where in england is the white chalk horse
on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington ( in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire ) , some 8 km ( 5 mi ) south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage ; or 2.5 km ( 1.6 mi ) south of Uffington