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About Avebury

The village of Avebury is world famous for its spectacular stone circle, which some consider more spectacular than Stonehenge. The pretty village also has a 15th century church, 16th century manor house, and excellent museum. Avebury was voted the third most spiritual place in Britain

Interesting & Historical Facts about Avebury

At 129 ft high (39.3 metres), Silbury Hill in Avesbury, Wiltshire, is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and one of the largest in the world.

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Marlborough (11 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction E of Avebury)

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Lacock (130 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire

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(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction W of Avebury)

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a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction SW of Avebury)

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Avebury Manor & Garden (12 Pictures)

(0.4 miles, 0.7 km)

Avebury Manor is a 16th century manor house built on the site of an old monastery. The rich interior of the house shows original.....

Silbury Hill (20 Pictures)

(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)

There are many fanciful theories about Silbury Hill, the massive conical hill described as the highest artificial mound in.....

Avebury Ring (61 Pictures)

(0.8 miles, 1.2 km)

This is the largest and one of the most spectacular stone circles in the world, it certainly eclipses Stonehenge, for not only is.....

Bowood House & Gardens (12 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction W)

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(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SE)

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Lacock Abbey (97 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction W)

Lacock is one of the most beautiful villages in England, with houses dating from the 15th-century to the 18th-century. At the.....

Ashdown House (1 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction NE)

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