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Snail Down barrow cemetery and associated monuments.

51 ha

📷 Vieve Forward · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome51 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Whitethroat, Kestrel, Skylark +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Whitethroat, Kestrel, Skylark +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +154 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dropwort, Viper's-bugloss, Pyramidal Orchid +28 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dropwort, Viper's-bugloss, Pyramidal Orchid +28 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Pewsey Vale Circular WalkWalking route

The Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership has launched a new long-distance walking, cycling and riding route with the Vale of Pewsey at its heart.

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route8.6 km

Named routeRef 45Length 8.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route7.5 km

Named routeRef 45Length 7.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Kestrel · Stonechat · Lapwing · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +53

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SwiftsApodidae2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa

🌿

Plants9 species

summer

2025

Great Willowherb · Long-stalked Crane's-bill · Field Scabious · Sainfoin · Common Toadflax +4

Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
White CampionSilene latifolia
Wild Basil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Kestrel · Stonechat · Lapwing · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +53

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SwiftsApodidae2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa

🌿

Plants9 species

summer

2025

Great Willowherb · Long-stalked Crane's-bill · Field Scabious · Sainfoin · Common Toadflax +4

Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
White CampionSilene latifolia
Wild Basil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Vieve Forward · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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