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Lydiard Park is a beautiful 260 acre 18th Century parkland on the western edge of Swindon. Originally a Medieval deer park, this country estate is the former ancestral home of the... more

A Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb built around 3700 BC and the second stone chambered long barrow built around 3400 BC.

These atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George. The famous and... more

One of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain. The admission fee includes access to both the Stables and Barn Galleries. The Barn Gallery contains an... more

World-famous stone circle at the heart of a prehistoric landscape.

One of the largest, most impressive and most accessible Neolithic chambered tombs in Britain. Built in around 3400 BC, and used by a whole community for at least a thousand years.

Kelmscott Manor, a grade 1 Listed Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, was built in 1570, with an additional wing added to the northeast corner in about 1665. The Manor... more

The gardens cover 14 acres and includes the rill garden, a walled garden from... more

Cotswold Wildlife Park is set in 160 acres of parkland and gardens around a listed Victorian Manor House and has been open to the public since 1970. The Park is home to a... more

A supreme example of a house built and all its furniture made according to Arts and Crafts ideals and was one of the last country houses to be built and furnished in the old... more