Avebury Stone Circle
Avebury stone circles were completed between 2500 to 2000 BC making it
somewhat older than its near and more famous neighbour Stonehenge.
Avebury
nr Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1RF
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Bowood House and Gardens
Bowood has one of
'Capability' Brown's finest parks in over 2,000 acres laid out in the 1760s.
Calne
Wiltshire
www.bowood-house.co.uk
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Longleat House and Safari Park
A fine example of Elizabethan architecture with a host of other attractions
including a safari park.
Longleat
Warminster
Wiltshire
BA12 7NW
www.longleat.co.uk |
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Salisbury Cathedral
Thirteenth century Gothic cathedral with the largest cloister in England. The
Chapter House contains the Magna Carta.
Salisbury
Wiltshire
www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
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Silbury Hill
Man made prehistoric mound 130 feet high, the largest in
Europe.
West Kennet
Wiltshire
www.english-heritage.org.uk |
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge was completed around 1300B.C. for reasons yet
not known.
It may of been used for religious purposes or to track the rotation of the earth around
the sun. Visit Stonehenge and judge for yourself!
Wiltshire
SP4 7DE
www.english-heritage.org.uk
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Stourhead House and Gardens
Celebrated 18th-century landscape garden and
Palladian mansion.
Stourhead Estate
Stourton
Warminster
Wiltshire
BA12 6QD
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Swindon and Cricklade Railway
Wiltshire's only standard gauge Heritage Railway.
Blunsdon Station,
Tadpole Lane,
Blunsdon,
Swindon,
Wiltshire SN25 2DA
www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
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Uffington White Horse
The Uffington white horse is 374 feet long and possibly Britain’s
oldest hill figure.
wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk |
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Wilton House
Stately home of the Earls of Pembroke for over 450 years.
Wilton House
Wilton
Salisbury
SP2 0BJ
www.wiltonhouse.co.uk |