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Category: Wiltshire

Guided Walk: 31st October 2024 – Martin Down and Penbury Knoll

updated on 4 November 20242 September 2024By Fred

Date:  Thursday 31st October 2024 Start Location:  This walk starts from the car park on Martin Down Nature Reserve besides the A354 (SP5 5RH) (Grid Ref: SU036200) There are no…

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Guided Walks, Wiltshire
Cranborne Chase Walks, Guided Walks

Guided Walk: 20th October 2024 – Clarendon Palace

updated on 4 November 202414 August 2024By Fred

Date:  Sunday 20th October 2024 Start Location:  This walk starts from the Silver Plough car park in Pitton (SP5 1DU). Please only use the pub car park if you are…

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Guided Walks, Wiltshire
Guided Walks, Pitton Walks, Silver Plough, Wiltshire Guided Walks, Wiltshire Walks

The Smallest Village in Wiltshire

updated on 2 September 202411 March 2021By Fred

Description:This walk goes over attractive sections of Cranborne Chase and visits Fifield Bavant, the smallest village in Wiltshire.  There are good views of the Regimental Badges on Fovant Down and…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Cranborne Chase, Fovant Badges, Wiltshire Walks

The Sarum Way

updated on 2 September 20249 January 2021By Fred

Description:This walks follows the Sarum Way a circular route around Salisbury and Wilton.  It visits a number of villages and passes through Trafalgar Park, Grovely Wood and Clarendon Park.  Sections…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Avon Valley Way, Clarendon Way, Grovely Wood, Monarchs Way, Wiltshire Walks

On the Plain and Through the Vale

updated on 2 September 202421 December 2020By Fred

Description:This walk follows the White Horse Trail along the edge of the military firing range on Salisbury Plain and also goes through a number of small attractive villages in the…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Pewsey Vale Walks, Vale of Pewsey, Wessex Ridgeway, White Horse Trail, Wiltshire Walks

Hackpen and Marlborough White Horses

updated on 2 September 202410 December 2020By Fred

Description:This walk crosses Marlborough Down to visit Barbury Castle hill fort.  It then follows the Ridgeway to pass the Hackpen White Horse.  On leaving the Ridgeway the path crosses Fyfield…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Barbury Castle, Devil’s Den, Hackpen White Horse, Marlborough Downs Walks, Marlborough White Horse, Wiltshire Walks

Bagging Cherhill and Devizes White Horses

updated on 2 September 20247 December 2020By Fred

Description:This 17.4 mile (28km) walk follows the Kennet & Avon Canal for 4.75km before following tracks and droves to reach the Landsdowne Monument and Cherhill White Horse. It then crosses…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Cherhill White Horse, Devizes White Horse, Kennet and Avon Canal, Mid Wilts Way, Wiltshire Walks

The Punchbowl and Fovant Down

updated on 2 September 20246 December 2020By Fred

Description:A 13.5 mile (21.7km) circular walk starting in Broad Chalke and ascending to reach the Old Shaftesbury Drove to visit the Punchbowl and then descend to Compton Chamberlayne.  The walk…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Cranborne Chase Walks, Fovant Badges, Old Shaftesbury Drove, Wiltshire Walks

Martinsell Hill and The Pewsey White Horse

updated on 2 September 20245 December 2020By Fred

Description:This 21.2 mile (34.2km) circular walk from the centre of Pewsey visits Martinsell Hill, with stunning views across the Vale of Pewsey, before descending to the Kennet and Avon Canal. …

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Kennet and Avon Canal, Pewsey Vale Walks, Pewsey White Horse, White Horse Trail, Wiltshire Walks, Wolfhall Manor

Woodford Valley and Stonehenge from Amesbury

updated on 2 September 20242 December 2020By Fred

Description:This 13.4 mile (21.6km) circular walk from Amesbury goes along the Woodford Valley before following droves to Druids Lodge and then passing close to Stonehenge.  It returns to Amesbury along…

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Self Guided Walks, South West, Wiltshire
Stonehenge, Wiltshire Walks

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  • Guided Walk: 27th March 2025 – Ackling Dyke and Gussage Hill
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Guided Walks Overview

I am now offering guided walks covering a range of distances to suit the capabilities of all walking enthusiasts. Short…

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Guided Walks

  • Guided Walk: 27th March 2025 – Ackling Dyke and Gussage Hill

  • Guided Walk: 28th March 2025 – Hound Wood and Bentley Wood

  • Guided Walk: 7th March 2025 – Fovant Badges

About Fred the Walking Moonraker

Fred, also known as the Walking Moonraker, has a passion for walking and being out in the countryside.  Having been born in the small Wiltshire village where he still lives he is a “Moonraker”, a term used for natives of the County. For a number of years Fred has maintained this site to provide details of Self Guided Walks, but…

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