National Trust - Cley Hill — Attraction in Corsley

Its summit has an amazing view of the Wiltshire / Somerset county boundary, at 244 metres (801 ft) elevation. A 26.6-hectare (66-acre) area of chalk grassland at Cley Hill was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1975. The land is managed by the National Trust, having been donated to the charity in 1954 by the 6th Marquess of Bath. Archaeological features include a large univallate Iron Age hill fort, two bowl barrows and medieval strip lynchets. There is a legend that the hill was formed by the devil, when he dropped a sack of earth with which he had planned to bury the town of Devizes. He had retrieved the earth from Somerset and was travelling to Devizes when he stopped to ask an old man the distance to the town. The man replied that he had been walking for years to reach Devizes, so the devil abandoned his plan. Great walk, it only takes about 20/30 mins from the car park, my dog and wife didn't want to come,(think I wore them out the day before), when I got to the top there were cows everywhere, (so glad they didn't come, wife would have freaked out) as it's quite intimidating, weaving your way through cows that are led down and standing up, just took my time and they didn't even...

The views are some of the best I saw when visiting the area although the incessant sound of the roads is an intrusion. Unfortunately, what stands out, and is becoming increasingly common in England, is that dog walkers are leaving the excrement of their animals along the trails or collecting it in plastic bags to ornament fence posts and tree branches which spoils the experience significantly. The path to the top is not well worn nor indicated. There is a broken fence at the foot of the steeper part of the ascent that has a trail that leads to the top but this is very steep and fenced off for a reason most likely. I visited in the wet and it was very slippery so appropriate footwear advised. There is a herd of cows roaming and evidence of them at...

Couldn’t see the sign for the car park coming from Frome, had to go up to the roundabout and come back to see the NT sign. Car park is just off the road, is free and can fit about 15 cars depending how people park. The walk up the farm track around the hill and back took us 45 minutes at a medium pace. Instead of going right at the gate, I’d recommend going left over the stile and up the hill that way, as coming back past the strange groundwork’s (that look like a off road bike course), it’s very steep and the only way back is over a fence, which everyone has been going over and broken. Some way markers...