Wiltshire evokes images of ancient stone circles, spectacular expansive views, white chalk horses carved into unspoiled hillsides, impressive gardens, and a rare and welcome feeling of space and tranquillity. Wiltshire is as beautiful under a clear winter's sky as during a hot summer's day and the gentle, uncrowded landscape makes it ideal for enjoying the great outdoors. The activities that can be enjoyed in the Wiltshire countryside are as varied as the places you can visit. Most of them are free of charge and all of them are great for your health!

You can picnic, paint or take photos, walk the dog, or simply 'get away from it all'. From a gentle amble, to a long distance cycle ride; from paddling down a river, to climbing hills - there's something for everyone.

Lyneham is very privileged to be in the heart of the county with many gorgeous places to visit and enjoy. The official guidance for visitors to the countryside has been updated last week, [12th July 2004] for the first time since the 1950s, and provides priceless information on how we can protect our county's beautiful countryside.

The new code is being boosted by characters from the Aardman animation company, which produced Wallace and Gromit, provides the advice that you may think is misleading. The new guidance, entitled the Countryside Code and superseding the old Country Code, is shorter than its predecessor. One criticism in the update is that the code has lost such advice to the public as using gates and stiles to cross fences, making no unnecessary noise and keeping to public paths.

Dogs in the Countryside: The code says that by law you must control your dog so that it does not disturb or scare farm animals, and that a dog must be kept on a short lead during the nesting season and near farm animals. It also points out that by law, "farmers are entitled to destroy a dog that injures or worried their animals". This gives rise to the prospect of farmers carrying guns on right-to-roam land to deal with dogs that are out of control.