Fovant Badges

They are between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley, and are approximately 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south-east of Fovant village.

They were created by soldiers garrisoned nearby, and waiting to go to France, during the First World War; the first in 1916.

The Fovant Badge Society holds an annual Drumhead Service which is attended by the Australian High Commissioner, local mayors and members of parliament.

After the outlines were cut into the grass-covered hillsides, they were refilled with chalk brought from a nearby slope, up to 50 tons per badge.

[1] The badges took an average fifty men six months to complete.