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Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow – Sunrise View on The Ridgeway loop from White Horse Hill

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Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow – Sunrise View on The Ridgeway loop from White Horse Hill

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Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow – Sunrise View on The Ridgeway loop from White Horse Hill

01:59

7.58km

50m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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5.50 km

Deer in Cabbage Fields, North Wessex Downs

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Easier to find from the Ridgeway end because at least there is a sign. Narrow but gentle decent across vast rolling fields. you may be lucky enough to see some deer from nearby Ashdown House, a National Trust property.

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5.56 km

Field Path in North Wessex Downs

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There are couple of different paths through fields

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6.60 km

Beech Forest Path

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Turn into the small wood from main path and you can hike through beautiful high trees

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7.02 km

Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow

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Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic chambered long barrow. The site was once believed to be the home of Wayland, the Saxon god of metalworking, hence the name. Excavations have revealed that 14 people were buried in an earlier structure on the site. Between 3460 and 3400 BC a second, much larger barrow was constructed on top, which is what you can explore today. The site is managed by English Heritage.

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7.58 km

Sunrise View on The Ridgeway

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Sunrise here is just amazing

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.43 km

751 m

395 m

Surfaces

5.13 km

2.12 km

326 m

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Tuesday 7 July

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Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow – Sunrise View on The Ridgeway loop from White Horse Hill

Deer in Cabbage Fields, North Wessex Downs

Field Path in North Wessex Downs

Beech Forest Path

Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow

Sunrise View on The Ridgeway

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