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Devizes White Horse – Beacon Hill Summit loop from Roundway

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South West England

Devizes White Horse – Beacon Hill Summit loop from Roundway

Moderate

4.2

(10)

64

hikers

Devizes White Horse – Beacon Hill Summit loop from Roundway

02:06

7.89km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

127 m

Devizes White Horse

Highlight • Monument

The Devizes Millennium White Horse is one of the most recent chalk figures cut in the UK, created in 1999. It sits up on an escarpment on Roundway Hill just …

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2

2.24 km

Heddington Byway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great gravel byway that is a well earned reward for the climb out of Heddington.

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3

4.73 km

Beacon Hill Summit

Highlight • Climb

4

5.24 km

View from Oliver’s Castle hill fort

Highlight • Historical Site

Oliver's Castle is an Iron Age hill fort with awe-inspiring views across the plain over Devizes and beyond. The fort gets its name from the Battle of Roundway, when Sir …

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5

5.30 km

Roundway Down Iron Age Hill Fort

Highlight • Historical Site

6.51 km

Roundway Hill Covert

Forest

7

6.89 km

View from Roundway Down

Highlight • Viewpoint

Roundway Down is an Iron Age hill fort that can be seen for many miles around. This steep-sided, wildlife-rich chalk grassland down has fantastic views from the top. It's also a great place to spot wildflowers and butterflies in summer.

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8

7.85 km

View of Devizes from North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Views all over Devizes

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9

7.89 km

Devizes Millennium White Horse

Highlight • Viewpoint

Off the trail, opposite to the entrance of the wood.

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B

7.89 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.46 km

3.17 km

245 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.97 km

2.58 km

1.45 km

575 m

135 m

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