Attractions in Salisbury & Stonehenge

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.

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Attractions in Salisbury & Stonehenge

47 places

Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury and MarlboroughMuseo
Museo

Alexander Keiller Museum

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

Al chiuso
  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Amesbury History Centre, Stonehenge and AmesburyMuseo
Museo

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.

Al chiuso
  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Arundells, Salisbury and Old SarumDimora storica
Dimora storica

Arundells

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

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Avebury Henge and Stone Circles, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

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.

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Avebury Manor and Garden, Avebury and MarlboroughDimora storica
Dimora storica

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.

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Bulford Kiwi, Stonehenge and AmesburyParco o natura
Hill figure

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.

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Cherhill White Horse, Avebury and MarlboroughParco o natura
Hill figure

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.

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Church of St Mary and St Melor, Stonehenge and AmesburyCattedrale o chiesa
Chiesa

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.

Al chiuso
  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Cuckoo Stone, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Standing stone

Cuckoo Stone

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Durrington Walls, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

Durrington Walls

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Figsbury Ring, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Nature

Figsbury Ring

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

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury and Old SarumGalleria
Galleria

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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  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Fyfield Down, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Nature

Fyfield Down

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Hackpen White Horse, Avebury and MarlboroughParco o natura
Hill figure

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.

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Harnham Water Meadows, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Nature

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.

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Barrow cemetery

King Barrow Ridge

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Magna Carta in the Chapter House, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Mostra

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.

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Market Place and Guildhall, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Mercato

Market Place and Guildhall

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

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Marlborough White Horse, Avebury and MarlboroughParco o natura
Hill figure

Marlborough White Horse

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Mompesson House, Salisbury and Old SarumDimora storica
Dimora storica

Mompesson House

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

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Barrow cemetery

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.

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Old Sarum, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Sito storico

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.

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Poultry Cross, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Monument

Poultry Cross

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

All'aperto
  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury and Old SarumParco o natura
Parco

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.

All'aperto
  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Centro culturale

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.

Al chiuso
  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury and Old SarumCattedrale o chiesa
Cattedrale

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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  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Savernake Forest, Avebury and MarlboroughParco o natura
Foresta

Savernake Forest

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Silbury Hill, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

Silbury Hill

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Stonehenge, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

Stonehenge

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Stonehenge Avenue, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Opera in terra

Stonehenge Avenue

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

All'aperto
  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Opera in terra

Stonehenge Cursus

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

All'aperto
  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Stonehenge Visitor Centre, Stonehenge and AmesburyMuseo
Museo

Stonehenge Visitor Centre

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

Al chiuso
  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
The Close, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Historic area

The Close

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

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury and Old SarumMuseo
Museo

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.

Al chiuso
  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
The Salisbury Museum, Salisbury and Old SarumMuseo
Museo

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.

Al chiuso
  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
The Sanctuary, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

The Sanctuary

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
West Kennet Avenue, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

West Kennet Avenue

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

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.

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Wilton House, Salisbury and Old SarumAltro luogo di interesse
Dimora storica

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.

  • Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Windmill Hill, Avebury and MarlboroughAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

Windmill Hill

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

  • Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Winterbourne Stoke Barrow Cemetery, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Barrow cemetery

Winterbourne Stoke Barrow Cemetery

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Woodhenge, Stonehenge and AmesburyAltro luogo di interesse
Prehistoric monument

Woodhenge

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

  • Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge

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