Granham Hill · Marlborough
Climb to the White Horse
Hike up to the chalk horse cut into the hillside above town.
- ⏱ 40 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Medium
Cut into Granham Hill in 1804, reportedly by boys from the town's school, the Marlborough White Horse is one of Wiltshire's older chalk figures and one of its least visited. The climb up gives you the whole town laid out below.
What you’ll do
- 1Head south
- 2Find the horse
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0
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