West Lavington Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

West Lavington from Strawberry Hill 452274 gives a view of West Lavington from a different direction. 'It lies far away from the coming and going of the great busy world,' wrote an inhabitant in 1875. Today, and for many decades, the great busy world speeds along the A360 from Salisbury to Devizes and threads its way precipitously through the chicane formed by the churchyard and the almshouses. In fact the main road spends about 8km in West Lavington parish, from the high downland south of Gore, the 'buried village of Salisbury Plain', past Gore Cross, where it is intersected by an important ridgeway, down a long descent beside landscaped woodland (known as The Warren) and into the pleasant valley where the village sits, then along some 2km of ribbon development associated with the linear village of Littleton Pannell, before leaving the parish north of the railway bridge. This journey is familiar to most Wiltshire travellers, and even without realising that chalk is giving way to Greensand and clay, many must feel as they pass along that here south Wiltshire ends and west Wiltshire begins" All this and more in: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getconcise.php?id=237
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West Lavington from Strawberry Hill 452274 gives a view of West Lavington from a different direction. 'It lies far away from the coming and going of the great busy world,' wrote an inhabitant in 1875. Today, and for many decades, the great busy world speeds along the A360 from Salisbury to Devizes and threads its way precipitously through the chicane formed by the churchyard and the almshouses. In fact the main road spends about 8km in West Lavington parish, from the high downland south of Gore, the 'buried village of Salisbury Plain', past Gore Cross, where it is intersected by an important ridgeway, down a long descent beside landscaped woodland (known as The Warren) and into the pleasant valley where the village sits, then along some 2km of ribbon development associated with the linear village of Littleton Pannell, before leaving the parish north of the railway bridge. This journey is familiar to most Wiltshire travellers, and even without realising that chalk is giving way to Greensand and clay, many must feel as they pass along that here south Wiltshire ends and west Wiltshire begins" All this and more in: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getconcise.php?id=237
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WEST LAVINGTON, Wiltshire. All Saints Church
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Byway open to all traffic on Strawberry Hill Looking south east near West Lavington. Wild strawberries? A treat to be remembered must be eaten on the spot. They don't travel - mine don't anyway.
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North east from Strawberry Hill Looking across the western end of the Vale of Pewsey. One of the white horses can be seen as a whitish smudge on the far hillside. Not sure which one it is, all I can tell you it is facing the wrong way to be the one near Alton Barnes.
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4 out of 5
1 James Street West Bath England
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4 out of 5
Avon Street Bath England
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3 out of 5
7 Saw Close Bath England
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2.5 out of 5
1 High St Marlborough England
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3.5 out of 5
17-19 Mill Road Salisbury England
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Historic 6 Bed Townhouse-Roman Baths 1 min walk

Historic 6 Bed Townhouse-Roman Baths 1 min walk

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Popular places to visit

Longleat

Learn about the local history of Urchfont when you spend time at Longleat. Visit the lively bars or top-notch restaurants in this quaint area.

Longleat

Wadworth Brewery

You can take time to visit Wadworth Brewery during your travels to Devizes. Visit the top-notch restaurants or lively bars in this quaint area.

Wadworth Brewery

Wiltshire Heritage Museum

You can spend time browsing the exhibits at Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes. Visit the lively bars or top-notch restaurants in this quaint area.

Wiltshire Heritage Museum

Corsham Court

You can find out about the history of Urchfont when you stop by Corsham Court. Visit the top-notch restaurants or lively bars in this quaint area.

Corsham Court

Oare House

You can find out about the history of Devizes with a trip to Oare House. Visit the lively bars or top-notch restaurants in this quaint area.

Oare House

Market Lavington Museum

You can spend time studying the exhibits at Market Lavington Museum during your travels in Market Lavington. Savour the area's bars and restaurants.

Market Lavington Museum

Activities

Group standing near the rocks at Stonehenge in England

Simply Stonehenge Half- Day Trip from London

AU$124
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86% of travellers recommend
Simply Stonehenge Half- Day Trip from London
Stonehenge Morning Half-Day Tour from London Including Admission

Stonehenge Morning Half-Day Tour from London Including Admission

AU$126
per adult
96% of travellers recommend
Stonehenge Morning Half-Day Tour from London Including Admission
From Birmingham Stonehenge and Bath Day Tour

From Birmingham Stonehenge and Bath Day Tour

AU$153
per adult
From Birmingham Stonehenge and Bath Day Tour
Stonehenge & Cotswold Villages from Bristol

Stonehenge & Cotswold Villages from Bristol

AU$171
per adult
94% of travellers recommend
Stonehenge & Cotswold Villages from Bristol
Half-Day Small-Group Tour to Stonehenge from Bath

Half-Day Small-Group Tour to Stonehenge from Bath, inc Entry

AU$134
per adult
100% of travellers recommend
Half-Day Small-Group Tour to Stonehenge from Bath, inc Entry
Stonehenge & the Cotswolds from Bath

Stonehenge & the Cotswolds from Bath

AU$171
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Stonehenge & the Cotswolds from Bath
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Cities near West Lavington

Salisbury Cathedral which includes heritage architecture and tranquil scenes

Salisbury

Canada Woods, Market Lavington Looking West along the lower footpath through Canada, formerly Beech Wood.
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Market Lavington

Daffodils near Erlestoke A few yards north of the B3098. "When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils" but that was in the Lake District and they were probably wild.
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Great Cheverell

Imber Church

Heytesbury