TheWest Wiltshire Downsis an area ofdownlandin the west of the county ofWiltshire,England.

Ox Drove along chalk downland in west Wiltshire. In the distance are the hills of the West Wiltshire Downs near Fonthill.

The West Wiltshire Downs are geologically the same unit asSalisbury Plainto the north andCranborne Chaseto the south.[1]

The West Wiltshire Downs are split between two of theNational Character Areasdesignated byNatural England:No. 134,Dorset DownsandCranborne Chase;and No. 132,Salisbury Plainand West Wiltshire Downs.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^Draper, Simon.Landscape, Settlement and Society in Roman and Early Medieval Wiltshire,Archaeopress, 2006, p. 5.
  2. ^Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chaseat naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 Feb 2018.
  3. ^132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downspublished by Natural England. Retrieved 25 Feb 2018.

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