Rosalind and Tim’s guidebook
Stately houses and gardens
Stourhead has the finest gardens landscaped by 'Capability' Brown in the 18th century. The house is also well worth a visit. (55 mins by car)
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Stourhead
Stourhead has the finest gardens landscaped by 'Capability' Brown in the 18th century. The house is also well worth a visit. (55 mins by car)
The grounds of Bowood can be reached on foot in a few minutes from the Green in Calne. The nationally significant collection of Rhododendrons is open in season in May. There is a well designed Adventure Playground for children. The historic house is open to the public too.
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Bowood House und Gärten
Old RoadThe grounds of Bowood can be reached on foot in a few minutes from the Green in Calne. The nationally significant collection of Rhododendrons is open in season in May. There is a well designed Adventure Playground for children. The historic house is open to the public too.
A perfect Elizabethan house containing furniture and arts and crafts associated with William Morris, the great 19th century designer, artist, poet and social reformer. Morris was there in the 1870s. (1 hr by car)
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Kelmscott Manor
A perfect Elizabethan house containing furniture and arts and crafts associated with William Morris, the great 19th century designer, artist, poet and social reformer. Morris was there in the 1870s. (1 hr by car)
For all who love trees there are 15,000 planted there in 600 acres. Stunning colours in the Autumn. (40 mins by car)
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Westonbirt, Der Nationale Arboretum
For all who love trees there are 15,000 planted there in 600 acres. Stunning colours in the Autumn. (40 mins by car)
A dream-like Italianate style garden, with terraces, architecture, columns and garden ornaments and plants creating a world of its own.
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Iford Manor: The Peto Garden
A dream-like Italianate style garden, with terraces, architecture, columns and garden ornaments and plants creating a world of its own.
A classic English garden in Malmesbury - 2000 different kinds of roses, knot gardens, herb gardens, spectacular display of thousands of tulips. (30 mins by car)
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The Abbey House Gardens
A classic English garden in Malmesbury - 2000 different kinds of roses, knot gardens, herb gardens, spectacular display of thousands of tulips. (30 mins by car)
Archaeology
Wiltshire abounds in sites of archeological interest, and this one is outstanding because you can walk round the stone circle among the stones, unlike Stonehenge where you have to admire them from afar. There is a museum explaining the site. You could walk from Calne, eat at the Waggon and Horses on the way there and get the bus back.
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Avebury
Wiltshire abounds in sites of archeological interest, and this one is outstanding because you can walk round the stone circle among the stones, unlike Stonehenge where you have to admire them from afar. There is a museum explaining the site. You could walk from Calne, eat at the Waggon and Horses on the way there and get the bus back.
More than 5000 years old, this is a mysterious prehistoric burial chamber, constructed out of huge stones, set in wide open downland landscape.
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West Kennet Long Barrow
Gunsite RoadMore than 5000 years old, this is a mysterious prehistoric burial chamber, constructed out of huge stones, set in wide open downland landscape.
As old as the pyramids, this is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe. Archaeologists still argue over its origin and purpose.
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Silbury Hill
As old as the pyramids, this is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe. Archaeologists still argue over its origin and purpose.
This museum contains important collections covering the stone age, bronze age, Roman, Saxon and mediaeval periods. There are also natural history exhibits from Wiltshire.
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Wiltshire Museum
41 Long StThis museum contains important collections covering the stone age, bronze age, Roman, Saxon and mediaeval periods. There are also natural history exhibits from Wiltshire.
City/town information
If you have come for city sightseeing, then the city of Bath is the outstanding highlight. It is a Unesco World Heritage site, and there are simply too many features to list - the Abbey Church, the uniquely well preserved Roman Baths which gave the city its name, the shops and museums and everywhere the finest Georgian architecture in England. Naturally Bath is popular in the summer with visitors, and so excellent Park-and-Ride facilities are available. The best one we find is at Lansdowne Racecourse (about 35 mins via A420) and then 10 mins into the centre of Bath.
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Bath
If you have come for city sightseeing, then the city of Bath is the outstanding highlight. It is a Unesco World Heritage site, and there are simply too many features to list - the Abbey Church, the uniquely well preserved Roman Baths which gave the city its name, the shops and museums and everywhere the finest Georgian architecture in England. Naturally Bath is popular in the summer with visitors, and so excellent Park-and-Ride facilities are available. The best one we find is at Lansdowne Racecourse (about 35 mins via A420) and then 10 mins into the centre of Bath.
Salisbury is very special because of its cathedral with the tallest spire in England and beautiful Cathedral Close surrounding it. (1 hr by car)
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Salisbury
Salisbury is very special because of its cathedral with the tallest spire in England and beautiful Cathedral Close surrounding it. (1 hr by car)
Industrial Heritage
Locomotives, rolling stock, photographs, maps and memorabilia - a must for steam railway enthusiasts
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Dampfmuseum
Fire Fly AvenueLocomotives, rolling stock, photographs, maps and memorabilia - a must for steam railway enthusiasts
Visit the volunteer's site to find out days that the engines are open to the public and those when they are running.
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Crofton Beam Engines
Visit the volunteer's site to find out days that the engines are open to the public and those when they are running.
29 locks over 2 miles, with 16 all together at Caen Hill. At the top of the 'flight' there are plenty of cafés in Devizes and the canal museum. Devizes is a very attractive town to wander around in.
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Caen Hill Schleusen
29 locks over 2 miles, with 16 all together at Caen Hill. At the top of the 'flight' there are plenty of cafés in Devizes and the canal museum. Devizes is a very attractive town to wander around in.
Walking
Search for 'walks in the Marlborough Downs' or 'Hidden Wiltshire'. These sites lead you to endless walking possibilities on the downs. In addition there are the hidden wooded valleys around Slaughterford, the parkland of Bowood House and Corsham Court and canal-side walks on the Kennet and Avon canal at Devizes.
Cherhill Monument
Great views from the monument of the Cherhill White Horse and surrounding downs.
Unique place accessible only on foot in a remote part of the Marlborough Downs. The ground is covered with mysterious 'Sarsen Stones', known as 'The Grey Wethers'.
Fyfield Down National Nature Reserve
Unique place accessible only on foot in a remote part of the Marlborough Downs. The ground is covered with mysterious 'Sarsen Stones', known as 'The Grey Wethers'.
A picture postcard village that has formed the background to many period TV dramas, and the Harry Potter films. There's a nice walk from Chippenham along the course of the old Wilts and Berks canal.
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Lacock
A picture postcard village that has formed the background to many period TV dramas, and the Harry Potter films. There's a nice walk from Chippenham along the course of the old Wilts and Berks canal.