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Tidcombe Star

Between Silver Down and Maccombe Down, Tidcombe, Wiltshire

A six-armed star that seems to rise out of the field in 3D.

In July 2026 a formation around 180–200 feet long appeared in wheat near Tidcombe. It showed a six-armed star drawn on a rectangle in such a way that it looked three-dimensional, an effect that is very hard to lay out in a field.

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When
7 July 2026
Where
51.3130, -1.5814
Group
Crop circles

Visiting

Private farmland on the downs south of Hungerford.

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