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Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain. Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering 300 square miles (780 km 2). [1] It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, but stretches into Hampshire.
Rough map of military training area (green) on Salisbury Plain within Wiltshire (blue); it accounts for about half the area of Salisbury Plain. The British Army's Salisbury Plain Training Area covers roughly half of the plain (and makes up about 11% of Wiltshire). The army first conducted exercises on the plain in 1898.
The Malverns are made from some of the oldest rock in England (around 680 million years old) and extend some 8 miles (13 km) through two West Midlands counties Worcestershire and Herefordshire as well as northern Gloucestershire in the southwest. The highest point of the hills is the Worcestershire Beacon at 425 m (1,394 ft) above sea level (OS ...
Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference [B] Year in which notified Map [C] Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Acres Farm Meadow Y 4.2 10.4 SU024927 1989 Map River Avon System Y 507.8 1,254.8 SU073583 1996 Map Baverstock Juniper Bank Y 2.6 6.4 SU035336 1971 Map Bencroft Hill Meadows Y 5.1 12.6 SU962732 1988 Map Bentley Wood Y 665.0 1,643.0 SU250295 1985 Map ...
The Stonehenge Cursus (sometimes known as the Greater Cursus) is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long and between 100 metres (330 ft) and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.
Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.Discovered in the 18th century, it measures nearly 3 kilometres, [2] and connects Stonehenge with the River Avon. [3]
The West Wiltshire Downs are geologically the same unit as Salisbury Plain to the north and Cranborne Chase to the south. [1] The West Wiltshire Downs are split between two of the National Character Areas designated by Natural England: No. 134, Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase; and No. 132, Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs. [2] [3]
Imber is an uninhabited village and former civil parish within the British Army's training area, now in the parish of Heytesbury, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.It lies in an isolated area of the Plain, about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) west of the A360 road between Tilshead and West Lavington.