Cherhill Down
Cherhill Down is a hill in Calne Without, Wiltshire, England and has an elevation of 860 feet. Cherhill Down is situated nearby to the hamlet Calstone Wellington, as well as near Quemerford Gate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calstone and Cherhill Downs and Cherhill White Horse.
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Grassland
Calstone and Cherhill Downs is a 128.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971, including downland at Calstone Wellington and Cherhill.
Cherhill White Horse
Photo: Schildiecom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, just outside the village of Cherhill and 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older.
Lansdowne Monument
Monument
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherhill and Calstone Wellington.
Cherhill
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherhill is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Calne, on the A4 road towards Marlborough.
Calstone Wellington
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calstone Wellington is a small village and former parish, now part of Cherhill parish, in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2.5 miles south-east of Calne and has a 15th-century church. Calstone Wellington is situated 1½ miles west of Cherhill Down.
Yatesbury
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yatesbury is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cherhill, in Wiltshire, England. It is in the northeast of Cherhill parish, 1 mile north of the A4 road approximately 4 miles east of Calne and 9 miles west of Marlborough. Yatesbury is situated 2 miles northeast of Cherhill Down.
Cherhill Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 860 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Calne Without, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41925° or 51° 25′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.9249° or 1° 55′ 30″ westElevation
860 feet (262 metres)Open location code
9C3WC39G+P2GeoNames ID
12610435
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