47 places from our Salisbury & Stonehenge guide, from Avebury and Marlborough to Stonehenge and Amesbury. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
Sites et attractions
47 places
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MuséeMuseum of finds from the Avebury monuments; English Heritage suggests starting here to learn about the sites around the village.
MuséeLocal history centre on Church Street with exhibitions, talks and family workshops about a town people have visited for 10,000 years.
Demeure historiqueHome of Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath from 1985 to 2005: a former medieval canonry with his collections and a two-acre garden.
Autre siteNeolithic bank, ditch and the largest stone circle in Britain, built between about 2850 and 2200 BC around part of the village.
Demeure historiqueGrade I listed early 16th-century manor house next to the church, run by the National Trust, with a formal garden.
Parc ou natureChalk kiwi on Beacon Hill above Bulford, cut in 1919 by New Zealand soldiers waiting to sail home after the First World War.
Parc ou natureLate 18th-century chalk horse on Cherhill Down below Oldbury Castle, near the Lansdowne Monument obelisk; viewed from a lay-by on the A4.
Cathédrale ou égliseGrade I listed parish church by the River Avon, dating from the 12th century and possibly linked to Amesbury's medieval abbey.
Autre siteFallen sarsen, the same stone as Stonehenge's largest, in a field about 500 m west of Woodhenge.
Autre siteNeolithic henge about 500 m across, thought to mark the village of the people who built Stonehenge.
Autre siteNational Trust earthwork on a chalk ridge north-east of Salisbury, with wildlife-rich grassland and wide views.
GalerieConverted Victorian grain mill with a gallery of work by over 200 mostly local and British artists, a café and craft studios.
Autre siteDownland nature reserve on the Marlborough Downs scattered with sarsen boulders known as the Grey Wethers.
Parc ou natureChalk horse 27 m wide below the Ridgeway on Hackpen Hill, said to have been cut in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation.
Autre site84 acres of water meadows worked since the 17th century and still a flood defence, crossed by the Town Path to Harnham.
Autre siteBronze Age burial mounds among old beech trees east of the stones, with a view across to the circle.
Autre siteOne of four surviving 1215 originals of Magna Carta, shown in the Chapter House beneath a carved medieval frieze; included in cathedral admission.
Autre siteSquare with a charter market every Tuesday and Saturday, held regularly since 1227; the Guildhall was completed in 1795.
Parc ou natureSmall chalk horse on Granham Hill, cut in 1804 by pupils of a High Street school.
Demeure historiqueNational Trust townhouse on Choristers' Green, completed in 1701 in the Queen Anne style, with a walled garden and tea room.
Autre siteNeolithic and Bronze Age cemetery of 40 or more barrows about 1 km south of Stonehenge, including the gold-rich Bush Barrow.
Autre siteIron Age hillfort north of the city with the ruins of a Norman royal castle and the foundations of Salisbury's first cathedral.
Autre site14th-century market cross where Silver Street meets Minster Street, the last of four crosses that once marked Salisbury's markets.
Parc ou natureRiverside park opened in the early 1960s, with views of the cathedral and the start of the Town Path across the water meadows.
Autre siteWiltshire Creative venue in the former St Edmund's Church on Bedwin Street, with performances, workshops, exhibitions, a café and a bar.
Cathédrale ou égliseEarly English Gothic cathedral built between 1220 and 1258, with England's tallest spire (123 m) and a medieval clock from about 1386.
Parc ou naturePrivate forest of about 4,500 acres south-east of Marlborough, with timber managed by Forestry England; bluebells in late spring.
Autre siteArtificial chalk mound 39 m high, probably finished around 2400 BC; seen from a viewing area, with no access to the hill.
Cathédrale ou église
Cathédrale ou église
Cathédrale ou église
Cathédrale ou église
Autre siteCircle of sarsen and bluestones built in phases from about 3100 BC, aligned on the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.
Autre siteBank-and-ditch avenue nearly 3 km long linking the stones with the River Avon, partly aligned on the midsummer sunrise.
Autre siteNeolithic enclosure about 3 km long, dug between 3630 and 3375 BC, centuries before the first phase of Stonehenge.
MuséeEnglish Heritage exhibition on the builders of Stonehenge, with reconstructed Neolithic houses and a café; tickets cover the stones too.
Autre siteBritain's largest cathedral close: lawns, Choristers' Green and historic houses inside medieval gates such as the High Street Gate.
Demeure historique
MuséeRegimental museum with over 65,000 objects in The Wardrobe, a Close building once used to store the bishop's robes.
MuséeMuseum in the King's House facing the cathedral's west front, with collections on Stonehenge, local archaeology and the city's medieval guilds.
Autre siteSite of rings of timber posts and stones begun about 2500 BC on Overton Hill, now marked by concrete blocks and posts.
Autre siteAvenue of paired standing stones, originally about 100 pairs, running 1.5 miles from Avebury towards The Sanctuary.
Autre siteChambered tomb built around 3650 BC where nearly 50 people were buried; half a mile uphill from a lay-by on the A4.
Autre siteSeat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, rebuilt after a fire in 1647; closed for 2026, reopening at Easter 2027.
Autre siteNeolithic causewayed enclosure with three rings of interrupted ditches, a 1.5-mile walk uphill from Avebury.
Autre siteGroup of 17 burial mounds west of Stonehenge that includes every style of barrow found in southern England.
Autre siteHenge 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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