Uffington Castle - White Horse & Dragon Hill

Lovely place for a walk. There also Wayland's Smithy Long barrow nearby.

Fantastic site with a deeply enigmatic history buried in an important historical landscape. There is so much to see here. Assuming you parked in the national trust car park and paid the rather high fee, you will walk along the ridge towards the uffington white horse with a hillfort behind and the enigmatic dragon hill below. You will be treated to spectacular views across the Thames valley all the way to the Cotswolds. The horse itself, which has become iconic was built in the bronze or iron age, no one actually knows. It's made of crushed chalk placed in trenches on the hill side in the shape of a horse There are bags of chalk nearby for the annual rechalking of the horse. On the side of the hills are ridges possibly made by old ploughing and the strange little mound that forms dragon hill far below where legend has it a dragon lies buried. What the horse was used for remains unknown but it was likely a ritual site. Today it remains hugely impressive to see from afar and provides the finest views of the historic region around.

Amazing views from this place, it does feel old and a bit magical

Breathtaking views of the surrounding areas and the famous prehistoric White Horse easily accessible (though a good 15 min walk uphill) from a nearby National Trust car park- free for NT members. Unfortunately no toilets at the car park but there were two ice cream vans instead ;) Disabled parking roughly half way through to the Horse. The ruins of the castle 5 min walk above the Horse and 10-15 to Dragon Hill below. Absolutely stunning but obviously very windy!Below there’s a beautiful village of Uffington, with St. Mary’s Anglican Church dating back to 1250 (at certain times during the day, possibly between 2-5pm, some lovely ladies serve delicious cream teas there) and right opposite there is a chocolate box cottage with a thatched roof and wooden animals on top.

Offering beautiful views of Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and in the far distant Gloucestershire, Uffington Castle is a great place for an afternoon walk.It can get a little cold, so wrap up if it's a particular cold day.Also a great place to take kids - easy to walk around and lots of sign posts and plagues to explain distances to places or what can be seen from certain viewpoints.

Blue badge holders there is a carpark near the top of the hill but it is still a big climb up to the castle. Amazing views so it was worth it, It's a short walk down to the White Horse and then on to Dragon Hill where they have just installed some stairs which did help.

Uffington Castle Hillfort encloses three hectares with two strong banks and a ditch between. A silver coin (Iron Age) belonging to the dobunni tribe was found outside. Along with the White Horse this ancient site in stunning countryside is well worth visiting.

It is one of the best hills to go to with great views all around.The parking is fairly priced, and getting up the hill is good exercise but not too hard either.I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves going up hills and taking in the view.

Beautiful place to have a walk. Mountain opens local landscape view treasures