The Berkshire Downs: Home to Ancient Woodlands
The Berkshire Downs bring together rolling hills, open fields and wide skies. This chalk downland is perfect for hiking, horse riding or just enjoying a picnic. They stretch not just over West Berkshire, but also Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.
Always follow the Countryside Code, to keep all creatures safe. Keep dogs away from bluebells and other spring bulbs.
This is home to Ridgeway Trail (one of England’s oldest pathways), it also contains chalk landscapes with beech woods, and crucial water sources (aquifers). Along with Neolithic tombs and Iron age forts.
Here also you’ll find Uffington White Horse, one of England’s oldest chalk carvings. However, the skeletal look, long back and distinctive eye and ear, make some question if it was even meant to be a horse!
