Attractions in Salisbury & Stonehenge

Alexander Keiller Museum

Museum of finds from the Avebury monuments; English Heritage suggests starting here to learn about the sites around the village.

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Amesbury History Centre

Local history centre on Church Street with exhibitions, talks and family workshops about a town people have visited for 10,000 years.

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Arundells

Home of Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath from 1985 to 2005: a former medieval canonry with his collections and a two-acre garden.

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Avebury Henge and Stone Circles

Neolithic bank, ditch and the largest stone circle in Britain, built between about 2850 and 2200 BC around part of the village.

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Avebury Manor and Garden

Grade I listed early 16th-century manor house next to the church, run by the National Trust, with a formal garden.

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Bulford Kiwi

Chalk kiwi on Beacon Hill above Bulford, cut in 1919 by New Zealand soldiers waiting to sail home after the First World War.

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Cherhill White Horse

Late 18th-century chalk horse on Cherhill Down below Oldbury Castle, near the Lansdowne Monument obelisk; viewed from a lay-by on the A4.

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Church of St Mary and St Melor

Grade I listed parish church by the River Avon, dating from the 12th century and possibly linked to Amesbury's medieval abbey.

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Cuckoo Stone

Fallen sarsen, the same stone as Stonehenge's largest, in a field about 500 m west of Woodhenge.

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Durrington Walls

Neolithic henge about 500 m across, thought to mark the village of the people who built Stonehenge.

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Figsbury Ring

National Trust earthwork on a chalk ridge north-east of Salisbury, with wildlife-rich grassland and wide views.

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Fisherton Mill

Converted Victorian grain mill with a gallery of work by over 200 mostly local and British artists, a café and craft studios.

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Fyfield Down

Downland nature reserve on the Marlborough Downs scattered with sarsen boulders known as the Grey Wethers.

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Hackpen White Horse

Chalk horse 27 m wide below the Ridgeway on Hackpen Hill, said to have been cut in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation.

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Harnham Water Meadows

84 acres of water meadows worked since the 17th century and still a flood defence, crossed by the Town Path to Harnham.

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King Barrow Ridge

Bronze Age burial mounds among old beech trees east of the stones, with a view across to the circle.

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Magna Carta in the Chapter House

One of four surviving 1215 originals of Magna Carta, shown in the Chapter House beneath a carved medieval frieze; included in cathedral admission.

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Market Place and Guildhall

Square with a charter market every Tuesday and Saturday, held regularly since 1227; the Guildhall was completed in 1795.

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Marlborough White Horse

Small chalk horse on Granham Hill, cut in 1804 by pupils of a High Street school.

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Mompesson House

National Trust townhouse on Choristers' Green, completed in 1701 in the Queen Anne style, with a walled garden and tea room.

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Normanton Down Barrows

Neolithic and Bronze Age cemetery of 40 or more barrows about 1 km south of Stonehenge, including the gold-rich Bush Barrow.

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Old Sarum

Iron Age hillfort north of the city with the ruins of a Norman royal castle and the foundations of Salisbury's first cathedral.

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Poultry Cross

14th-century market cross where Silver Street meets Minster Street, the last of four crosses that once marked Salisbury's markets.

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Queen Elizabeth Gardens

Riverside park opened in the early 1960s, with views of the cathedral and the start of the Town Path across the water meadows.

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Salisbury Arts Centre

Wiltshire Creative venue in the former St Edmund's Church on Bedwin Street, with performances, workshops, exhibitions, a café and a bar.

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Salisbury Cathedral

Early English Gothic cathedral built between 1220 and 1258, with England's tallest spire (123 m) and a medieval clock from about 1386.

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Savernake Forest

Private forest of about 4,500 acres south-east of Marlborough, with timber managed by Forestry England; bluebells in late spring.

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Silbury Hill

Artificial chalk mound 39 m high, probably finished around 2400 BC; seen from a viewing area, with no access to the hill.

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St James's Church, Avebury

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St Martin's Church

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St Mary's Church, Marlborough

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St Thomas's Church

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Stonehenge

Circle of sarsen and bluestones built in phases from about 3100 BC, aligned on the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.

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Stonehenge Avenue

Bank-and-ditch avenue nearly 3 km long linking the stones with the River Avon, partly aligned on the midsummer sunrise.

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Stonehenge Cursus

Neolithic enclosure about 3 km long, dug between 3630 and 3375 BC, centuries before the first phase of Stonehenge.

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Stonehenge Visitor Centre

English Heritage exhibition on the builders of Stonehenge, with reconstructed Neolithic houses and a café; tickets cover the stones too.

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The Close

Britain's largest cathedral close: lawns, Choristers' Green and historic houses inside medieval gates such as the High Street Gate.

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The Merchant's House

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The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum

Regimental museum with over 65,000 objects in The Wardrobe, a Close building once used to store the bishop's robes.

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The Salisbury Museum

Museum in the King's House facing the cathedral's west front, with collections on Stonehenge, local archaeology and the city's medieval guilds.

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The Sanctuary

Site of rings of timber posts and stones begun about 2500 BC on Overton Hill, now marked by concrete blocks and posts.

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West Kennet Avenue

Avenue of paired standing stones, originally about 100 pairs, running 1.5 miles from Avebury towards The Sanctuary.

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West Kennet Long Barrow

Chambered tomb built around 3650 BC where nearly 50 people were buried; half a mile uphill from a lay-by on the A4.

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Wilton House

Seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, rebuilt after a fire in 1647; closed for 2026, reopening at Easter 2027.

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Windmill Hill

Neolithic causewayed enclosure with three rings of interrupted ditches, a 1.5-mile walk uphill from Avebury.

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Winterbourne Stoke Barrow Cemetery

Group of 17 burial mounds west of Stonehenge that includes every style of barrow found in southern England.

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Woodhenge

Henge of about 2500 BC whose six oval rings of timber posts are marked by concrete posts; free parking beside the site.

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