Rights of Way

Rights of Way

Local Walks

The Fyfield and West Overton Parish has many local walks including those through the West Woods and the National Trust sites at Lockeridge Dene and Piggledene.

 

For details of rights of way please see the Wiltshire Rights of Way maps

 

The following link contains  hundreds of free walks to download and print plus details of all the walking clubs in the country and other informationhttps://www.walkinginengland.co.uk/wiltshire

The Dene

Lockeridge Dene and Piggledene are sheltered valleys containing well developed ‘boulder streams’ of sarsen stones. These stones are of ecological interest for the lichens and mosses which they support as well as having geological  importance.

The sites were purchased by the National Trust in 1908 following a public appeal and were the first countryside properties in Wiltshire. Prior to this sarsen stones were removed to provide building materials.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lockeridge-dene-and-piggledene

West Woods

Located to the south west of Marlborough, West Woods is a beautiful former ancient woodland site. Popular all year round with a number of walks and easy access trails it is particularly well visited in the spring with a splendid display of bluebells.

 

https://www.forestryengland.uk/west-woods

Great West Way

Fyfield and West Overton Parish  is sited within the area now covered by the ‘Great West Way’ tourist initiative to promote the west country as a tourist destination: https://www.greatwestway.co.uk/

Friends of the Ridgeway

The ancient trackway -the Ridgeway extends into the Parish and is a popular location for visitors to the nearby Avebury World Heritage site;https://www.ridgewayfriends.org.uk/