A short, spiralling climb for a big payoff — genuinely one of the best all-round views in this part of Wiltshire, with a good story attached whichever legend you prefer. Free parking makes it an easy stop.
A distinctive conical hill west of Warminster, once part of the Longleat estate and given to the National Trust by the 6th Marquess of Bath. An Iron Age hillfort tops the summit alongside earlier Bronze Age burial mounds and later medieval strip lynchets, with views to Warminster, Frome and across Cranborne Chase. Local legend says the hill was formed when the Devil dropped a sack of earth meant to bury Devizes — and it's been a favourite UFO-watching spot since reports of the 'Warminster Thing' in the 1960s.
National Trust land — usually free to walk; some sites charge for parking.