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Chilton Foliat Main Street

Chilton Foliat (8 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction SE)

A fine example of a typical English country village beside the River Kennet in Wiltshire..

A roof over your head

Chiseldon (3 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction NW)

This is an attractive large village lying to the edge of the Marlborough Downs, its inclusion in the Doomsday Book indicates at that time it was a village of some importance...

Swindon Borough Council guidepost at Lower Wanborough, Wiltshire

Wanborough (2 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction NW)

Historically this is an old village with a history of Saxons and Romans, it was then a village of some importance, unlike today when it has been almost swallowed up by the urban sprawl of Swindon, Wiltshire's largest industrial town...

The Village centre in Ashbury

Ashbury (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction N)

The village of Ashbury is located in a lovely scenic area where the borders of south Oxfordshire meet with Wiltshire. It is one of a string of villages along the White Horse.....

Marlborough, Wiltshire

Marlborough (11 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction SW)

Dramatic chalk downs extend from Berkshire into rural Wiltshire, they are particularly rich in pre-historic remains and shelter a wealth of charming market towns and pretty.....

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Shalbourne

in the county of Wiltshire (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)

The country village of Shalbourne in Wiltshire is marked out by its leafy lanes and clutch of pretty thatched properties...

Wilton Windmill, Wilton, Wiltshire

Wilton (40 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction S)

A landmark in the area is Wilton Windmill, this is a restored windmill from 1821, it was refurbished in 1976 and stands on a chalk ridge 550 feet above sea level. This superb.....

Fingerpost pointing to one of the pubs at Broad Hinton, Wiltshire

Broad Hinton (8 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction W)

Broad Hinton is found in the spacious countryside a few miles south-west of Swindon, close to the Ridgeway Path...

Avebury

Avebury (171 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction W)

The village of Avebury is world famous for its spectacular stone circle, which some consider more spectacular than Stonehenge. The pretty village also has a 15th century church,.....

Cornfield, Wantage

Wantage (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NE)

Wantage is a small historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, who was born there during the 9th century, though the site of the.....

Early morning on The Gallops, Beckhampton.

Beckhampton (8 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction W)

This delightful hamlet lies in one of the richest natural history area's in England, containing the burial places of people from pre-history and almost unknown centuries...

Sylvan scene at a road junction in Hannington, a village within the borough of Swindon

Hannington (1 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction NW)

The village of Hannington occupies a lovely landscape in the deep countryside between Highworth and the village of Castle Eaton on the Thames Path...

Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury (107 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Berkshire (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction E)

Newbury is a lovely town, it is rich in 17th century buildings with the Tudor granary building being of immense attraction...

The Malt House, Castle Eaton, Wiltshire

Castle Eaton (7 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction NW)

Just as fish abound in the water along this stretch of the Thames, so too, do pretty Cotswold stone cottages and delightful country houses...

Champs Chapel

East Hendred (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction NE)

East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...

St Sampson's Church, Cricklade, Wiltshire

Cricklade (7 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction NW)

Lying in the northern reaches of Wiltshire, the historic town of Cricklade has many visual delights...

Riverside inn, River Thames, Lechlade, Gloucestershire 2009

Lechlade (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction N)

This pleasant little market town, set beside the upper reaches of the Thames, is dominated by the elegant spire of the beautiful parish church of St.Lawrence..

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Crux Easton

in the county of Hampshire (15.6 miles, 25.2 km, direction SE)

Crux Easton is a quiet Hampshire hamlet lying in the shadow of Beacon Hill which rises to 262ft west of the village...

Thatcham, Berkshire

Thatcham (55 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction E)

Claimed to be the oldest inhabited village in Britain..

St Mary's Church

Fairford (57 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction NW)

Fairford was granted a market charter in the year 1135 but it is believed that village has its origins way back in the Bronze Age. Its beautiful church is world famous for having the most complete set of Medieval stained glass windows of any parish church in the United Kingdom..

Recommended attractions near Aldbourne

A picture of Ashdown House

Ashdown House (1 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction N)

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A picture of Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse (8 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction N)

The beautiful Vale of the White Horse is the region lying between the River Thames and the Berkshire Downs. It is an area.....

A picture of Crofton Beam Engines

Crofton Beam Engines (2 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction S)

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Tom Browns School Museum

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction N)

Memorabilia of Uffington and district ranging from pre-historic and Roman times up to the present. Information on recent digs at.....

Avebury Ring, Wiltshire

Avebury Ring (61 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction SW)

This is the largest and one of the most spectacular stone circles in the world, it certainly eclipses Stonehenge, for not only is.....

Entrance to Avebury Manor, Wiltshire

Avebury Manor & Garden (12 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction W)

Avebury Manor is a 16th century manor house built on the site of an old monastery. The rich interior of the house shows original.....

Silbury Hill - ancient burial ground

Silbury Hill (20 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction W)

There are many fanciful theories about Silbury Hill, the massive conical hill described as the highest artificial mound in.....

Donnington Castle

Donnington Castle (14 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction E)

A mile north of Newbury. Built in the late 14th century as a fortified residence at the top of a hill, overlooking the River.....

View of Charney Bassett water mill taken from the upstream side. Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire

Charney Bassett Mill (1 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction NE)

This charming rural water mill was built in the local timber and weather-boarded style with a hipped roof and dates from 1807. .....

A picture of Champs Chapel Museum

Champs Chapel Museum (3 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction NE)

Displays of Hendred's Millenium history housed in a Grade one Listed ex-Carthusian Chapel (15th Century)...

Ludgershall Castle, Wiltshire

Ludgershall Castle (10 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction S)

Romantic, ruined motte and bailey castle, with building works in stone. Parts of the castle date to the 12th-century, it was.....

Highclere Castle

Highclere Castle (32 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SE)

This was once a rather plain building until Sir Charles Barry turned it into the matchless beauty we see today. A place of rare.....

The public walkway alongside the golf course at Bowood Estate, Nr. Chippenham, Wiltshire

Bowood House & Gardens (12 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction W)

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'Day Out With Thomas' at Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Didcot Railway Centre (39 Pictures)

(18.7 miles, 30.0 km, direction NE)

Recreating the golden age of the Great Western Railway with steam locomotives in the engine shed, signalling displays, Brunels's.....

Abingdon Abbey - July 2009

Abingdon Abbey (16 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction NE)

Abingdon Abbey was founded in 675 and demolished following Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. During the life of the.....

Abingdon Museum (Old Berkshire County Hall), Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon Museum (6 Pictures)

(19.7 miles, 31.6 km, direction NE)

Abingdon museum is housed in the centre of this ancient town in the spectacular 17th century County Hall. It includes displays.....

Park gateway

Cotswold Wildlife Park (9 Pictures)

(20.3 miles, 32.7 km, direction N)

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Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens (26 Pictures)

(21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction W)

William Stumpe, the wealthy merchant responsible for giving Malmesbury Abbey back to the town following the Dissolution was also.....

Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey (11 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction W)

Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine.....

Cogges Farm Musium, Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire

Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.3 km, direction N)

Cogges Manor Farm Museum is closed to day visitors for the 2010 season. Management of the site is being passed to a new Trust......


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