Wiltshire Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

mysterious circle of standing stones, Europe's best-known prehistoric monument

one of Europe's finest medieval buildings with Britain's tallest spire, also home to one of four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta

hailed as a quintesssentially, English garden, this 'Great Garden of the World' boasts over 2000 different roses and over 1/4 million tulips, all set beside the 12th Century Abbey Church in the centre of Malmesbury

lose yourself in the world's longest hedge maze, visit the Elizabethan stately home or drive through the world famous safari park

moated medieval manor, with topiary and rose gardens. Recently featured as 'Austin Friars' in the TV adaptation of 'Wolf Hall'

steep, narrow paths twist and turn around ancient statues, columns, terraces and architecture, these Italianate gardens seem other worldly. The gardens have been lovely expanded over the past 50 years by two generations of the Cartwirght-Highnett family

country house with monastic roots, once home to William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative

still privately occupied, this delightful manor dates back to the early 16th Century. Visitors are encouraged to sit on the chairs, lie on the beds and play snooker in the Billiard Room. The gardens include a kitchen garden, topiary garden and orchard

this beautiful stately home houses a vast collection of antiquities, chapel, library, sculpture gallery, laboratory, costumes, adventure playground & beautiful woodland gardens

located in the Town Hall, this museum contains a selection of coins minted in Malmesbury, along with many other exhibits relating to the history of the area

containing an array of vintage, post vintage and classic cars, along with some classic motorbikes

visitors can admire the remains of an Iron Age fort which is situated in a fine example of chalk grassland, running alongside is the Ridgeway National Trail

housing a re-creation of the Christopher Pharmacy which was open from 1863-1986. Also the museum explores the natural & social history of Bradford-on-Avon