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St Mary's Church

Fairford (57 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction NE of Purton)

Fairford was granted a market charter in the year 1135 but it is believed that village has its origins way back in the Bronze Age. Its beautiful church is world famous for having the most complete set of Medieval stained glass windows of any parish church in the United Kingdom..

Malmesbury

Malmesbury (158 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire

(9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction W of Purton)

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..

Cirencester - Dyer Street - Bingham's

Cirencester (85 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NW of Purton)

Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England...

Riverside inn, River Thames, Lechlade, Gloucestershire 2009

Lechlade (38 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction NE of Purton)

This pleasant little market town, set beside the upper reaches of the Thames, is dominated by the elegant spire of the beautiful parish church of St.Lawrence..

Avebury Stones

Avebury (171 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S of Purton)

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,.....

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Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens (26 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction W)

William Stumpe, the wealthy merchant responsible for giving Malmesbury Abbey back to the town following the Dissolution was also.....

Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey (11 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction W)

Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine.....

A picture of Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse (8 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction E)

The beautiful Vale of the White Horse is the region lying between the River Thames and the Berkshire Downs. It is an area.....

Entrance to Avebury Manor, Wiltshire

Avebury Manor & Garden (12 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction S)

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

Avebury Ring, Wiltshire

Avebury Ring (61 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)

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

Silbury Hill - ancient burial ground

Silbury Hill (20 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)

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

A picture of Ashdown House

Ashdown House (1 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction E)

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