Hackpen White Horse
Hackpen White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse on Hackpen Hill, located below The Ridgeway on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, two miles southeast of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, England.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barbury Castle and Church of St Katherine and St Peter.
Barbury Castle
Archaeological site
Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England, about 5.5 miles south of Swindon. Barbury Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Hackpen White Horse.
Church of St Katherine and St Peter
Church
Church of St Katherine and St Peter is situated 1½ miles west of Hackpen White Horse.
Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
Church
Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hackpen White Horse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winterbourne Bassett and Broad Hinton.
Winterbourne Bassett
Village
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 1½ miles west of Hackpen White Horse.
Broad Hinton
Village
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. Broad Hinton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hackpen White Horse.
Berwick Bassett
Village
Berwick Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles northwest of Marlborough and 8 miles southwest of Swindon. The village is on the west bank of a headstream of the River Kennet and close to the A4361 road, formerly the A361, which links Devizes and Avebury with Wroughton and Swindon. Berwick Bassett is situated 2 miles southwest of Hackpen White Horse.
Hackpen White Horse
- Type: Rock
- Description: hill figure in Broad Hinton, United Kingdom
- Categories: horse hill figure, geoglyph, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47246° or 51° 28′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.81752° or 1° 49′ 3″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
9C3WF5CJ+XX
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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man_made=geoglyph
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natural=bare_rock
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Hackpen White Horse” goes by many names.
- Interlingua: “Cavallo Albe de Hackpen”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hackpen Hill and Winterbourne Down.
Nearby Places
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