Where to Stay in Wiltshire
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Information about Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a county of ancient mystery and open skies, a place where the chalk downland stretches in great sweeping curves across the landscape and some of the most extraordinary prehistoric monuments in the world sit in settings of quiet and enduring power. It is a county that rewards those who come with curiosity and a willingness to slow down and look carefully at what surrounds them.
Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in the British Isles and draws visitors from every corner of the world to the wide open plain of Salisbury Plain, where it has stood for over four thousand years in a landscape that remains, despite everything, genuinely awe inspiring. Avebury, less visited but arguably more remarkable, is the largest prehistoric stone circle in the world, its massive stones arranged in a complex that encompasses an entire village and a landscape of burial mounds, avenues and enclosures that speak of a civilisation with a profound and still only partially understood relationship with the land and the sky.
The chalk downland that connects these monuments is itself one of the great landscapes of southern England, wide and open and traversed by ancient trackways including the Ridgeway, one of the oldest roads in Britain, which offers superb walking with wide views across the surrounding countryside.
Salisbury, dominated by its magnificent cathedral with the tallest spire in England, is one of the most complete medieval cities in the country, its grid of medieval streets largely intact and its cathedral close one of the most serene and beautiful urban spaces in England. Marlborough, Bradford on Avon and Malmesbury, with its magnificent abbey, are among the most attractive of the county’s smaller towns, each with a strong sense of history and character.
Whether you are looking for a stay steeped in prehistoric history, a walk across the chalk downland, a cathedral city break in Salisbury or a quiet retreat in one of Wiltshire’s many attractive market towns, this is a county of depth, mystery and a landscape that stays with you long after you have left.
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