West Woods, Marlborough

Name: West Woods
Address: Marlborough, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Marlborough

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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. ()

Coordinates: 51°23'42"N, 1°46'49"W

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Marlborough United Kingdom

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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 miW
Large neolithic chambered tomb remains
West 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 miNE
Church
St 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 miNW
Avenue of prehistoric standing stones
Kennet 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 miNW
Archaeological site
The 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 miSE
Canal
Wootton 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 miS
Canal
Jones'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 miSW
Museum, Art gallery
Hill 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 miNW
Archaeological site
Falkner'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 miN
Archaeological site
The 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 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Milk 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 miNW
Archaeological site
Overton 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.