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Guided Walk: 13th September 2024 – Pitton to Bentley Wood

updated on 4 November 202420 July 2024By Fred

Date:  Friday 13th September 2024 Start Location:  Pitton - details will be sent with joining instructions. Start Time: Walk Completed Walk description: This is a 7.5 mile circular walk from…

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

Guided Walk: 22nd August 2024 – Fovant Badges

updated on 4 November 202419 July 2024By Fred

Date:  Thursday 22nd August 2024 Start Location:  This walk starts from the front of Broad Chalke village hall (SP5 5DN). There is parking within the village, please park considerately. Start…

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Cranborne Chase Guided Walks, Cranborne Chase Walks, Guided Walks, Wiltshire Guided Walks, Wiltshire Walks

Guided Walk: 15th August 2024 – Downton and Barford Down

updated on 4 November 202412 July 2024By Fred

Date:  Thursday 15th August 2024 Start Location:  Barford Down - Walk Completed. Start Time: 9.30 Walk description: This 10 mile circular walk passes Trafalgar House and crosses the attractive River…

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Barford Down, Guided Walks, Trafalgar Park, Wiltshire Guided Walks, Wiltshire Walks

Guided Walk: 6th August 2024 – Vernditch Chase and Marleycombe Hill

updated on 4 November 20249 July 2024By Fred

Date:  Tuesday 6th August 2024 - Walk Completed Start Location:  This walk starts from the front of Broad Chalke village hall (SP5 5DN). There is parking within the village, please…

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Cranborne Chase Guided Walks, 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

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  • Guided Walk: 14th August 2025 – Winterslow and Firsdown
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  • Guided Walk: 29th August 2025 – Broughton Down
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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: 14th August 2025 – Winterslow and Firsdown

  • Guided Walk: 22nd August 2025 – Oare Hill and Kennet & Avon Canal

  • Guided Walk: 29th August 2025 – Broughton Down

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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