Saturday 11th March 2023
The Local Walks page on the Warminster Town Council website includes:
Copheap
Copheap, the hill closest to Warminster, just north of the town, was purchased by the Warminster Urban District Council and soon afterwards it was agreed at a public meeting in 1947 that it should become a war memorial for the town. The purchase price was met by public subscription.
Members of the R.A. and Old Comrades associations constructed the Path of Remembrance from Copheap Lane to the base of the hill, with regimental badges being incorporated into the walls at the lower end of the path.
A lych gate at the entrance to Copheap is inscribed:
“As an everlasting tribute of pride and gratitude to the sons of Warminster who gave their lives in the great World Wars this archway was constructed and Copheap preserved for the perpetual use and enjoyment of all.”
Quick Facts:
Steep walk leads to a barrow on the top.
The uphill walk, leading though a Memorial Lych Gate.
The wood is surrounded by chalk grassland owned by the MOD.