Walking Close to Salisbury and Stonehenge Guidebook

by: Clive Brown
One of a range of 'no frills' local walking guide booklets which admirably achieve their objective of getting you out in the countryside amongst beautiful scenery on carefully chosen routes full of interest. The directions are clear and precise and the pencil drawn sketch maps are particularly attractive as well as practical.

This guide describes ten varied and interesting circular walks in the countryside close to the City of Salisbury. The walks are between 4 and 8 miles in length and allow you to thoroughly explore the delights and fascinating history of this lovely area. In addition to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and Old Sarum sites of interest visited include the chalk badges in the hillside at Fovant, Chiselbury Iron Age fort, Figsbury Ring, the ruins of Clarendon Place and Grovely Wood. The routes include walking part of the Claendon Way, a section of Roman Road and along a dismantled railway line.

The locations are:
Charlton All Saints and Charlton Furze - 7.5 miles
Downton and Trafalgar Park - 5.25 miles
Salisbury and Old Sarum - 4 miles
Pitton and Clarendon Palace - 5 miles
Amesbury and Stonehenge - 8 miles
Fovant and Fovant Badges - 5 miles
East Tytherley and Park Pale - 4.75 miles
Winterbourne Dauntsey and Figsbury Ring - 4.75 miles
Pepperbox Hill - 4 miles
Great Wishford and First Broad Drove - 4.75 miles

ISBN 9781907669842 Pages 24 (2019 reprinted 2020) 148mm x 210mm