It’s time for TIMELESS PLACES DISCOVER 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, 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

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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 ; hire a mountain bike or canoe; Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum C3 Tisbury F3 or follow the Bradford on 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. 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 A3/B3 Wiltshire’s White Horses Various Cricklade B3

Crofton Beam Engines D4 Map Ref Crop Circle Exhibition and Information Centre D4 Arundells F4 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 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 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 & 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, 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

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At one end is London with its famous royal Unearth amazing archaeology at the > Bradford on Avon > Kennet & Avon Canal sights and rich cultural heritage; at the other, Roman Baths. Stand on the site of the “The world-renowned and the yet-to-be-discovered” Bath and Bristol. In between lie characterful sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede. Or Around a quarter of the Great West Way Stroll around ‘Capability’ Brown parkland at villages, lush green landscapes, and relaxing visit a delightful National Trust property. runs through Wiltshire. Along paths that Bowood House and Gardens. Keep an eye out for riverside towns. But it’s not only about getting If you’re short on time the Great West Way once brought drovers to market. Pilgrims to incredible animals on a drive-through experience from A to B. The Great West Way is for those who makes for a great day trip. But stay a little Salisbury Cathedral. Druids to Avebury and at Longleat. Visit a stunning National Trust relish the journey. For free spirits and explorers. longer and you can immerse yourself in local property. Meet mighty Shire horses on a tour of You can travel by road, rail or water. On two Stonehenge. Across rolling hills in the North life. Where you lay your head is an important Wessex Downs. Past white horse carvings Wadworth Brewery. feet or two wheels. Base yourself in one place part of the experience. So you’ll find quirky keeping watch over the Vale of Pewsey. An authentic English pub experience is hard to for a while, or move on every day. As you follow glamping sites, pretty country B&Bs, cool beat. So settle down at one of Wiltshire’s many its twists and turns, you’ll encounter the very city hotels… even fancy castles and stately Timeless towns and villages along the route traditional inns. If your Great West Way adventure essence of England. homes. include honey-coloured Bradford on Avon. The > Kayaking at Windsor > The Harbourside, Bristol includes an overnight stay, you’ll find B&B, self- Along the Great West Way you’ll encounter three ‘discovery’ town of Calne. Chippenham, on the The Great West Way is easy to join and easy to catering, farmstay, glamping and hotel options Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty – the banks of the River Avon. Corsham, familiar as follow. It passes by both Heathrow and Bristol aplenty. In Malmesbury you can enjoy character Chilterns, the Cotswolds and the North Wessex Truro from BBC’s Poldark. Devizes, home to airports. It’s accessible for visitors travelling and charm at The Old Bell Hotel or serious Downs – and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites over 500 listed buildings. Hilltop Malmesbury, from the Channel ports or already based pampering at Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa. of Stonehenge and Avebury, Kew Gardens and in London. It will take you to places you’ve England’s oldest borough. The handsome Rail connections are excellent, linking Wiltshire > Stonehenge (credit English Heritage) > Bowood House & Gardens Bath. You can visit the world’s best preserved always dreamed of visiting, and secret spots former staging post of Marlborough. with London’s Paddington and Waterloo stations Roman remains in Bath. Watch the Changing of that even some locals have yet to discover. Swindon with its entertainment and leisure the Guard at Windsor Castle. Or lose yourself opportunities. Trowbridge, renowned for its at one end, Bristol and Bath at the other. Within Explore further and delve deeper at in the hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace. unique industrial architecture. The medieval 90 minutes, or less, of leaving the capital you can GreatWestWay.co.uk be enjoying authentic English experiences and Pootle along the Kennet & Avon Canal. Enjoy a city of Salisbury is also within easy reach. wine tour and tasting at Alder Ridge Vineyard. creating memories to write home about. You can hunt for bargains at McArthurGlen Or soak in the UK’s only natural hot springs at Embrace the unfamiliar at GreatWestWay.co.uk Thermae Bath Spa. Sample award-winning real Designer Outlet Swindon. Relax aboard a ale at West Berkshire Brewery. Step aboard narrowboat on the Kennet & Avon Canal. the last Concorde at Aerospace Bristol. Or stroll through 15,000 extraordinary trees at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum. Enjoy Newbury’s canalside pubs and restaurants. Discover Reading’s Museum and Abbey Quarter. Trawl Hungerford’s antique shops and fairs then sample seasonal produce at Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen. Take a pleasure cruise along the Royal . Admire sumptuous Georgian gowns at the Fashion Museum. > Marlborough Downs

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Bowood House & Gardens Map Ref C3 Crofton Beam Engines Map Ref D4 A hidden gem, open to all. Derry Hill, Calne, SN11 0LZ Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton, T: 01249 812102 Come Discover the Marlborough, SN8 3DW T: 01672 870300 E: [email protected] and E: [email protected] Visit the magnificent home of the discover Cotswold Water Park! Magnificent 200-year-old working Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne steam-operated beam engines still set in 2,000 acres of Grade 1 listed Wiltshire’s For watersports and walking, biking and capable of performing their original parkland. Wander through the grounds hidden treasure birdwatching, angling and accommodation, job. Amazing industrial archaeology in or book a tour of the award-winning an unspoiled, rural setting overlooking History, heritage, arts and walled garden. A fantastic day out there is something for everyone. the K&A Canal. Free access to grounds for all the family, with the Adventure crafts, great places to eat and except during special events. The Playground, including life size pirate drink and lots of independent beam engines are in steam on selected ship, slides and new for 2021 – The Den weekends during the summer. shops – plus Poldark was Admission: Please see website for details www.corsham.gov.uk/visit filmed here too. Open: 1 Apr-1 Nov 2021, 11am-6pm Admission/Open: Please see website (5pm after autumn clock change) Just 8 miles from Bath on the A4, 4 miles from the for details. M4 (J17), or 3 miles from Chippenham Station. www.bowood.org www.croftonbeamengines.org Photographer, Antony Topham The Bridge Tea Rooms Map Ref D2 A church has stood on this site for nearly eight hundred years and St Thomas’s has always been the church of 24a Bridge Street, Bradford on Avon, the City and Guilds of Salisbury. Wiltshire, BA15 1BY T: 01225 865537 E: [email protected] Our recently restored ‘Doom’ painting above the chancel arch is the largest

Afternoon tea is a fine art at The Bridge MEDIA MAMMOTH CREDIT: IMAGE and most complete example still surviving in the UK, painted between 1470 Tea Rooms. Recognised as excellent and 1500. by the UK Tea Guild and twice awarded Visitors will also enjoy the strikingly modern altar table, built by local winners of ‘The UK’s Top Tea Place’. craftsman Matthew Burt, and created as part of a larger and ongoing project Friendly staff in Victorian dress serve to reorder, repair and restore this wonderful church. light meals, cakes, sandwiches and a St Thomas’s is part of the Inclusive Church initiative, which means that we wide range of afternoon teas. All housed are committed to ensuring that all are truly welcome, whatever their story. in a former blacksmith’s cottage dating from 1502. The Cotswold Water Park is an area There are services held daily (except Saturdays) – do join us if you can. Honeystreet Village of 42 square miles with over 180 lakes. SN9 5PS St Thomas’s Church, St Thomas’s Square SP1 1BA Open: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm. Afternoon Teas To find out what you can do where in this served from 12 noon-5pm. www.stthomassalisbury.co.uk unique location see: www.waterpark.org www.thebridgetearooms.co.uk > Caen Hill Locks

Marlborough Map Ref C4 RICK STEIN INFORMATION CENTRES MARLBOROUGH For information before you travel, take a look at visitwiltshire.co.uk For local information, please contact one of the Information Centres listed below. Fresh fish, simply cooked alongside local meat and game. Amesbury Community & Visitor Centre Marlborough Town Council 2 Flower Court, Amesbury, SP4 7JE 5 High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1AA £ % 01980 622525 % 01672 512487 3 course set lunch for 24.95 ) Bradford on Avon Visitor Centre [email protected] > Taste Corsham Food Festival 01672 233333 | rickstein.com Westbury Gardens, 50 St Margaret’s Street, Melksham Tourist Information Centre > Castle Combe Circuit Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DE Church Street, Melksham, SN12 6LS Lloran House, 42a High Street, % 01225 865797 % 01225 707424 Wilton Windmill (Near Marlborough) Map Ref D5 TIC at Marlborough Town Council, 5 High Street, Marlborough SN8 1AA Grasmere House Hotel Map Ref F4 ) [email protected] Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1HQ T: 01672 512487 ) [email protected] Wilton, Near Marlborough, SN8 3SW E: [email protected] 70 Harnham Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, T: 01672 870594 SP2 8JN T: 01722 338388 Calne Visitor and Community E: [email protected] Historic, vibrant Marlborough with its wide High Street is bursting with E: [email protected] Salisbury Information Centre character. Close to Avebury and Savernake Forest in the North Wessex Information Centre Find out how a Victorian miller lived A fine example of a Victorian family Fish Row, Salisbury, SP1 1EJ Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it has been consistently listed Bank House, The Strand, Calne, SN11 0EN and how the windmill works. Built in the top ten shopping districts for having a great mix of independent and residence built in 1896 for prosperous % 01722 342860 in 1821 and set high in the North national shops, a twice-weekly street market as well as a host of cafés, Salisbury merchants, delightfully converted % 01249 814000 Wessex Downs, this is the only working into a private hotel. All 38 rooms have ) [email protected] pubs and restaurants. ) [email protected] windmill in Wessex. Picnic area and private facilities, including terrestrial site accessible all year round. Guided Annual events include a literary festival, summer school, art trails, Mop Fairs, and satellite television, tea and coffee music events, a puppet festival and – new this year – a Dark Skies Fest. Chippenham Town Council Swindon Information Centre tours, refreshments and stone ground hospitality tray, ironing centre. There are Central Library, Regent Circus, Swindon, SN1 1QG flour available during opening times. Shop, eat, explore and enjoy our river and parks… a warm Marlborough four poster and deluxe rooms with river High Street, Chippenham, SN15 3ER Fabulous walking and great views. welcome awaits you! and Cathedral views and some suitable % 01793 466454 for guests with disabilities and wheelchair % 01249 446699 Marlborough - town and country combined. ) Admission: A £5, Ch FREE access. The hotel is situated in mature ) [email protected] [email protected] Open: From Easter to end Sep, Sun Find us on Twitter: @MTCwilts and Facebook: @MarlboroughTC gardens with panoramic views of the and Bank Hol Mon 2pm-5pm Instagram: @visitmarlborough rivers, Nadder and Avon. Corsham Area Information Centre Tisbury Information Centre www.wiltonwindmill.co.uk www.facebook.com/WiltonWindmill www.marlborough-tc.gov.uk www.grasmerehotel.com Arnold House, 31 High Street, Corsham, c/o Tisbury Parish Council, The Reading Room, High Street, Tisbury, SP3 6LD SN13 0EZ Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team Map Ref Various Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves Map Ref Various Warminster Map Ref E2 % 01249 714660 % 01747 260088 ) [email protected] ) [email protected]

Cricklade Visitor Information Point Trowbridge Information Centre ‘By Skill and By Fighting’ Town Council Office, Ockwells, 113 High Street, The Civic Centre, St Stephen’s Place, Trowbridge, The motto of the Cricklade, SN6 6AE BA14 8AH % 01793 751394 % 01225 765072 (Option 3) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ) [email protected] ) [email protected] The award winning museum has 8 Devizes Vale of Pewsey Visitor information is available at a number of Look out for our Tourist Information Kiosks in red modern, interactive galleries Bringing elegance locations in the town, including the Kennet & Avon T: 01380 725670 phone boxes across the Vale. Information is also E: [email protected] Displays include armoured vehicles, Canal Museum and Wiltshire Museum. Contact: available from: Pewsey Heritage Centre, Wilton Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has 42 nature reserves across the county, spanning to your table Devizes Tourism Partnership, c/o Wiltshire woodlands, wildflower meadows, hedgerows, streams, rivers, chalk medals, uniforms and weapons T: 07789 940971 E: [email protected] Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS Windmill, Crofton Beam Engines, the Crop Circle downland, valleys, bogs and wetlands. Wiltshire is home to some rare Exhibition & Information Centre in Honeystreet, or The Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team are the outdoor adventure experts, and beautiful flora and fauna: now’s the time to get out your boots and % 01380 800400 running activities for children, adults, groups, schools, corporate teams and binoculars and go wild in the countryside. Discover Warminster at Warminster Community Hub, ) [email protected] wherever you see the blue Information sticker and stag/hen parties. Highlights include: Lower Moor Farm, near Cricklade, is renowned for its Central Car Park, Off Station Road, Warminster, BA12 9BT T: 01985 218548 E: [email protected] on our website: www.visitpewseyvale.co.uk We run the following activities in the Wiltshire area: stunning wildflower meadows, replica Iron Age hut and is home to our latest Highworth Visitor Information, Craft nature centre and café. Blackmoor Copse, near Salisbury, is one of the Contact Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership: • Archery, canoeing and Tarzan Trail (high ropes) for adults and children most important woods in Wiltshire for wildlife, particularly butterflies, and is This busy, friendly market town was first settled in Saxon times. It has Centre and Museum % 07802 444022 aged 7 and above at the Brokerswood Holiday Park – BA13 4EH. a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). many fine Georgian buildings and a wide variety of independent shops, with numerous cafés, restaurants and historic inns. Market day is Friday. The Old Lloyds Bank, 7 High Street, Highworth, ) [email protected] • Stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking sessions/tours for adults and Langford Lakes, near Wilton, is a rare open body of water in the south of SN6 7BE children aged 9 and above. Sessions run in Chippenham, Bradford on the county; the veranda at the reserve’s new Kingfisher Café is a perfect There are excellent road, rail and bus links, and ample car parking. Avon and Salisbury. In the heart of town, Lake Pleasure Grounds provide tennis courts, a % 01793 764440 Warminster Community Hub spot for bird watchers hoping to spot a glimpse of wildfowl and maybe even There is a large free car park and the excellent crowns café for refreshments. • Wiltshire Zombie Apocalypse team event – for participants aged 15 and an otter. Clouts Wood, near Wroughton, is another SSSI and, as an ancient boating lake, children’s playground and skateboard park. Smallbrook ) [email protected] Central Car Park, Off Station Road, Warminster, over. Based in Roundwood near Trowbridge. woodland, is home to some wonderful and rare woodland flowers. Located just outside MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire Meadows Nature Reserve next to it is a lovely mosaic of water meadows BEATONS, THE SQUARE, TISBURY, SP3 6JP between the Were and Wylye rivers. A short stroll from the town centre Information on all of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s 42 nature reserves can be BA12 9BT • Other activities include climbing, mountain-biking, battle-zone archery, leads to the 30-mile circular walk around Salisbury Plain’s Live Firing Malmesbury Tourist Information Centre found at www.wiltshirewildlife.org With events throughout the year please visit the website for further details Open Seven Days 01747 871819 % 01985 218548 team development days, mobile climbing wall, zip-wires, axe throwing Range. Longleat, Center Parcs, Stourhead, Bath and Salisbury are all Town Hall, Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, SN16 9BZ and abseiling. 42 sites across Wiltshire ) www.rememuseum.org.uk [email protected] | 01249894869 within easy reach. The surrounding villages and countryside provide % 01666 822143 [email protected] Admission: FREE www.beatonstearooms.co.uk numerous opportunities for peaceful walking, cycling and riding in this Please see our website for more information, including prices. Open: Dawn until dusk, 365 days per year Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ) [email protected] @beatonstearooms Beatons Tearooms www.wolt.org.uk www.wiltshirewildlife.org www.warminstercommunityhub.co.uk

Wiltshire is home to imagination and creativity in abundance. First rate venues include a leading producing theatre and a music centre with ‘the finest acoustic outside London’. Festivals and events feature everything from classical, jazz and world music to carnivals, family fun days and fairs. TIMELESS NATURE > Horse Riding > Painting “Press pause and let time stand still” Wiltshire is a county for all seasons. Ancient woodland carpeted with bluebells. Shadows of hay “Easy to explore, yet off the beaten track” bales lengthening in the setting sun. Blankets of mist floating low over meadows. Frost glistening on mighty standing stones. If you’re tired of the everyday, it’s time for Wiltshire. Wiltshire is an enchanted place where you feel borders of the National Park and in close to the earth and the ever-changing big the Savernake Forest. While parts of north and skies. The landscape’s mood alters with the west Wiltshire lie within the Cotswolds. At the seasons, connecting you not just to nature, but heart of it all sits the vast, untouched expanse to time itself. Sit on the downs at sunrise or of Salisbury Plain, home to numerous rare and TIMELESS PLEASURES sunset, see how the light changes the texture of endangered species that thrive in this sparsely the hills, and think of others admiring the same populated environment. Wiltshire locations have featured in every type of film and TV production, too, from safari. Race against the clock in an escape room challenge. Or spend your day getting wet and spectacle over thousands of years. swashbuckling adventures to Jane Austen classics, Dr Dolittle to Dr Who, Hogwarts to Wolf wild on the water. Relax in a luxurious spa. Play a round of golf. Try your hand at archery. Or Wiltshire is an ideal year-round destination. Hall. sign up for a cookery class. This is rural England at its very best. Almost Amid its unspoiled, rolling countryside, charming half of Wiltshire’s breathtaking landscape lies hamlets nestle. A wide variety of natural In Wiltshire we pride ourselves on the quality of our food and drink. From tea rooms, Today life is hectic. Too hectic. 24/7 this, 5G that. Wiltshire is the perfect antidote to within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. habitats provide havens for flora and fauna. restaurants and bars to farm shops overflowing with local produce, you’ll find plenty to whet overcrowded cities. Whether your ideal break is calming, comforting, refreshing, or bursting From the lush meadows of the Vale of Pewsey With miles of ancient drove roads and quiet your appetite. Our historic streets are home to a wealth of independent retailers, as well as with high octane excitement, here you’ll find less racing against the clock and more timeless to more austere expanses of upland, the North country lanes, exploring is a pleasure. While high street stores, colourful markets and a top-notch designer outlet. pleasures to enjoy. Wessex Downs are a nationally protected thousands of paths for walkers and cyclists Activities range from the white-knuckle-inducing to the utterly relaxing. Pursue the ultimate Sometimes you just need to step off the world for a while. So pay us a visit and let Wiltshire > Ridgeway at Hackpen Hill > Bluebells in West Woods, Marlborough landscape. As are and the make it perfect for outdoor pursuits. adrenaline rush on a tandem skydive. Set your pulse racing with a spin around the motor put back what the rest of the week takes out. West Wiltshire Downs, stretching in a giant To book your rural break go to racing circuit. Or drift calmly over the landscape in a hot air balloon. Saddle up for a horseback undulating swathe across the south of the visitwiltshire.co.uk/accommodation county. Acres of woodland can be found on the

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