Bea's Guidebook
Sightseeing
Stonehenge Visitor Centre
Nice place to visit locally. Has a few quirky shops but would mainly recommend for a walk along the canal and then a bite to eat.
A favourite of mine is parking in the station car park and walking through the park and along the canal to the cross guns at Avoncliffe. Dog friendly nice food and a nice walk roughly 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back mainly flat.
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Bradford-on-Avon
Nice place to visit locally. Has a few quirky shops but would mainly recommend for a walk along the canal and then a bite to eat.
A favourite of mine is parking in the station car park and walking through the park and along the canal to the cross guns at Avoncliffe. Dog friendly nice food and a nice walk roughly 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back mainly flat.
Lacock Abbey is where some of Harry Potter was filmed alongside a number of other movies. It is a historic village which has been left looking historic and is looked after by the National Trust. Worth a visit
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Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey is where some of Harry Potter was filmed alongside a number of other movies. It is a historic village which has been left looking historic and is looked after by the National Trust. Worth a visit
If you don’t want to pay the cost of Stonehenge and want to get a bit closer to the stones then Avebury is a great place to visit. Taken from the national trust website “At Avebury you can wander among the standing stones of the largest stone circle in the world and marvel at the human ingenuity and dedication it took to create the enormous bank and ditch with no more than bones and stones.”
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Avebury
If you don’t want to pay the cost of Stonehenge and want to get a bit closer to the stones then Avebury is a great place to visit. Taken from the national trust website “At Avebury you can wander among the standing stones of the largest stone circle in the world and marvel at the human ingenuity and dedication it took to create the enormous bank and ditch with no more than bones and stones.”
Located just 5 minutes walk from the flat in the village is a lovely national trust garden which is worth a stroll around. Entrance is free for National Trust members and £5 for adults.
The garden is open from 11-5:30 everyday except Wednesday.
It is opposite the shop slightly to the right if you have your back to the village shop (holt super store.)
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The Courts Garden
Located just 5 minutes walk from the flat in the village is a lovely national trust garden which is worth a stroll around. Entrance is free for National Trust members and £5 for adults.
The garden is open from 11-5:30 everyday except Wednesday.
It is opposite the shop slightly to the right if you have your back to the village shop (holt super store.)
Walk
This is a lovely 30 minute walk from the flat across the fields great if you have a dog and want a nice walk without getting in the car again.
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Great Chalfield Manor
This is a lovely 30 minute walk from the flat across the fields great if you have a dog and want a nice walk without getting in the car again.
Shearwater Tea Rooms
Clay StreetShearwater near Longleat is a lovely walk
Day out
With a safari park and lovely house and gardens Longleat is a great visit and day out.
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Longleat House
With a safari park and lovely house and gardens Longleat is a great visit and day out.
A national trust property with a lovely walk and house on the way to the motorway.
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Dyrham Park
A national trust property with a lovely walk and house on the way to the motorway.
Worth a visit and only 45 minutes by train from Bradford on Avon. Loads to do in Bristol and with in walk of the temple meads train station.
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Bristol
Worth a visit and only 45 minutes by train from Bradford on Avon. Loads to do in Bristol and with in walk of the temple meads train station.
Food scene
The Barge Inn
Lovely walk followed by nice food.
Supermarket/ Grocery stores
Sainsbury's
Rowden LaneLocal supermarket big enough to get all your essentials.
Probably the nearest and largest local supermarket with all your grocery needs.Melksham also has a Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi so something to suit all tastes and bank balances.
Asda Melksham Superstore
Bradford RoadProbably the nearest and largest local supermarket with all your grocery needs.Melksham also has a Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi so something to suit all tastes and bank balances.