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The white horse in Wiltshire which has a new red cross. (Image: Trevor Porter \/ SWNS)<\/p>\nAuthorities say the red lines of the cross appear to have been made of material and not paint<\/p>\n
21:33, 09 Sep 2025Updated 08:14, 10 Sep 2025<\/p>\n
The white horse in Wiltshire which has a new red cross. (Image: Trevor Porter \/ SWNS)<\/p>\n
A St George’s Cross has appeared on a famous white horse landmark. Pictures taken today (September 9) show Westbury’s White Horse in Wiltshire turned into a St George’s Cross.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the red lines of the cross appear to have been made of material and not paint and police said they are not investigating as ‘no crime has been committed.’ But a team is expected to attend the site ‘as soon as possible’ to assess any potential damage.<\/p>\n
Velisa Russell, who regularly walks by the monument, said: “Luckily there’s no damage as red material was used. It’s more an actor of patriotism, not vandalism. Just a bit of fun.” The move reflects a wider trend across the country, where buildings, roundabouts and highways have been marked with the cross and flags installed along highways.<\/p>\n
Wiltshire Council has previously said those spray-painting highways in Wiltshire are committing vandalism rather than expressing nationalism.<\/p>\n
English Heritage said: “Red fabric has been attached to the Westbury White House. We’ll be removing it as soon as we can and seeing whether the pegs that were used have caused any damage to this much-loved historic landmark.”<\/p>\n
Wiltshire Police said: “We are aware of red material being pinned across the Westbury White Horse to form the St George’s Cross. No criminal offences are thought to have been committed and we are not investigating it.”<\/p>\n
Westbury Town Council said: “We’re aware that a cross has recently been placed on the White Horse. The landowners, English Heritage, have been informed, and are arranging for a roped access team to attend the site as soon as possible to remove and assess any damage.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities say the red lines of the cross appear to have been made of material and not paint…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,378,16,15,42643],"class_list":{"0":"post-412710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-in-the-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-country"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115179140408929043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}