List of hill figures in Wiltshire

This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire (ranked by age).

White horse figures

The White Horse Flag, an unofficial flag of Wiltshire depicting the Cherhill White Horse.

Map of the white horses within Wiltshire (all except Westbury and Pewsey lie in the northern half of the county)

Rank	Name	Location	Coordinates	Created	Age (years)	Width	Height	Image
1	Westbury White Horse	Westbury	51°15′49″N2°08′49″W / 51.2635°N 2.1469°W / 51.2635; -2.1469	1778 [1]	247	170 feet (52 m)	180 feet (55 m)
2	Cherhill White Horse	Cherhill	51°25′30″N1°55′47″W / 51.4251°N 1.9297°W / 51.4251; -1.9297	1780	245	165 feet (50 m)	120 feet (37 m)
3	Marlborough White Horse	Preshute	51°24′46″N1°44′15″W / 51.4127°N 1.7375°W / 51.4127; -1.7375	1804	221	62 feet (19 m)	47 feet (14 m)
4	Alton Barnes White Horse	Alton Barnes, near Alton	51°22′21″N1°50′53″W / 51.3726°N 1.8480°W / 51.3726; -1.8480	1812	213	160 feet (49 m)	180 feet (55 m)
5	Hackpen White Horse	Broad Hinton	51°28′21″N1°49′03″W / 51.4724°N 1.8175°W / 51.4724; -1.8175	1838	187	90 feet (27 m)	90 feet (27 m)
6	Broad Town White Horse	Broad Town	51°30′12″N1°51′33″W / 51.5033°N 1.8591°W / 51.5033; -1.8591	1864	161	80 feet (24 m)	60 feet (18 m)
7	Pewsey White Horse	Pewsey	51°19′16″N1°45′24″W / 51.3212°N 1.7566°W / 51.3212; -1.7566	1937	88	66 feet (20 m)	45 feet (14 m)
8	Devizes White Horse	Roundway	51°22′35″N1°58′42″W / 51.3763°N 1.9784°W / 51.3763; -1.9784	1999	26	150 feet (46 m)	148 feet (45 m)

Military figures

Map of the military figures within Wiltshire (all lie in the southern half of the county)

Rank	Name	Location	Coordinates	Created	Age (years)	Width	Height	Image
1	Fovant Badges	Fovant	51°03′14″N1°58′45″W / 51.0539°N 1.9791°W / 51.0539; -1.9791	1916	109	Approx. 1,804 feet (550 m) as the crow flies from left-most badge to right-most one	Largest badge has a height of approx. 131 feet (40 m)
2	Royal Warwickshire Badge	Sutton Mandeville	51°02′34″N2°01′30″W / 51.0429°N 2.0249°W / 51.0429; -2.0249	1916	109	Approx. 328 feet (100 m)	Approx. 213 feet (65 m)
3	Shiny 7th Badge	Sutton Mandeville	51°02′32″N2°01′20″W / 51.0421°N 2.0223°W / 51.0421; -2.0223	1916	109	Approx. 36 feet (11 m)	Approx. 66 feet (20 m)
4	Lamb Down Military Badge (ANZAC badge)	Codford	51°09′13″N2°01′28″W / 51.1537°N 2.0245°W / 51.1537; -2.0245	1916–17	108	175 feet (53 m)	150 feet (46 m)
5	Map of Australia	Compton Down, near Compton Chamberlayne	51°03′42″N1°56′24″W / 51.0618°N 1.9400°W / 51.0618; -1.9400	1917	108	210 feet (64 m)	About 178 feet (54 m)
6	Bulford Kiwi	Bulford	51°11′39″N1°42′54″W / 51.1941°N 1.7151°W / 51.1941; -1.7151	1919	106	About 130 feet (40 m)	About 460 feet (140 m)

Others

Rank	Name	Location	Coordinates	Created	Age (years)	Width	Height	Image
1	Tame Buzzard Line [2]	New Art Centre, East Winterslow, Salisbury [2]	51°06′17″N1°38′39″W / 51.1047°N 1.6441°W / 51.1047; -1.6441	2001 [3]	24	2.3 feet (0.7 m) [4]	115 feet (35.1 m) [4]
2	Pterry the Pterodactyl [5]	Upavon Golf Club	51°17′39″N1°46′57″W / 51.2941°N 1.7825°W / 51.2941; -1.7825	c. 2000–2020		About 45 feet (14 m)	About 38 feet (12 m)
3	Devizes White Horse replica [6]	Nursteed School, Devizes [6]		2012 [6]	13	About 15 feet (5 m)	About 14.8 feet (5 m)

Former figures

Rank	Name	Location	Created	Lost	Width	Height	Image
1	Former Westbury White Horse	Westbury	Unknown (no later than 1742)	1778	96 feet (29 m)	32 feet (10 m)
2	Former Pewsey White Horse	Pewsey	1785	1937	43 feet (13 m)	Unknown
3	Former Devizes White Horse	Devizes	1845	Around 1922	Unknown	Unknown
4	Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse	Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire	1860s	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
5	Finsbury Rifles Hurdcott Badge [7]	Barford St Martin [7]	1910s	Unknown
6	Rockley White Horse	Rockley	Discovered 1948	20th century	126 feet (38 m)	66 feet (20 m)
7	Laverstock Panda [8]	Laverstock [8] [9]	1969 [8]	1980s	55 feet (17 m)	55 feet (17 m)
8	Marlborough Arrow [10]	Marlborough [10]	1969 [10]	1969 [10]
9	Tan Hill Donkey	Tan Hill	Unknown	1970s	75 feet (23 m)	Unknown
10	Mock white horse on Battlesbury Hill [11]	Warminster [11]	2006 [11]	2006 [11]

See also

• Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa where Wiltshire troops are believed to have cut the Bloemontein White Horse around 1900, ^[12] resulting in "the only Wiltshire white horse, that is not in Wiltshire" ^[13]
• Liddington, a village near Swindon once considered for a white horse. ^[14]
• List of public art in Wiltshire

References

1. "WILTSHIRE'S WHITE HORSES". Visit Wiltshire. 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
2. "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
3. "Super Nature: Tame Buzzard Line". The Roche Court Educational Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
4. "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
5. "Visitor Information". Upavon. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
6. Cowen, Lewis (11 October 2012). "Devizes school unveils white horse to mark 10th birthday". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
7. Hows, Mark. "Hurdcott Badge (Finsbury Rifles)". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
8. "The Great Laverstock Panda mystery". BBC. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
9. "A new face on the Wiltshire Downs". The Times: 12. 27 January 1969.
10. Hows, Mark. "Marlborough Scout Logo". The Hillfigure Homepage. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
11. Hinman, Niki (6 April 2006). "April Fool as second white horse appears on hillside". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
12. "Bloemfontein White Horse". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
13. "White Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
14. "Designs that Were Never Made". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.