Walbury Hill
Walbury Hill is a Marilyn, 297m high, in the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, and also counts as a HuMP. The Marilyns are hills anywhere in Britain and Ireland with at least 150 metres of prominence, whatever their height.
Kintbury is the nearest station, 3.6 mi (about 4.5 to 5 mi on foot): a full day on foot there and back. From Kintbury it's about 2 hours to the summit. Hungerford is next, 4.8 mi (about 6 to 7 mi on foot), and 7 stations are within 10 miles in all.
Walbury Hill is a summit of the North Wessex Downs in Berkshire, England. With an elevation of 297 metres (974 ft), it is the highest natural point in South East England. On the hill's summit is the Iron Age hill fort of Walbury Camp, whilst the flanks of the hill lie within the Inkpen and Walbury Hills SSSI. The hill is one of three nationally important chalk wild grasslands in the North Wessex Downs, the others being in the Rushmore and Conholt Downs SSSI and the Hog's Hole SSSI. The summit of the hill is marked by a triangulation pillar, but lies on private land with no public access, although public access is available to the north of the summit via a byway.
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Stations within 10 miles of Walbury Hill, nearest first. Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off. Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
- Kintbury3.6 mi (about 4.5 to 5 mi on foot) · 2 hours to the summit
- Hungerford4.8 mi (about 6 to 7 mi on foot) · 2.5 hours to the summit
- Bedwyn6.1 mi (about 8 to 9 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours to the summit
- Newbury6.9 mi (about 9 to 10 mi on foot) · 3.5 hours to the summit
- Newbury Racecourse7.5 mi (about 10 to 11 mi on foot) · 3.5 to 4 hours to the summit
- Whitchurch (Hants)9.7 mi (about 12.5 to 14 mi on foot) · 5 to 5.5 hours to the summit
- Andover9.8 mi (about 13 to 14 mi on foot) · 5 to 5.5 hours to the summit