Broad Town White Horse
Broad Town White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse located in the village of Broad Town, Wiltshire, England. One of eight canonical hill figures in Wiltshire depicting a white horse, it is carved into a 45° slope above Little Town Farmhouse and is visible for 20 miles.Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ Church and Bincknoll Castle.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is the parish church of the village of Broad Town in Wiltshire, England. Constructed between 1844 and 1846 as a late Commissioners' church, it remains an active parish church and is a Grade II listed building. Christ Church is situated 2,900 feet west of Broad Town White Horse.
Bincknoll Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bincknoll Castle, or Bincknoll Camp, is the site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England. The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south. Bincknoll Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Broad Town White Horse.
Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is situated 1¼ miles south of Broad Town White Horse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett.
Broad Hinton
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Swindon. The parish includes the hamlets of Uffcott and The Weir.
Winterbourne Bassett
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles southwest of Swindon and 7 miles northwest of Marlborough. Winterbourne Bassett is situated 2 miles south of Broad Town White Horse.
Bushton
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bushton is an English hamlet about 3 miles south of Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. It belongs to the civil parish of Clyffe Pypard. Bushton is situated 2 miles west of Broad Town White Horse.
Broad Town White Horse
- Type: Rock
- Description: near Broad Town, Wiltshire, England
- Categories: horse hill figure, geoglyph, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Broad Town, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50334° or 51° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.85916° or 1° 51′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3WG43R+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 310688673OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphOpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4971984
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