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Clun Castle in South Shropshire

Clun

in the county of Shropshire

St. Michael with St. Paul. Bath, Somerset

Bath

a Historic City in the county of Somerset

Recommended Towns & Villages near Avoncliff

Bradford-on-Avon

Bradford-on-Avon (176 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

Beautiful old town with a rich mixture of mellow Bath stone properties to be seen along ancient winding streets...

Old Toll House (18th century)

Trowbridge (148 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction SE)

Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses...

Bath

Bath (835 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Somerset (4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction NW)

Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....

Bridge and Reflections

Lacock (150 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NE)

Gatherings of graceful medieval houses line the streets of Lacock..

The river Avon at Reybridge, Wiltshire. Taken during the summer of 2004

Reybridge (6 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction NE)

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Lakeside Slopes

Warminster (117 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction SE)

This is a former wool and corn town with a fascinating history stretching back to Saxon times. It sits comfortably beneath the chalk downland of the Salisbury Plain at the head of the beautiful Wyle Valley...

The Butter Cross, Town Centre, Chippenham

Chippenham (84 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NE)

Chippenham is a large historic market town in northwest Wiltshire, England, that was established on a crossing of the River Avon. It is believed that some form of settlement has.....

Pony Racing, Castle Combe Steam Rally & Country Fair, Wiltshire 2016

Castle Combe (203 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction N)

Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway...

Caen Hill Lock Flight, Devizes, Wilsthire. Summer 2004

Devizes (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction E)

Devizes is a small market town situate on the edge of the great expanse of Salisbury Plain...

A picture of Bristol

Bristol (311 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Somerset (16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction NW)

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..

Stourton in Wiltshire

Stourton (90 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction S)

Stourton is noted for the church dedicated to St. Peter where you can see many memorials to the famous Hoare banking family and for the house which was the families ancestral home...

Beckhampton, Wiltshire

Beckhampton (8 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction E)

This delightful hamlet lies in one of the richest natural history area's in England, containing the burial places of people from pre-history and almost unknown centuries...

Vicars' Close, Wells

Wells (137 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction SW)

Wells, situated at the foot of the picturesque mendip hills, is most certainly one of England's most delightful cathedral cities...

Inside Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury (157 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction NE)

The town stakes its claim to be the oldest borough in England on the fact that it was granted a charter in the year 924 by King Edward..

East Knoyle Mill, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.

East Knoyle (9 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction S)

East Knoyle is situated where the Wiltshire countryside blends into Dorset. The landscape is quite stunning, it has a dramatically changing face of sweeping pastures and hillsides...

Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction SW)

It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...

Avebury

Avebury (171 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction E)

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,.....

Wookey, Somerset

Wookey (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction SW)

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The view from the Square up the highstreet in Tisbury

Tisbury (98 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (20.7 miles, 33.3 km, direction SE)

Tisbury is a picturesque village set amidst delightful Wiltshire countryside where you will find friendly villagers and a calm, peaceful atmosphere...

Old brick farm building on staddle stones in Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction S)

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Recommended attractions near Avoncliff

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Farleigh Hungerford Castle (24 Pictures)

(1.2 miles, 1.9 km, direction SW)

In 1383, the then Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Hungerford had to be pardoned for building Farleigh Hungerford.....

Prior Park, Bath 2005

Prior Park (18 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.9 km, direction NW)

Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....

Side view of the Bath Abbey.

Bath Abbey (153 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction NW)

Bath Abbey is a beautiful building. The building is sited on the remains of a Norman Cathedral which itself replaced an 8th.....

A picture of Sally Lunns

Sally Lunns (9 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction NW)

A one minute stroll from Bath Abbey you will find the oldest house in Bath - Sally Lunn's. Sally Lunn was a young french refugee.....

A picture of Bath Pump Rooms

Bath Pump Rooms (9 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction NW)

Bath is an important Spa and cultural centre, one of its most famous buildings is the elegant Pump Room of the baths built.....

A picture of Roman Baths

Roman Baths (126 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction NW)

Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman.....

A picture of Bath Theatre Royal

Bath Theatre Royal (4 Pictures)

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Jane Austen Centre

Jane Austen Centre (1 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction NW)

Jane Austen, the famous novelist is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous residents. She paid two long.....

The Building of Bath Museum

Buildings of Bath Museum (2 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.3 km, direction NW)

"The Best Treat in Bath" - The Daily Telegraph Discover how the City of Bath was transformed from a small provincial spa town.....

Assembly Rooms, Bath

Bath Assembly Rooms (2 Pictures)

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NW)

Bath's magnificent 18th century Assembly Rooms were opened in 1771. Known as the New or Upper Rooms they were designed by John.....

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Bath Museum of Costume

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NW)

Bath museum of costume is a great experience, especially for anyone interested in either history or fashion. The collection.....

Beckford's Tower, Bath

Beckford's Tower & Museum (3 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction NW)

Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....

Westbury White Horse

Bratton Camp & White Horse (4 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction SE)

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Cistery at Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey (97 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction NE)

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

Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle (8 Pictures)

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction SW)

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

On the platform.

Longleat House & Safari Park (170 Pictures)

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction S)

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

Dyrham Park,  National Trust owned house in Between Bristol and Chippenham

Dyrham Park (8 Pictures)

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction NW)

This engaging house sits serenely in a beautiful wooded Gloucestershire valley, surrounded by an old deer park. It is built of.....

The public walkway alongside the golf course at Bowood Estate, Nr. Chippenham, Wiltshire

Bowood House & Gardens (12 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction NE)

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Stourhead frozen lake sunset

Stourhead (94 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction S)

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

The At-Bristol planetarium. Bristol

At-Bristol (1 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction NW)

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