White Horse 50 mile

The White Horse Ultras, use a treasured long distance path, through Marlborough, Broad Town, Cherhill, Devizes, Steeple Ashton, Bratton and Pewsey.

1865m of elevation on the 100 mile (Course Record 19:07:35)

1235m of elevation the 50 mile (Course Record 7:51:17)

670m of elevation on the 50k (Course Record 4:29:43)

Along the way the route passes eight white horses (five horses on the 50 mile, four on the 50k) which are cut into the hills and turf of the chalk landscape. It also visits many other historic and prehistoric locations, passing close to the start of the Ridgeway National Trail.

• Hackpen (1838) located on the edge of the Marlborough Downs

• Broad Town (1864) three miles south of Royal Wootton Bassett

• Cherhill (1780) located east of Cherhill village beneath Oldbury Castle earthwork

• Alton Barnes (1812) on Milk Hill, a mile north of Alton Barnes village

• Devizes (1999) Located on Roundway Hill, overlooking the village of Roundway

• Westbury (1778) The oldest of the White Horses located on Westbury Hill, Bratton Down

• Pewsey (1937 set a mile south of the village

• Marlborough(1804) Can be seen from various points around Marlborough