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Mid Wiltshire Group

We are the Mid Wiltshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

We start at the Swainswick layby and walk up parallel to the A46 skirting past the old wartime RAF base of Charmy Down and onwards to Monkswood reservoir before returning down through the runways of Charmy Down airfield, Northend and Chilcombe Bottom nature reserve.

Bring refreshments for one stop

Sunday, 25 February 2024
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
2:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.1km / 7.5mi
Ascent:
300m / 984ft
Type:
circular

You must book with the leader in the week preceding. Text preferred. You are not confirmed until you get a reply.

Dogs are at the walk leader’s discretion. 

Starting point

Grid reference:
ST 76168 68236
Nearest postcode:
BA1 8BJ
what3words:
found.cube.tummy
Start time:
10:00 am

Start from Swainswick layby. Heading north exit the A46 at the Swainswick exit. Keep left and left again under the A46 keeping left again and layby is on your left.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking