The West Wiltshire Downs is an area of downland in the west of the county of Wiltshire, England.
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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]
References
edit- ^ Draper, Simon. Landscape, Settlement and Society in Roman and Early Medieval Wiltshire, Archaeopress, 2006, p. 5.
- ^ Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase at www.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 Feb 2018.
- ^ 132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs published by Natural England. Retrieved 25 Feb 2018.
51°06′36″N 2°02′02″W / 51.110°N 2.034°W