jolidays.co.uk
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a historic county in South West England renowned for its ancient monuments, scenic chalk downs, and cultural landmarks including Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral.
The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is an outdoor prehistoric site in Wiltshire featuring a stone and timber circle marked by concrete posts. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site and is open free to visitors all year.
prehistoric nature-reserve historic-town
Wayland's Smithy
Wayland's Smithy is an ancient Early Neolithic chambered long barrow in Oxfordshire, notable as a well-preserved example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb style. Visitors can explore the outdoor prehistoric stone barrow and surrounding landscape, reflecting early agricultural societies in Britain. The site is open all year under English Heritage management and features modern cultural significance with Pagan ritual use.
prehistoric nature-reserve hill-walk historic-town
Windmill Hill, Avebury
Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in Wiltshire, England, known as the largest of its type in Britain and part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, featuring ancient ditches and archaeological significance.
prehistoric nature-reserve historic-town garden
Ludgershall Castle
Ludgershall Castle is a historical ruined 12th-century royal residence in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, featuring large surviving walls and earthworks. It was used as a hunting lodge by King John and Henry III and is now a scheduled monument open to the public as an outdoor historical site.
castle historic-town nature-reserve
Uley Long Barrow
Uley Long Barrow, also known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound in Gloucestershire featuring a transepted gallery grave with ancient stone chambers and archaeological significance.
prehistoric historic-town nature-reserve
Bratton Castle
Bratton Castle is an Iron Age bivallate hillfort situated on Bratton Down in Wiltshire, featuring extensive earthwork defenses and archaeological significance. It offers public access to visitors interested in ancient history and prehistoric hillfort structures in a scenic outdoor setting.
prehistoric nature-reserve hill-walk viewpoint country-park garden
Avebury
Avebury is a prehistoric Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, featuring the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. The site includes multiple stone circles and is part of a larger prehistoric landscape with significant archaeological and cultural value. Managed by the National Trust, Avebury is also recognized as a World Heritage Site and holds contemporary religious importance for Pagan communities.
prehistoric nature-reserve garden museum stately-home historic-town
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Farleigh Hungerford Castle is a medieval quadrangular castle ruin located in Somerset, England, featuring a decorated chapel with notable medieval murals and an archaeological collection of lead coffins. The site offers visitors a blend of historic ruins and detailed heritage managed by English Heritage. It tells the story of the Hungerford family and their significance through English history.
castle historic-town garden museum
Ashdown
Ashdown House is a 17th-century Carolean country house in Oxfordshire with historic gardens and parkland open for guided tours. Visitors can enjoy indoor historic interiors and outdoor grounds including rare Iron Age earthworks nearby.
stately-home garden historic-town nature-reserve country-park woodland
Great Coxwell Barn
Great Coxwell Barn is a large medieval tithe barn built in 1292 for Beaulieu Abbey, now preserved by the National Trust. Visitors can explore this historic agricultural building with its impressive stone and timber architecture and original threshing floor. The barn is open to the public daily and features no other indoor exhibits.
stately-home historic-town country-park nature-reserve
Lacock
Lacock Abbey is a historic 13th-century abbey turned country house in Wiltshire, England, with medieval cloisters, Tudor additions and a museum dedicated to photographic pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot. The venue offers both indoor exploration of the house and museum, and outdoor experiences of the courtyard and village.
stately-home museum historic-town garden
Mottisfont
Mottisfont Abbey is a Grade I listed historic estate and former priory in Hampshire, featuring a historic house museum, extensive gardens with a renowned rose collection, riverside walks, and seasonal cultural and children's activities. Operated by the National Trust, it combines meaningful indoor and outdoor experiences with art exhibitions and family-friendly events.
stately-home garden historic-town museum art-gallery nature-reserve country-park
Newark Park
Newark Park is a Grade I listed Tudor hunting lodge and country house near Ozleworth, Gloucestershire, set within a 700-acre estate featuring formal deer park and landscaped grounds. Visitors can explore both the historic indoor interiors and the scenic outdoor areas surrounding the house. The site is managed by the National Trust and open to the public seasonally.
stately-home garden woodland country-park historic-town
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Prior Park Landscape Garden is a historically significant English landscape garden near Bath, designed by Alexander Pope and Capability Brown, featuring iconic structures like a Palladian bridge and Gothic temple, set in a steep valley with lakes and restored grounds open to the public.
garden historic-town country-park
Stonehenge Landscape
The Stonehenge Landscape is a National Trust estate in Wiltshire, encompassing over 2100 acres around the prehistoric Stonehenge monument. It features extensive ancient earthworks, burial mounds, and open access chalk grassland reversion areas, preserving historic and natural heritage.
prehistoric nature-reserve hill-walk garden historic-town country-park
Stourhead
Stourhead is a historic estate in Wiltshire featuring a Grade I listed Neo-Palladian house, an acclaimed 18th-century English landscape garden with classical temples, an artificial lake, and significant art collections, managed by the National Trust.
stately-home garden country-park woodland hill-walk historic-town
Stockbridge Marsh
Stockbridge Common Marsh is a 64.8 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest featuring diverse wetland habitats along the River Test flood plain in Hampshire, with rich flora.
nature-reserve country-park woodland riverside-walk garden
The Courts Garden
The Courts Garden is a historic English country garden in Holt, Wiltshire, featuring a water garden, Georgian conservatory, garden rooms, and an arboretum. Owned by the National Trust, it showcases traditional landscape gardening and horticultural designs.