Wiltshire, Visitor & Tourism Guide
Prehistory and AONBs
Wiltshire is as different as chalk and cheese. To the south and east are stunning chalk downland and a vast chalk plateau. To the north and west is lowland grazed by cows. So Wiltshire's 'as different as chalk and cheese' and that, we understand, is from where the expression comes.
The chalk area is essentially two National Parks separated by the elevated chalkland plateau of Salisbury Plain. To the north of Salisbury Plain is the North Wessex Downs AONB and to the south is the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB. The highest places on the downland include Tan Hill in central Wiltshire and Win Green all the way to the south. Lowland areas include Pewsey Vale and the Vale of Wardour. The cheese a
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External Links
www.visitwiltshire.co.uk
en.wikipedia.org
www.northwessexdowns.org.uk
www.ccwwdaonb.org.uk
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