Kennet Avenue, Avebury

Name: Kennet Avenue
Address: Avebury, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Avebury

Archaeological site, Top attraction

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Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°25'24"N, 1°50'54"W

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Avebury United Kingdom

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Kennet Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill, Avebury Manor, The Sanctuary.

1 miS
Large neolithic chambered tomb remains
West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury
26 min walk • Nestled within the lush, rolling hills of Wiltshire, England, the West Kennet Long Barrow stands as a silent witness to prehistoric times. This ancient Neolithic tomb, one of the largest and most well-preserved in Britain, offers a rare glimpse into the distant past...
0.7 miSW
Manmade mound from prehistoric times
Silbury Hill, Avebury
17 min walk • Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.
0.6 miNW
Historical place, Garden, Museum
Avebury Manor, Avebury
16 min walk • Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden.
1.1 miSE
Archaeological site
The Sanctuary, Avebury
29 min walk • The Sanctuary was a stone and timber circle near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire. Excavation has revealed the location of the 58 stone sockets and 62 post-holes.
1.7 miNW
Archaeological site, View point, Historical place
Windmill Hill, Avebury
45 min walk • Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile northwest of Avebury. Enclosing an area of 21 acres, it is the largest known causewayed enclosure in Britain.
0.5 miN
, Archaeological site
Stonehenge, Avebury
12 min walk • Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about 15 miles, rather than a specific monument or building.
~1160 ftE
Archaeological site
Falkner's Circle, Avebury
6 min walk • Falkner's Circle was a stone circle near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire. Built from twelve sarsen megaliths, it measured about 37 metres in diameter, although only one of these stones remains standing.
1.1 miSE
Archaeological site
Overton Hill, Avebury
29 min walk • Overton Hill is a 571 ft hill at the southern edge of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England. It lies just west of the village of West Overton and about 4 miles west from the town of Marlborough.
1.1 miW
Archaeological site
Eve, Avebury
28 min walk • The Longstones are two standing stones, one of which is the remains of a prehistoric 'cove' of standing stones, at grid reference SU089693, close to Beckhampton in Avebury parish, in the English county of Wiltshire.
1 miW
Archaeological site
South Street barrow, Avebury
26 min walk • The South Street barrow is a Neolithic long barrow in the English county of Wiltshire, near Beckhampton. It lies around 70 metres southeast of the cove of The Longstones and may therefore be connected with the Neolithic ritual landscape centred on Avebury.

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Which popular attractions are close to Kennet Avenue?

Nearby attractions include Falkner's Circle, Avebury (6 min walk), Stonehenge, Avebury (12 min walk), Avebury Manor, Avebury (16 min walk), Silbury Hill, Avebury (17 min walk).