West Woods, Marlborough
#3 among attractions in Marlborough
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Facts and practical information
West Woods is a wood about 2+1⁄2 miles southwest of the market town of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Its area is approximately 957 acres. It is open to the public, and is popular with visitors in the Spring, when bluebells cover the forest floor. ()
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West Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: West Kennet Long Barrow, St Mary's Church, Kennet Avenue, The Sanctuary.
3.2 miWLarge neolithic chambered tomb remainsWest Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury
81 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...
2.9 miNEChurchSt Mary's Church, Marlborough
74 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The church stands at the east end of the town's High Street.
3.5 miNWAvenue of prehistoric standing stonesKennet Avenue, Avebury
90 min walk • 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.
2.5 miNWArchaeological siteThe Sanctuary, Avebury
63 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.
3.4 miSECanalWootton Rivers Lock
88 min walk • Wootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock was built during the canal's construction between 1794 and 1810. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in.
3.2 miSCanalJones's Mill, Pewsey
82 min walk • Jones's Mill is an 11.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pewsey in Wiltshire, notified in 1975. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
3.3 miSWMuseum, Art galleryHill figure, Avebury
85 min walk • A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph usually designed to be seen from afar rather than above. In some cases trenches are dug and rubble made from material brighter than the natural bedrock is placed into them.
3.3 miNWArchaeological siteFalkner's Circle, Avebury
85 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.
2.1 miNArchaeological siteThe Devil's Den, Marlborough
54 min walk • The Devil's Den or Devil's Den is a dolmen burial chamber on Fyfield Hill near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The chamber is part of a neolithic passage grave on Fyfield Down.
3.3 miSWNature, Natural attraction, HillMilk Hill
86 min walk • Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors east of Devizes, is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, southwest England, at some 295 m above sea level. It is the location of the Alton Barnes white horse.
2.5 miNWArchaeological siteOverton Hill, Avebury
63 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.