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It’s time for TIMELESS PLACES DISCOVER WILTSHIRE WILTSHIRE ® THE GREAT WEST WAY Visitor Map Wiltshire is rolling green downs, ancient woodlands and bustling market towns. Parish churches, grand historic houses and country inns. Timeless monuments and contemporary luxury. Local ales and picnics in the park. In short, the England you love in one county. “In Wiltshire you can walk through time” > Amesbury > Caen Hill Locks Wiltshire’s charming towns and villages In centuries past, Wiltshire owed its offer numerous ways to connect with the prosperity to railways, canals and the textile past whilst enjoying the present. Stylish industry. As well as the legacy of this rich independent shops and colourful markets. heritage, there are vineyards, breweries and Tempting pubs and restaurants. Fascinating distilleries to visit. Motor and horse racing to history and heritage. Top class entertainment. enjoy. And animal attractions to experience, Wiltshire is particularly renowned for its including the first Safari Park outside of Africa. ancient sites, but later civilisations made their Wiltshire’s museums are great places to mark as well, leaving an exceptional collection unearth the secrets of this journey through of castles, stately homes and manor houses. time. As well as archaeology collections of Set against the drama and majesty of the outstanding national importance, you’ll find Wiltshire landscape their surroundings are exhibits relating to army history, motor equally impressive, from acres of breathtaking vehicles, aviation and more. parkland to intimate formal and informal gardens. Book tickets online You can now book tickets for many places to visit and things to do on our website - just go to: visitwiltshire.co.uk/shop Explore picturesque Pewsey Vale and historic Bradford on Avon along the Great West Way touring route. Find out more at GWR.com/GreatWestWay visitwiltshire.co.uk > Wilton Windmill Bradford on Avon Places To Visit and Things To Do In the perfect setting of All attractions featured within this publication are members of the the dramatic Avon valley in Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon is Wiltshire Association of Visitor Attractions. on the edge of the Cotswolds and only a few miles or a short train ride from the World AROUND WILTSHIRE Map Ref Heritage City of Bath. A’Beckett’s Vineyard D3 Stourhead E1 You could spend the day Abbey House Gardens B2 Studley Grange Garden and Leisure Park B4 getting lost on the meandering footpaths of Tory with Aerosaurus Balloons Various Swindon B4 Timbrells Yard picturesque views over the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust (The Hall) D2 Swindon & Cricklade Railway B4 town; enjoy a boat trip along Amesbury E4 Tidworth D4 the Kennet and Avon canal; hire a mountain bike or canoe; Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum C3 Tisbury F3 or follow the Bradford on Avebury C4 Towpath Trail D2 Avon Walkers Wheel Map and Beatons Tearooms F2 Treasure Trails Various explore by foot. If you fancy a Timbrells Yard more leisurely experience in Bowood House & Gardens C3 Trowbridge D2 Bradford on Avon, the town Bradford on Avon D2 Trowbridge Museum D2 is a haven of independent Vintage Classics C2 retailers and award winning The Bridge Tea Rooms D2 restaurants, cafés, and pubs. Calne C3 Visit Hillbrush F2 Calne Heritage Centre C3 Warminster E2 Bradford on Avon really is the perfect place to ! To find out more visit www.bradfordonavon.co.uk explore Castle Combe C2 Westbury D2 Castle Combe Circuit C2 Wilton F3 Chippenham C2 Wilton House F3 GoSkydiveeboa_halppage map guide 180221.indd 1 Map Ref F4 18/02/2021 15:21 Chippenham Museum C2 Wilton Windmill, near Marlborough D5 Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm Park E4 Wiltshire Museum D3 Corsham C2 Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team Various Cotswold Water Park A3/B3 Wiltshire’s White Horses Various Cricklade B3 Crofton Beam Engines D4 SALISBURY Map Ref Crop Circle Exhibition and Information Centre D4 Arundells F4 Devizes D3 Boscombe Down Aviation Collection F4 The Guild F3 Fisherton Mill | Gallery | Café | Studios F4 Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, SP4 6DZ T: 01722 568244 Highworth B4 GoSkydive F4 E: [email protected] Honeystreet Boats E4 Grasmere House Hotel F4 Skydiving over Salisbury Plain is the ultimate staycation activity and one you will never forget. Imagine an experience that puts your senses into Iford Manor Gardens D2 Mompesson House F4 overdrive. One that has your heart racing, the adrenaline pumping. A tandem skydive is the ultimate adrenaline rush. Freefalling at 125mph Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Bradford on Avon D2 Old Sarum F4 is an experience like nothing on earth. Beyond exhilarating, it defies description. The only way to understand it is to do it. GoSkydive is a Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Devizes D3 The Rifles Berkshire & Wiltshire Museum F4 specialist tandem skydiving centre, fully regulated by and affiliated with Lacock C2 British Skydiving. We specialise in customer focussed tandem skydiving River Bourne Community Farm F4 days and over 50,000 people have jumped with us. Skydiving from an Lacock Abbey, Village & Fox Talbot Museum C2 Salisbury F4 altitude of 10,000ft gives you approximately 25-30 seconds of freefall time. For a pulse-racing 60 seconds of freefall choose the 15,000ft skydive – it’s Langford Lakes, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust E3 Salisbury Cathedral & Magna Carta F4 the UK’s highest altitude! Do something amazing this year! Larmer Tree F2 Salisbury City Guides F4 Longleat E2 Salisbury Escape Rooms F4 Lower Moor Farm, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust B3 The Salisbury Museum F4 Prices: Jumps from £199 Ludgershall D5 Open: All year round Salisbury Racecourse F4 Lydiard House & Park B4 www.goskydive.com Salisbury Reds F4 Malmesbury B2 St Thomas’s Church F4 Vale of Pewsey Map Ref D4 Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum Map Ref C3 Marlborough C4 The Stonehenge Tour F4 E: [email protected] Downside, Stockley Lane, Calne, SN11 0NF McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Swindon B4 Experience the magnificent views and T: 01249 813119 freedom of the Pewsey Vale as you explore E: [email protected] Melksham C2 our many cycling and walking routes. We are a small friendly museum. Most The Merchant’s House C4 Here is quintessential England - beautiful exhibits are cars from 1910 onwards. ON THE WILTSHIRE BORDERS Map Ref countryside peppered with villages and thatched cottages at the heart of the North We also have motorcycles, mopeds Mere F2 Army Flying Museum E5 Wessex Downs, with the Kennet & Avon and bicycles, interesting motoring Canal running through its core. Enjoy memorabilia, a reconstructed 1930s Museum of Computing B4 Bombay Sapphire Distillery D5 our country pubs, independent cafes style garage complete with cars, and and shops. Unwind at our unique places the famous Jack Spittle Model Lorry Old Wardour Castle F2 Chavenage House B2 to stay. Discover our rich heritage and Collection. For more information visit ancient history. the museum section of our website. Pewsey D4 Cotswold Wildlife Park Off A4 Escape everyday life and relax ….. we’ll be here to welcome you! Admission: A £7 Ch £1 Red Lion Freehouse D4 Hawk Conservancy Trust E5 Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Open: All year – please see website REME Museum B3 Twitter - @visitpewseyvale for details. Haynes International Motor Museum Off F1 www.visitpewseyvale.co.uk www.atwellwilson.org.uk Rick Stein, Marlborough C4 Holburne Museum C1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town Hall Museum B3 Kelmscott Manor (closed for renovations) A4 Iford Manor Gardens Map Ref D2 Salisbury Escape Rooms Map Ref F4 Salisbury Plain Safaris E3 Roman Baths C1 Iford Manor Gardens, Iford, Bradford on T: 01722 428980 St Peter’s Church, Marlborough C4 Avon, BA15 2BA T: 01225 863146 E: [email protected] Royal Signals Museum Off G2 E: [email protected] Quite probably the most fun hour you’ll STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway B4 Westonbirt, The National Arboretum B2 Romantic, award-winning, Grade I listed spend in Salisbury. Come and solve our gardens, as featured in “The Secret current whodunnit escape room game Stonehenge E4 Garden” (2020). Tucked away at the “Death at the lab”. Groups of up to 6 bottom of a tranquil valley, steep and friends, family or work colleagues. A narrow paths twist and turn around great way to socialise in a Covid-safe ancient statues, columns, terraces and environment. Advisable to book in architecture. Steeped in history, a visit advance, but try your luck for on-the-day to these timeless, 2.5 acre Italianate availability. *Please note we will be closed gardens is often described as ‘stepping during lockdowns, but in the meantime, into another world’. you can play our online multi-player escape room game with your friends and families Pricing Abbreviations F: Family from the safety of your own homes. Plan Your Visit to Wiltshire Admission/Open: Open April - September. A: Adult I: Infant Please visit website for information. Please visit the website for latest updates. Please remember to abide by government Ch: Child J: Junior www.ifordmanor.co.uk Historic Houses www.salisburyescape.com guidelines as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Conc: Concession S: Senior Photo: © Lucy Pringle and take a look at our advice on the website on how to visit Wiltshire safely and responsibly before D: Disabled St: Student you arrive. Look out for the "Good to Go" Front Cover Photo: Bradford on Avon logo which shows businesses have put necessary processes Additional Photography: Anna Stowe, Chris Lock, Chris in place. Please check in Moody, English Heritage, Gill Aspel, Great West Way, Jenny advance to find out more Butler, Jody Gaisford, John Newbury, Jonathan Bedbrook, about what to expect when Lucy Pringle, Neville Stanikk, Nick Smith, Sebastian Kraus. you visit, and remember that you will need to book in advance This guide has been produced by VisitWiltshire. No part of the publication may be reproduced in any form without written for most attractions.