90


Tidworth & Bulford 10


Old Sarum Iron Age Hill Fort still in use until the 13th Century, when Salisbury was founded. The foundations of the Cathedral can be seen and walked around, giving some idea of how much it was enlarged after being moved to its present location.


Hill Forts Various Hill Forts are in the area: Yarnbury Castle – beside the A303 to the west of Winterbourne Stoke. Figsbury Rings – near the A30 southeast of Winterbourne Earls. Old Sarum – see above. Bratton Castle – just above the Westbury White Horse. Ogbury Camp – to the east of Great Durnford, near Amesbury.


Rockbourne Roman Villa and Museum Near Fordingbridge.


Stonehenge


The earliest elements consist of a ditch with internal bank and the ring of Aubrey holes immediately within the bank. These were constructed around 2000BC. Inside this henge are two circles, one of sarsens and one of blue stone. Stonehenge is approximately 2 miles from Amesbury on the A303 towards Exeter.


Chalk Figures


There are several White Horses cut into Wiltshire hill-sides, all of them quite modern, but apparently replacing much older ones that have long disappeared: Alton Barnes, east of Devizes and south of Marlborough; Broad Hinton – south of Wroughton; Broad Town – south of Wootton Bassett; Cherhill – east of Calne; Pewsey – north of Upavon; Preshute – in Marlborough; and Westbury.


Also Fovant badges, off the A30 to the west of Salisbury and the Bulford Kiwi – carved by New Zealand soldiers stationed nearby during the First World War.


Museums


At Andover (6 Church Close, Andover 01264 3666283) and Salisbury (The Kings House, just outside the Cathedral Close 01722 332151). Beaulieu Motor Museum, 01590 612123. D Day Museum, southsea, 01705 512233. Great western Railway Museum, Swindon, 01793 466555. Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, 01264 784421.


Historic Houses, etc.


There are many historic Houses, Castles, Abbeys and the like in the area, details of which can be obtained via the National Trust, English Heritage and local Tourist Offices. Notably among these are: Avebury Manor near Marlborough, Bowood House and Gardens between Chippenham and Calne, Breamore House and Museums to the south of Salisbury, Broadlands near Romsey, Heale House and Gardens north of Salisbury in the Woodford Valley, many buildings in Salisbury, Wardour Castles (Old and New) near Tisbury and Wilton House in Wilton to the west of Salisbury.


Amesbury Abbey Church (founded 979AD) Near the River Avon in Amesbury, this largely Norman building still has places where one may see a little of the original Saxon Stone-work. It shows much evidence of the centuries of use and change, with blocked-up doors and windows, and new ones put in. Probably the most change since the Norman rebuilding was in the late 1800s, with some parts of the Church being completely altered.


Garden Centres


Country Gardens, Salisbury Road, Andover – 01264 710551 Ludgershall Garden Centre – 01264 791421 Scats Churchfields Road, Salisbury – 01722 336886.


Leisure Time


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116