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Chalk Figures In The United KingdomNumerous chalk figures have been carved into hillsides in the United Kingdom, including :- - Alton Barnes white horse, Wiltshire (1812)
- Broad Town white horse, Wiltshire (1864)
- Cerne Abbas giant, Dorset (popularly believed to be ancient, but recently dated to c. 17th century)
- Cleadon Hills white horse, Tyne and Wear (before 1887)
- old Devizes white horse, or the Snobs' horse (1845)
- new Devizes white horse (1999)
- Cherhill or Oldbury white horse, Wiltshire (1780)
- Folkestone white horse, Kent (2003)
- Hackpen or Broad Hinton or Winterbourne Bassett white horse, Wiltshire (1838?)
- Hindhead white horse, Surrey (before 1913, lost)
- Ham Hill or Inkpen white horse, Wiltshire (1865-1877)
- Kilburn White Horse, Yorkshire (1857)
- old Litlington white horse, Sussex (c.1838)
- new Litlington white horse, Sussex (1925)
- Marlborough or Preshute white horse, Wiltshire (1804)
- Mormond (or Strichen, Aberdeenshire) white horse, Aberdeenshire (c.1800)
- Osmington white horse, Dorset (c.1808)
- old Pewsey white horse, Wiltshire (1785)
- new Pewsey white horse, Wiltshire (1937)
- Rockley white horse, Wiltshire (discovered 1948, now lost)
- Tan Hill white horse, Wiltshire (lost)
- Uffington White Horse (Bronze Age, 1400 BC to 600 BC)
- Westbury or Bratton white horse, Wiltshire (before 1742)
- Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex (c. 16th century)
- Whipsnade Zoo white lion, on the Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire (1931)
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