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Cathedral
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: things to do
Places worth your time in Salisbury and Old Sarum
Top places
Things to do in Salisbury and Old Sarum
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Exhibition
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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Historic area
The Close
Britain's largest cathedral close: lawns, Choristers' Green and historic houses inside medieval gates such as the High Street Gate.
Historic house
Mompesson House
National Trust townhouse on Choristers' Green, completed in 1701 in the Queen Anne style, with a walled garden and tea room.
Museum
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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Museum
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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Historic house
Arundells
Home of Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath from 1985 to 2005: a former medieval canonry with his collections and a two-acre garden.
Church
St Thomas's Church
City-centre parish church rebuilt by Salisbury's merchants in the 15th century, with a large Doom painting above the chancel arch.
Monument
Poultry Cross
14th-century market cross where Silver Street meets Minster Street, the last of four crosses that once marked Salisbury's markets.
Market
Market Place and Guildhall
Square with a charter market every Tuesday and Saturday, held regularly since 1227; the Guildhall was completed in 1795.
Park
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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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.
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Theatre
Salisbury Playhouse
Theatre opened in 1976 with a 517-seat main house and the 149-seat Salberg studio, run by Wiltshire Creative.
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Arts centre
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.
Gallery
Fisherton Mill
Converted Victorian grain mill with a gallery of work by over 200 mostly local and British artists, a café and craft studios.
Church
St Martin's Church
Grade I listed parish church with a chancel from about 1230, a 14th-century tower and spire and a 15th-century nave.
Historic site
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.
Stately home
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.
Nature
Figsbury Ring
National Trust earthwork on a chalk ridge north-east of Salisbury, with wildlife-rich grassland and wide views.
Salisbury & Stonehenge
More areas to explore
13 sights · 7 places to eat
Stonehenge and Amesbury
The stones, Woodhenge, Durrington Walls and the barrows of the Stonehenge landscape
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16 sights · 13 places to eat
Avebury and Marlborough
The Avebury stone circles, Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow and the market town of Marlborough
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- Salisbury and Old Sarum (area photo): Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mompesson House: Peter Hurford from Downton, Wiltshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- The Salisbury Museum: SalisburyMuseum1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Arundells: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Thomas's Church: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Poultry Cross: Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Queen Elizabeth Gardens: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Salisbury Playhouse: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Martin's Church: User:Hassocks5489, CC0, source
- Old Sarum: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wilton House: Kachii (Katy) from London, England, CC BY 2.0, source
- Figsbury Ring: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stonehenge and Amesbury: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Avebury and Marlborough: Bo&Ko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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