White Horse Relay


Hackpen White Horse

Stage 2 - The Barbury Inn at Broad Hinton to near the A4 at Manton (near Marlborough)

7.3 miles

The route is along the White Horse Trail which includes part of the Ridgeway

Route - (Select Satellite view) and here is a Word File for easy printing (thanks to Carl Zalek)

Car Parking. For those starting this leg please drop off your runner or park either on the side of the road along Post Office Lane or on the grass opposite The Barbury Inn. The proprietor has agreed that we can use his car park for those finishing the previous stage or, of course, if you are a customer.


Starting from the Barbury Inn keep


straight along this track at the side


of the fields until you reach a gate.


Continue up the hill, now grass.


Beware the Horse jump


(really to stop vehicles)


There was still snow here


at the end of January


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You are aiming


towards those


trees on the horizon.


On the back of this gate


you can see these signs.


Here you join another track


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...


Keep straight on here


...


...


Go through this gate


and continue straight up the hill


until


you can see


this gate


...


Keep straight on.


If you were to turn round this is
the view you would see.


Up we go


towards


another gate


where you meet the Ridgeway.


Turn right and follow the track


Continue past the small wood


(Yes, the sun went down!)


until you reach


a car park.




This is Hackpen Hill and the White Horse can be seen behind another clump of trees on the right on the other side of the road.

Hackpen Hill White Horse, OS reference: SU 128 749

Cross this road with care, there should be 4 marshals here.

Continue on the Ridgeway on the opposite side of the Hackpen Hill road from the car park.


Here the track


is good and


predominantly downhill.


However running down the


Ridgeway is so enjoyable that


the marker (after 1.2 miles) for the


White Horse Trail is easily missed.


There may not be a marshal here.


The White Horse Trail bears left and


the Ridgeway bears right.


Follow the White Horse Trail


which is poorly marked


and


the waymark's fairly small and few.


(Snow in February!)


Follow this track


as it bears right


and soon crosses


a road.


Continue along the grassy trail


...


You will soon enter


a wood.


...


The trail ...


... through the wood ...


... is difficult to follow.


Notice these stones.


The trees begin to open up


and you should soon see this gate.


Here you can just see the WHT sign


On your right this pond was frozen in February


... and this track was muddy!


You soon come out


of this wood


and follow the track through


this meadow.


Continue straight


between these trees


until you come to another gate.


...


Turn left


for fifty yards


This was lying on the ground when I passed.


and then turn right.


Follow this road next to the riding


circuit


...


...


and past this entrance.


Bear right at the next junction


and


keep following


the road


until you reach


a car parking lot.


Cross this (diagonally) on to a road


on the left and then bear right on to


the tarmac road.


...


...


...


...


Pass the Barton and Fyfield Yards


and the road...


... begins to twist and go downhill.


You are now approaching


the village of Manton.


Turn left


here

view if you turnround
(View if you turn round)


and run uphill


...


...


...


Finish here.

If you now continue down this path you will reach the Bath Road (A4).

Parking at the end of the leg is in the car park of Marlborough College's Water Meadow car park (near the Memorial Hall). Do not use the Parade ground. A marshal will be there to help you park your car neatly. Cross the A4 (there are pedestrian lights). Alternatively it is a 2 km walk to the Figgins Lane public car park.

The Marlborough White Horse (SU 14 749) is situated behind Marlborough College.


The Marlborough White Horse


can be seen from the A4 road.

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