Leaping across the head of a dry valley on the Ridgeway escarpment, the Uffington White Horse is Britain's oldest chalk figure, a 110-metre Bronze Age design dated to between 1380 and 550 BC. It is one part of a complex of ancient remains at White Horse Hill: the Manger, whose rippled sides were left by retreating permafrost after the last Ice Age; flat-topped Dragon Hill, linked to the legend of St George; and Uffington Castle, an Iron Age hillfort that at 860 feet is the highest point in Oxfordshire, with views over six counties. The horse is so large and stylised that it cannot be taken in from the hilltop; the best views are from across the Vale. Reviewers single out the panorama, the red kites and skylarks, and the picnic tables above the car park. There are no toilets on site, dogs must stay on leads around grazing stock and nesting birds, and members should register at the machine or on the JustPark app to park free.
