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What a glorious spring we have been enjoying!  Even in this warm, calm weather, with no strong winds or heavy downpours, it reminds us that the seasons for any of the spectacular nature displays are short and really shouldn’t be … Read More

There are plenty of unusual landmarks in the Vale of Pewsey and here are a few walks that take in some of them. Walk the Wootton Rivers walk to see two unusual landmarks – the steeple with Jack Spratt’s clock … Read More

With the current BBC TV series, ‘Wolf Hall:  The Mirror & The Light’, a novel by the late Hilary Mantel, there has been lots of interest in Wolfhall’s location and its history. Wolfhall is a manor house just outside the … Read More

Have you seen our video taking you all around the Pewsey Vale or the one of ‘The Blind Photographer’, a poem written by Ewen Cameron (Lord Cameron of Dillington)?  Both videos were narrated by a local Pewsey Vale resident, Andrew … Read More

As any recent visitors will have noticed, there are two sails are missing from Wilton Windmill. In mid-September the team was milling successfully when suddenly there was a loud crack followed by splinters of wood falling down from above. They immediately … Read More

Our thanks to Tim Baynes, a Wiltshire artist and lover of the Vale of Pewsey, for this beautiful article. ‘A restless sky, Beneath distant grumpy hills Somewhere young greens are stirring, Lights from clouds create different bolts of green, We … Read More

Artist, Tim Baynes, visited the Vale of Pewsey and has become completely smitten!  Here, in this article, he describes how important the Vale is in our ancient and modern history and why it is so remarkable.