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.
Bezienswaardigheden
47 places
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MuseumMuseum of finds from the Avebury monuments; English Heritage suggests starting here to learn about the sites around the village.
MuseumLocal history centre on Church Street with exhibitions, talks and family workshops about a town people have visited for 10,000 years.
Historisch huisHome of Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath from 1985 to 2005: a former medieval canonry with his collections and a two-acre garden.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNeolithic bank, ditch and the largest stone circle in Britain, built between about 2850 and 2200 BC around part of the village.
Historisch huisGrade I listed early 16th-century manor house next to the church, run by the National Trust, with a formal garden.
Park of natuurChalk kiwi on Beacon Hill above Bulford, cut in 1919 by New Zealand soldiers waiting to sail home after the First World War.
Park of natuurLate 18th-century chalk horse on Cherhill Down below Oldbury Castle, near the Lansdowne Monument obelisk; viewed from a lay-by on the A4.
Kathedraal of kerkGrade I listed parish church by the River Avon, dating from the 12th century and possibly linked to Amesbury's medieval abbey.
Andere bezienswaardigheidFallen sarsen, the same stone as Stonehenge's largest, in a field about 500 m west of Woodhenge.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNeolithic henge about 500 m across, thought to mark the village of the people who built Stonehenge.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNational 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.
Andere bezienswaardigheidDownland nature reserve on the Marlborough Downs scattered with sarsen boulders known as the Grey Wethers.
Park of natuurChalk horse 27 m wide below the Ridgeway on Hackpen Hill, said to have been cut in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation.
Andere bezienswaardigheid84 acres of water meadows worked since the 17th century and still a flood defence, crossed by the Town Path to Harnham.
Andere bezienswaardigheidBronze Age burial mounds among old beech trees east of the stones, with a view across to the circle.
Andere bezienswaardigheidOne of four surviving 1215 originals of Magna Carta, shown in the Chapter House beneath a carved medieval frieze; included in cathedral admission.
Andere bezienswaardigheidSquare with a charter market every Tuesday and Saturday, held regularly since 1227; the Guildhall was completed in 1795.
Park of natuurSmall chalk horse on Granham Hill, cut in 1804 by pupils of a High Street school.
Historisch huisNational Trust townhouse on Choristers' Green, completed in 1701 in the Queen Anne style, with a walled garden and tea room.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNeolithic and Bronze Age cemetery of 40 or more barrows about 1 km south of Stonehenge, including the gold-rich Bush Barrow.
Andere bezienswaardigheidIron Age hillfort north of the city with the ruins of a Norman royal castle and the foundations of Salisbury's first cathedral.
Andere bezienswaardigheid14th-century market cross where Silver Street meets Minster Street, the last of four crosses that once marked Salisbury's markets.
Park of natuurRiverside park opened in the early 1960s, with views of the cathedral and the start of the Town Path across the water meadows.
Andere bezienswaardigheidWiltshire Creative venue in the former St Edmund's Church on Bedwin Street, with performances, workshops, exhibitions, a café and a bar.
Kathedraal of kerkEarly English Gothic cathedral built between 1220 and 1258, with England's tallest spire (123 m) and a medieval clock from about 1386.
Park of natuurPrivate forest of about 4,500 acres south-east of Marlborough, with timber managed by Forestry England; bluebells in late spring.
Andere bezienswaardigheidArtificial chalk mound 39 m high, probably finished around 2400 BC; seen from a viewing area, with no access to the hill.
Kathedraal of kerk
Kathedraal of kerk
Kathedraal of kerk
Kathedraal of kerk
Andere bezienswaardigheidCircle of sarsen and bluestones built in phases from about 3100 BC, aligned on the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.
Andere bezienswaardigheidBank-and-ditch avenue nearly 3 km long linking the stones with the River Avon, partly aligned on the midsummer sunrise.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNeolithic enclosure about 3 km long, dug between 3630 and 3375 BC, centuries before the first phase of Stonehenge.
MuseumEnglish Heritage exhibition on the builders of Stonehenge, with reconstructed Neolithic houses and a café; tickets cover the stones too.
Andere bezienswaardigheidBritain's largest cathedral close: lawns, Choristers' Green and historic houses inside medieval gates such as the High Street Gate.
Historisch huis
MuseumRegimental museum with over 65,000 objects in The Wardrobe, a Close building once used to store the bishop's robes.
MuseumMuseum in the King's House facing the cathedral's west front, with collections on Stonehenge, local archaeology and the city's medieval guilds.
Andere bezienswaardigheidSite of rings of timber posts and stones begun about 2500 BC on Overton Hill, now marked by concrete blocks and posts.
Andere bezienswaardigheidAvenue of paired standing stones, originally about 100 pairs, running 1.5 miles from Avebury towards The Sanctuary.
Andere bezienswaardigheidChambered tomb built around 3650 BC where nearly 50 people were buried; half a mile uphill from a lay-by on the A4.
Andere bezienswaardigheidSeat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, rebuilt after a fire in 1647; closed for 2026, reopening at Easter 2027.
Andere bezienswaardigheidNeolithic causewayed enclosure with three rings of interrupted ditches, a 1.5-mile walk uphill from Avebury.
Andere bezienswaardigheidGroup of 17 burial mounds west of Stonehenge that includes every style of barrow found in southern England.
Andere bezienswaardigheidHenge 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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