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Dist:0.6km<br/>This was built as the County Asylum & was later renamed Roundway Hospital. It has now been converted to residential use.

©Chris Henley

Dist:0.8km<br/>The Moonrakers is a family friendly pub situated just off the centre of Devizes.

©Trish Steel

Dist:0.8km<br/>A George V reign postbox opposite the Moonraker Inn.

©Trish Steel

Dist:0.8km<br/>The story goes that one moonlit night, a patrol of Excisemen discovered to a group of Wiltshire villagers raking the surface of a local pond. When asked what they were doing, the men pointed to the reflection of the moon in the water, and said they were trying to fish out 'thik yaller cheese'. The Excisemen took them for idiots and rode off laughing. But the Moonrakers had the last laugh. In fact they were collecting kegs of liquor hidden in the pond.

©Trish Steel

Dist:1.0km<br/>Devizes fire station, Southbroom Road, Devizes, Wiltshire

©Kevin Hale

Dist:1.0km<br/>This pub on the Potterne Road just south of the town centre is cosy and welcoming. Walls and ceilings are festooned with hops; there is a wide choice of seating, and a skittle alley at the back. The pub is listed in the 2009 Good Beer Guide. On sale at my visit were Hop Back Downton Glory & Quadhop, and Itchen Valley American Liberty.

©Mike Faherty

Dist:1.0km northwest<br/>

©andrew auger

Dist:1.0km northwest<br/>The club is a privately owned club with 2 greens.

©andrew auger

Dist:1.0km north<br/>This is said by some to be the pond at the heart of the 'Moonrakers of Wiltshire legend. http://www.wiltshiretouristguide.com/Articles/Article_27.asp Maybe it is, maybe not. It is not very deep and dried up completely in the drought summer of 1976.

©Brian Robert Marshall

Dist:1.1km north<br/>

©Nick Smith

Dist:1.1km north<br/>Some pleasant red brick housing here at the western end of the Vale of Pewsey. Much of the housing between here and Pewsey uses the local red brick. Many of the older properties are especially attractive. Newer ones should weather in given time.
The name of the road suggests a brick works along here at some time.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:1.1km north<br/>

©Steve Daniels

Dist:1.1km north<br/>The churchyard of St James (sic) church behind the viewpoint is bounded by the Crammer. The gridline with SU0061 runs through the pond. The pond is a haven for swans, geese, ducks and, on this day, seagulls.

©Brian Robert Marshall

Dist:1.1km north<br/>View northwards across the pond to the graveyard on the other side.

©Trevor Rickard

Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>A pleasant sequence of Georgian houses, red brick with stone dressings (including stringcourses and quoins) which seems to be the norm in Devizes. All either Grade II or Grade II* listed.
The first one is the Conservative Club.

©Stephen Richards

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