Westbury Chalk Pit
Westbury Chalk Pit is a quarry in Bratton, Wiltshire, England. Westbury Chalk Pit is situated nearby to the peak Westbury Hill, as well as near the village Bratton.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westbury White Horse and Bratton Castle.
Westbury White Horse
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 miles east of Westbury in Wiltshire. Westbury White Horse is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Westbury Chalk Pit.
Bratton Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age built hill fort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the Salisbury Plain escarpment. The hill fort comprises two circuits of ditch and bank which together enclose a pentagonal area of 9.3 hectares. Bratton Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Westbury Chalk Pit.
The Angel Inn
Pub
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Angel Inn is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Westbury Chalk Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westbury and Bratton.
Westbury
Town
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbury is a market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The town lies below the northwestern edge of Salisbury Plain, about 4 miles south of Trowbridge and a similar distance north of Warminster.
Bratton
Village
Photo: My another account, Public domain.
Bratton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.5 miles east of Westbury. The village lies under the northern slope of Salisbury Plain, on the B3098 Westbury – Market Lavington road. Bratton is situated 2 miles northeast of Westbury Chalk Pit.
Yarnbrook
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarnbrook is a large hamlet in Wiltshire, England, between the towns of Westbury and Trowbridge. Most of the settlement lies in the civil parish of North Bradley, the rest in West Ashton. Yarnbrook is situated 3 miles northwest of Westbury Chalk Pit.
Westbury Chalk Pit
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Bratton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.25388° or 51° 15′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.15625° or 2° 9′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3V7R3V+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 132154228OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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