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THREE SHORT WALKS

1 Bedwyn Brail

A circular walk from the lovely village of Great Bedwyn, featuring rural beam engines, working windmills, canals, houseboats, woodland and fields. Can be muddy but relatively easy walking on tracks and towpaths and the chance of a warm up in the village; 5.5 miles. alltrails.com/trail/england/wiltshire/ great-bedwyn-and-wilton-windmill-walk

2 Barrows and Stones

This circular walk from Avebury’s farmstead steadily climbs to the Neolithic meeting place of Windmill Hill. Its striking panorama takes in the Ridgeway, Avebury

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