Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury

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Amesbury Abbey is a Grade I listed mansion in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, built in the 1830s for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs of Thomas Hopper. The house, which stands in Grade II* listed parkland, is now used as a care home. It takes its name from Amesbury Abbey, founded in about 979 on or near the same site. ()

Coordinates: 51°10'28"N, 1°47'7"W

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Amesbury Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St Mary and St Melor, Woodhenge, Cuckoo Stone, Vespasian's Camp.

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Church
Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury
5 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.
1.1 miN
Concentric rings of a prehistoric site
Woodhenge, Durrington
27 min walk • Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
1 miN
Archaeological site
Cuckoo Stone, Stonehenge
27 min walk • The Cuckoo Stone is a Neolithic or Bronze Age standing stone. The stone, which is now fallen, is in a field near to Woodhenge and Durrington Walls in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the wider Stonehenge Landscape.
0.6 miW
Archaeological site
Vespasian's Camp, Stonehenge
16 min walk • Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
0.6 miW
Archaeological site
Bluestonehenge, Stonehenge
15 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.
1 miW
Archaeological site
Coneybury Henge, Stonehenge
27 min walk • Coneybury Henge is a henge which is part of the Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire, England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century.
~1190 ftNW
Archaeological site
Blick Mead, Amesbury
6 min walk • Blick Mead is a chalkland spring in Wiltshire, England, separated by the River Avon from the northwest edge of the town of Amesbury. It is close to an Iron Age hillfort known as Vespasian's Camp and about a mile east of the Stonehenge ancient monument.
0.7 miNW
Memorial
Nile Clumps, Stonehenge
19 min walk • The Nile Clumps are a series of tree clumps just west of Amesbury on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, planted in the early 19th century purportedly to commemorate the Battle of the Nile.

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Which popular attractions are close to Amesbury Abbey?

Nearby attractions include Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury (5 min walk), Blick Mead, Amesbury (6 min walk), Bluestonehenge, Stonehenge (15 min walk), Vespasian's Camp, Stonehenge (16 min walk).