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Work to refurbish a greying hillside white horse will begin next month. The ancient landmark in Westbury, Wiltshire, has become discoloured by lichen growth. English Heritage, which maintains the site ...
A greying white horse hillfigure in Wiltshire is to be cleaned in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Westbury white horse has "deteriorated substantially over the last 12 months" and is a ...
Work to repaint an iconic monument in Wiltshire is due to be complete in the next week. The White Horse, in Westbury, has been restored after algae turned the structure from white to grey.
A 175ft (53m) hill figure of a white horse discoloured by algae and lichen is being scrubbed by a team of volunteer abseilers. The Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire, described as a "bit of a grey ...
England's oldest white horse, ... The activists used dark cloth to create their hourglass symbol on the top of the Alton Barnes White Horse in Wiltshire, which was cut in 1812.
Black coverings put on parts of a white horse landmark to advertise a car have been torn down by a protester. A restoration group allowed panda markings to be put on the historic white horse at ...
BBC Wiltshire listeners have been donating red items all week to create a massive red nose for the Hill White Horse. The team battled wind and rain to stake the nose to the chalk hillside. It will ...
THE 70-year-old Pewsey White Horse, carved into the Wiltshire countryside near the village of Everleigh, is to receive a facelift. The horse was created by White Horse expert George Marples in ...
A man is spending five days walking Wiltshire's White Horse Trail to raise money for the hospice that looked after his wife. Jo Kehoe Butler, who had cancer, died in May. She had been cared for at ...