The Warminster Official Guide, issued under the auspices of Warminster Urban District Council, published August 1936, noted:
Arn Hill, which adjoins [Copheap], is one of the chief attractions of the town. The Golf Club owns the summit, and to compensate for this the Marquess of Bath has presented the wooded hillside to the town as a Recreation Ground. The extensive panoramas enjoyed from here across the wooded valleys towards the encircling hills of the Plain and Mendip country are remarkable for their delicate beauty and ever-changing colours. The downland offers treasure trove to the botanist in the form of an unusually large number of native British orchids. Hiding flowers in profusion make the turf aromatic, while larks sing merrily overhead.