1.White Horse Car Park

Leave the car park, cross the access lane and go through the entrance kissing gate into the Bratton Camp site. Note sheep are grazing here so dogs must be on a lead. Immediately through the entrance there is an English Heritage information site explaining some of the history of the site. Continue straight ahead on the obvious path across the field. Within 100 yards you will be able to enjoy the magnificent views to the north over the valley below. As you reach the top of the ridge, veer right down a few shallow steps and go through a kissing gate. Go on the path ahead and the Westbury White Horse will be on the slope to your left. It is thought that the horse was originally cut in the late 1600s, probably to commemorate the Saxon victory of the Battle of Ethandun, thought to have taken place at Bratton Camp in 878AD. Cut into the chalk, the horse originally had to be scoured regularly to keep it white. The last recorded scouring took place in 1853. In the late 1950s the horse was preserved by covering it in white-painted concrete.