North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision: news and events Home National Grid Electricity Transmission Network and infrastructure Infrastructure projects North Wessex Downs project Read our latest news, access our latest press releases and learn about events in the community Highways update: Folly Road reopened after temporary closure 20 Sep 2024 Following a temporary closure, Folly Road has been reopened to the public. Have you spotted our unusual pylons in the North Wessex Downs? 10 Sep 2024 Over the past few weeks passers-by may have noticed some new and slightly unusual one-armed pylons being installed close to Horton Road and Rickpiece Plantation. Uncovering the History of Devizes: the North Wessex Downs VIP team at the UK’s annual Festival of Archaeology 1 Aug 2024 On Saturday 13 July 2024, members of National Grid’s North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision (VIP) team and Wessex Archaeology teamed together for a day of celebration and fun to present the ancient finds that have been uncovered during the early construction works on Roundway Hill. Walking and talking pylons in the North Wessex Downs 24 Jul 2024 Members of National Grid’s project team recently hosted a group of intrepid walkers to learn about National Grid’s North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision (VIP) at one of a series of events organised during the popular North Wessex Walking Festival. Digging for History: the secrets of Devizes’ Roundway Hill unearthed as part of Festival of Archaeology 3 Jul 2024 Local people are invited to an interactive family-friendly archaeology event at Devizes Town Hall on 13 July 2024 as National Grid and Wessex Archaeology unveil what they have dug up during construction of the Visual Impact Provision project on Roundway Hill. North Wessex Downs community newsletter: Summer 2024 25 Jun 2024 Our work to transform the natural landscape in the North Wessex Downs Load More
Highways update: Folly Road reopened after temporary closure 20 Sep 2024 Following a temporary closure, Folly Road has been reopened to the public.
Have you spotted our unusual pylons in the North Wessex Downs? 10 Sep 2024 Over the past few weeks passers-by may have noticed some new and slightly unusual one-armed pylons being installed close to Horton Road and Rickpiece Plantation.
Uncovering the History of Devizes: the North Wessex Downs VIP team at the UK’s annual Festival of Archaeology 1 Aug 2024 On Saturday 13 July 2024, members of National Grid’s North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision (VIP) team and Wessex Archaeology teamed together for a day of celebration and fun to present the ancient finds that have been uncovered during the early construction works on Roundway Hill.
Walking and talking pylons in the North Wessex Downs 24 Jul 2024 Members of National Grid’s project team recently hosted a group of intrepid walkers to learn about National Grid’s North Wessex Downs Visual Impact Provision (VIP) at one of a series of events organised during the popular North Wessex Walking Festival.
Digging for History: the secrets of Devizes’ Roundway Hill unearthed as part of Festival of Archaeology 3 Jul 2024 Local people are invited to an interactive family-friendly archaeology event at Devizes Town Hall on 13 July 2024 as National Grid and Wessex Archaeology unveil what they have dug up during construction of the Visual Impact Provision project on Roundway Hill.
North Wessex Downs community newsletter: Summer 2024 25 Jun 2024 Our work to transform the natural landscape in the North Wessex Downs