Lane
  • Crown Passage
  • Dark Lane
  • Dennisford Road
  • Doctors Lane
  • Dolomans Lane
  • Downs Lane
  • Drain Hill
  • Elton Lane
  • European walking route E2, UK, South East England
  • Fence Lane
  • Folly Road
  • Fort Wall
  • Furze Lane
  • Gidley Lane
  • Gramp's Hill
  • Great Lodge Bottom
  • Green Hams Lane
  • Green Road
  • Green Walk
  • Green, Blue & Orange Walks
  • Gypsy Lane
  • Halfpenny Catch Lane
  • Hall Lane
  • Harrow Way
  • Herepath
  • Hughenden Yard
  • Hungerford Freeman Marsh
  • Hungerford Lane
  • Icknield Way
  • Ironmonger Lane
  • Jacobs Ladder
  • Kids Path
  • Kiln Lane
  • Kings Way
  • Lambourn Valley Way
  • Lip Lane
  • Locke's Drove
  • London Lane
  • Long Hedge Drove
  • Long Walk
  • Love's Lane
  • Maze
  • Mid Wilts Way
  • Mill Close
  • New Road
  • Nunhide Lane
  • Oareborough Lane
  • Old Ridgeway
  • Old Street
  • Orange Walk
  • Ox Drove
  • Patten Alley
  • Penwood
  • Pillow Path
  • Pink Walk
  • Pipers Piece
  • Prince Christian Cottages
  • Railway Terrace
  • Richard Jefferies Gardens
  • Ridgeway
  • Russell Square
  • Scottalls Lane
  • Sewer Lane
  • Shepherds Hill
  • Sodom Lane
  • Star Walk
  • Stonebridge Lane
  • Stream Road
  • Tatley Walk
  • Test Way
  • Thames Path
  • The Brenda Parker Way
  • The Chase
  • The City
  • The Courtyard
  • The Fair Mile
  • The Great Stones Way
  • The Lynch
  • The Ridgeway
  • The Sidings
  • The Winnaway
  • Thorney Park
  • Three Oak Hill Drive
  • Tile Barn
  • Townsend Road
  • Vinula Ride
  • Vize Lane
  • Wansdyke Path
  • Warnham Lane
  • Warren Hill
  • Watery Lane
  • Wayfarer's Walk
  • Wayfarers Walk
  • Wessex Ridgeway
  • West Street
  • White Horse Trail
  • White Horse Trail, Mid Wilts Way and Wansdyke Path
  • White Shoot
  • White Shute
  • White horse circular walk
  • Woolvers Road
  • Workway Drove
  • Wright's Lane
  • Wroughton Timberland Trail

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • 100 Chai Street
  • 16 Deer Park/Pygmy Goats
  • ASK
  • Alexandra House
  • Alton Barnes White Horse
  • Ashbury Village Store
  • Ashdown House
  • Avebury Down
  • Avebury Stone Circle
  • Avebury Tithe Barn/Alexander Keiller Museum
  • Avebury Tourist Information Centre
  • Azuza
  • Basildon Park (NT)
  • Beacon Hill
  • Bedwyn
  • Blewburton Hill
  • Boat House Deli and Cafe
  • Bradfield Southend Village Stores
  • Bradley Hill
  • Bridge Over River
  • Britchcombe Farm Campsite
  • Broad Town White Horse
  • Bucklebury Farm Park
  • Cafe Nero
  • Cafe St Louise
  • Castle & Ball Hotel
  • Castle Hill
  • Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred
  • Cherhill White Horse
  • Chopper Cafe
  • Church Farm
  • Co-Operative Food
  • Co-op
  • Coles Bar & Restaraunt
  • Coles Bar & Resturant
  • Combe Hill
  • Compton Village Shop
  • Cost Cutter
  • Costa
  • Cottington's Hill
  • Cow Down
  • Crofton Pumping Station
  • Cross Droves
  • Days Inn
  • Dean Garage Londis
  • Devine Cafe
  • Devizes White Horse
  • DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newbury North
  • Dragon Hill
  • Earth Trust
  • East Hendred Village Stores
  • Eat In
  • Eden Baking
  • Elcot Park Hotel
  • Electron Cafe
  • Eliane
  • Englefield Stores
  • Englefield Tea Rooms
  • Ensign - The Water Softener Centre
  • Esseborne Manor Hotel
  • Etchilhampton Hill
  • Farncombe Farm Campsite
  • Fielder's Farm Shop
  • Food Kick
  • Freaser's Budgens
  • Garden Restaurant
  • Godots
  • Gold Hill
  • Golden Ball
  • Great Shefford Village Shop
  • Hackpen White Horse
  • Hampshire/Wiltshire Gate (disused)
  • Harry Ramsdens
  • Haycroft Hill
  • Haydown Hill
  • Highclere Castle
  • Honesty Hungerford
  • Honesty Inkpen
  • Honesty Lambourn
  • House Hill
  • Huish Down
  • Hungerford
  • Inkpen Hill
  • Iron Age Gold Coin Hoard, found AD 1927
  • Isle Hill
  • Kintbury
  • La Primavera
  • Ladle Hill
  • Liddington Hill
  • Little Chef
  • Little Down
  • Littlecote House Hotel
  • Londis
  • Marlborough
  • Martinsell Hill
  • Martinsell viewpoint
  • McColl's
  • Meadow Stores
  • Miah's
  • Milk Hill
  • Moonlight Indian Restaurant
  • Morgan's Hill
  • Mortocombe Railway
  • Mother Anthony's Well
  • Munchies
  • Mustard Seed cafe
  • National Trust Tea Rooms
  • Newbury Show Ground
  • No 48 Tapas & Grill
  • Northhantsbikes.co.uk
  • One Stop
  • Overton
  • Overton Hill
  • PIzza Express
  • Pangbourne
  • Parklands Hotel
  • Pavillion
  • Peking Garden
  • Pewsey
  • Pewsey Heritage Centre
  • Pewsey Vale Community Tearoom
  • Pewsey White Horse
  • Picked Hill
  • Pill Hill
  • Pilot Hill
  • Postern Hill
  • Prezzo
  • R22 Restaurant and Coffee Lounge
  • Rafters Cafe
  • Raj
  • Ratnamss
  • Ray Popes' Photo Musuem
  • Rick Stein
  • Root One
  • Rough Hill
  • Round Hill
  • Saddleback Farm Cafe
  • Scary Hill
  • Sheep Down
  • Shillingford Bridge Hotel
  • Small Grain Picnic Area
  • Sole Farm
  • Spar
  • St Martin's Chapel crop cirle, July 2010
  • St. Peter's Farm
  • Starbucks
  • Style Acre Tea Room
  • Summer Hill
  • Swallowhead Springs
  • Tale of Spice
  • Tan Hill
  • Tesco
  • The Bear
  • The Beetle & Wedge Boathouse
  • The Blackbird Cafe
  • The Blowing Stone
  • The Bruce Arms Campsite
  • The Burj
  • The Chalk Pit
  • The Circle
  • The Co-operative
  • The Co-operative Food
  • The Coffee House
  • The Corner Stores
  • The Elephant Hotel
  • The Food Gallery
  • The Grocer Chef
  • The Harrow at Little Bedwyn
  • The Hive
  • The Inn With The Well
  • The Kingswell
  • The Marlborough
  • The Pantry
  • The Polly Tearooms
  • The Shop (community shop)
  • The Stores
  • The Tea Cosy
  • The Three Swans Hotel
  • The Woodbridge Camp SIte
  • Three Trees Cafe
  • Tourist information
  • Travelodge
  • Travelodge Newbury Chieveley M4
  • Tumulus (site of)
  • Tutti Pole
  • Uffington Castle Hill Fort
  • Uffington White Horse
  • Vicars Game Ltd
  • WHSmith
  • Waitrose
  • Walbury Hill
  • Wallingford
  • Watership Down
  • Weathercock Hill
  • White Horse Hill
  • Wilton Windmill
  • Windmill Hill
  • Woodborough Hill
  • Woodbridge Camp Site Facility
  • Woolstone Hill
  • Wyke Down

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The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from Viewfinderpanoramas.org (Jonathan de Ferranti). Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Angel Ganev https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelganev/13877392933/ CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)