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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.
A colony of up to 60,000 King penguins on Salisbury Plain (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Salisbury Plain ( Spanish : Llanura de Salisbury ) ( 54°3′S 37°21′W / 54.050°S 37.350°W / -54.050; -37.350 ) is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia
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 A345 is a secondary A road in Wiltshire, England running from Salisbury to Marlborough and the A4.The road is a main south–north link across Salisbury Plain, which is renowned for its rich archaeology, and passes many ancient points of interest along its way.
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.
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.
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]