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Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort , it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire. [ 1 ]
Former Westbury White Horse: Westbury: Unknown (no later than 1742) 1778 96 feet (29 m) 32 feet (10 m) 2 Former Pewsey White Horse: Pewsey: 1785 1937 43 feet (13 m) Unknown 3 Former Devizes White Horse: Devizes: 1845 Around 1922 Unknown Unknown 4 Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire: 1860s Unknown Unknown Unknown 5
The Uffington White Horse at Uffington, Oxfordshire The 18th-century Westbury White Horse near Westbury, Wiltshire. A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph usually designed to be seen from afar rather than above.
Westbury White Horse viewed from the air. A well-known feature of the area is the Westbury White Horse, which overlooks the town from a slope up to Salisbury Plain, in Bratton parish about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) east of the town. Probably first made in the 18th century, its present form dates from 1778 when it was restored.
Cherhill White Horse in 2015. Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 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. [1]
Three miles away is the Westbury White Horse, a chalk figure on the side of Westbury Hill first recorded in the 18th century, which is visible from Westbury and much of western Wiltshire although not from Edington.
Westbury War Memorial Edward Street, Westbury: War memorial: Renovated in 2014. Flagpoles placed in 2011. Westbury White Horse: Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs, Westbury: 1778: Hill figure: Concrete: 180 feet tall, 170 feet wide English Heritage: A well known hill figure. Yew Stump: Edward Street, Westbury: 11 August 1990: Monument: Wood
A westbound service from London passing Westbury with the Westbury White Horse in the background Approaching Westbury, non-stop trains curve to the left to pass under the Wessex Main Line and avoid the complex of junctions around the station, but trains that call here diverge to the right at Heywood Road Junction.