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Jungle Parc is based in the picturesque grounds of Lydiard House and Park. The course is suitable for children as young as 3 ½ up to approx. 11 years old (minimum height 1.05m)....
Silbury Hill is the largest man-made mound in Europe, huge and mysterious Silbury Hill is comparable in height and volume to the roughly contemporary Egyptian pyramids. Probably completed by about 2350 BC and part of the Avebury 'sacred landscape', i...
Although the majority of the collection is Cars, the Museum also houses an impressive collection of Lorries, Motorcycles, Mopeds, Push bikes, a large selection of vehicle manuals and other archive material....
Country house created out of a medieval abbey, the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, a pioneer of photography. Founded in 1232 and converted into a country house c.1540, the fine medieval cloisters, sacristy, chapter house and monastic rooms of the A...
The main feature of the museum is the re-creation of the Christopher Pharmacy which was opened in c1863 and closed in c1986. The museum also features the natural and social history of Bradford-on-Avon and its surrounding area....
Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre is located in a fine 18th century grade II listed building in the Market Place. Our permanent displays tell the story of this historic market town, from prehistoric times up until the present day. You can discover ...
The museum tells the story of the creation, restoration and re-opening of the waterway link between the Thames and Bristol, through the people involved with planning, building, working and restoring the Kennet and Avon Canal. Combine a visit with a c...
The home of the Museum is the Old Schoolmaster's House, built in 1846. The museum illustrates village life and work mainly from Victorian times to the present day. Basket making, brick making and brewing have been local industries in the past.
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Malmesbury is a beautiful hilltop town on the southern edge of the Cotswolds, built to a Saxon road plan round a Norman abbey. Archaeological digs have shown there was a Neolithic fort here around 2,500 BC - people have lived here for four and a half...
The exhibits consist of a large number of carved stone features, mostly humorous....
The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum showcases the service to sovereign and country from 1743 of the men of Berkshire and Wiltshire. It highlights the actions of the regiments and individuals over the last 270 years. There are examples of mu...
A friendly museum in a Grade 1 listed building. Winner of six major awards including a Museum of the Year award and the English Tourist Board England for Excellence. The archaeology collections are Designated Collections of national importance.
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The Museum, despite its small size, houses more than 8,000 items in its collection and, on 23rd March 2006, was awarded full accreditation by the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (the MLA)....
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II railway building in the heart of the former Swindon railway works.
The Museum tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Gr...
Swindon's remarkable art collection now has a reputation as one of the best of British 20th Century Art outside London. Housed in the Swindon Art Gallery, it was established by local benefactor, H J P Bomford, during 1944 from a generous donation of ...
MERE MUSEUM was founded in 1970. At that time a new Public Library was being set up in the old National School in Church Street. The school had been built in 1839 on the initiative of Dean Pearson of Salisbury who gave the site and opened the school ...
The Dewey Museum offers a fascinating insight into local history and contains a wealth of information on a range of topics. The collection contains many historic artefacts that have been collected over a period of some centuries. There is little or n...
World-famous stone circle at the heart of a prehistoric landscape. One of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe is spread over a vast area at Avebury, much of it under Trust protection. The great stone circle, encompassing part of the vil...
16th-century manor house with lovely Edwardian garden. A much-altered house of monastic origin, the present buildings date from the early 16th century, with notable Queen Anne alterations and Edwardian renovation. The garden was completely redesigned...
Delightful English country garden. An example of the English style at its best, the garden is full of charm and variety. There are many interesting plants and an imaginative use of colour, with surrounding topiary, ornaments and water features. The g...
Charming 15th-century manor house and garden. Completed in 1480, the manor house is enhanced by a moat and gatehouse and has beautiful oriel windows and a great hall. The house and garden were restored c.1905-11 by Major R. Fuller, whose family live ...
Late 15th-century stone house. Built in Tudor times, the house was altered in the 17th century and has a 20th-century Catholic chapel. The three principal rooms on the ground floor are open to visitors and furnished with vernacular oak furniture....
Elegant and spacious 18th-century house in the Cathedral Close. The house, featured in the award-winning film Sense and Sensibility, has magnificent plasterwork and a fine oak staircase. As well as pieces of good-quality period furniture, the ...
Early 19th-century neo-Grecian house. Designed by Jeffry Wyatville for William Wyndham, the house was completed in 1820. The principal rooms on the ground floor are open to visitors and contain fine Regency furniture. Both the house and the surroundi...
Ancient ceremonial landscape of great archaeological and wildlife interest. The Trust owns 850 hectares (2,100 acres) of downland surrounding the famous monument, including The Avenue, King Barrows Ridge, Normanton Down Barrows and the Cursus, the la...
Celebrated 18th-century landscape garden and Palladian mansion. An outstanding example of the English landscape style, this splendid garden was designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780. Classical temples, including the Pantheon a...
5th-century stone manor house. The house was altered in the early 17th century and has late Gothic and Jacobean windows and fine plasterwork. There is a modern topiary garden....
Traditional agricultural estates encompassing villages, farms and woodland. On the western border of Oxfordshire in the heart of the Thames Valley, the Buscot & Coleshill Estates are made up of 3,035 hectares (7,500 acres) that include the attractive...
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