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Alton Barnes White Horse
Alton Barnes White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse located on Milk Hill, some 914 yards, 1,000 metres, north of the village of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England. The horse is approximatel
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Alton Barnes White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse located on Milk Hill, some 914 yards, 1,000 metres, north of the village of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England. The horse is approximately 180 feet high and 160 feet long, and was cut in 1812, commissioned by local farmer Robert Pile. Pile instructed inn sign painter John Thorne to design and cut the horse, although Thorne conned Pile by leaving with his advance sum while employing local resident John Harvey to cut the horse instead. It is based on another white horse hill figure in Wiltshire, the Cherhill White Horse, and is the second largest of the eight white horses in Wiltshire. One of the county's best-loved and most iconic white horses, it remains a tourist attraction and has been regularly maintained, with numerous groups or individuals scouring the horse throughout its life. More recently, the horse was illuminated by candles every winter solstice for over ten years, as well as in a lantern parade to celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2012. The horse has also been transformed into a zebra on April Fools' Day on two occasions.
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Alton Barnes White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse located on Milk Hill, some 914 yards, 1,000 metres, north of the village of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England. The horse is approximately 180 feet high and 160 feet long, and was cut in 1812, commissioned by local farmer Robert Pile. Pile instructed inn sign painter John Thorne to design and cut the horse, although Thorne conned Pile by leaving with his advance sum while employing local resident John Harvey to cut the horse instead. It is based on another white horse hill figure in Wiltshire, the Cherhill White Horse, and is the second largest of the eight white horses in Wiltshire. One of the county's best-loved and most iconic white horses, it remains a tourist attraction and has been regularly maintained, with numerous groups or individuals scouring the horse throughout its life. More recently, the horse was illuminated by candles every winter solstice for over ten years, as well as in a lantern parade to celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2012. The horse has also been transformed into a zebra on April Fools' Day on two occasions.
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- Coordinates
- 51.3726, -1.8480
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- Milk Hill, Wiltshire, England
- Established
- 1812
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- wikipedia: Alton Barnes White Horse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Alton Barnes White Horse?
- Alton Barnes White Horse is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.3726°, -1.8480°.
- When was Alton Barnes White Horse built?
- Alton Barnes White Horse dates to 1812.