Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge

Name: Salisbury Plain
Address: Stonehenge, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Stonehenge

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering 300 square miles. It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, but stretches into Hampshire. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°9'18"N, 1°48'32"W

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Stonehenge United Kingdom

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Salisbury Plain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St Mary and St Melor, Bush Barrow, Normanton Down Barrows, North Wessex Downs.

1.6 miNE
Church
Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury
41 min walk • The Church of St Mary and St Melor is the parish church of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire. The Grade I listed church dates from the 12th century and may be connected with the 10th-century Amesbury Priory or its 12th-century successor, Amesbury Abbey.
1.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
40 min walk • Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age, at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain.
1.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge
36 min walk • Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
1.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge
35 min walk • The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
1.2 miN
Archaeological site
Bluestonehenge, Stonehenge
32 min walk • Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
~1950 ftS
Park, Vernacular architecture
Lake House, Stonehenge
10 min walk • Lake House is an Elizabethan country house dating from 1578, in Wilsford cum Lake in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles north of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.