Avebury
A Neolithic henge holding three stone circles, the outer one the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. A village grew up inside and around its great bank and ditch, so the stones stand beside lanes, cottages and fields.
- Where
- England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.4286, -1.8542
Get the Avebury stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Avebury. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Avebury
Castle Combe 26 km
A small Wiltshire village of honey-coloured stone cottages, about 8 km north-west of Chippenham and 16 km north-east of Bath. Its parish counted just 356 people at the 2021 census, and it is often called the prettiest village in England.
Stonehenge 28 km
A prehistoric ring of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, its great sarsens around 4 metres high and capped with lintels held by mortise and tenon joints. The circle is aligned to the summer solstice sunrise and the winter solstice sunset, and sits among hundreds of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial mounds.
Bath Abbey 35 km
A parish church and former Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. It is one of the finest examples of Perpendicular Gothic in the West Country, and its monastic community was dissolved in 1539.
Roman Baths 35 km
A well-preserved Roman bathing complex built around the hot springs of Aquae Sulis, where a temple stood by 60 to 70 AD. The baths were used until Roman rule ended in the 5th century, and the green, steaming Great Bath is still fed by the natural spring.
Royal Crescent 36 km
A sweeping curve of 30 terraced houses designed by John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774. It is among the greatest works of Georgian architecture in Britain, and its stone facade looks out over a lawn much as it did when first built.
Bibury 37 km
A Cotswold village on the River Coln, about 10 km north-east of Cirencester. Its row of old weavers' cottages, Arlington Row, appears on the inside cover of some British passports, which makes it a fitting place for a passport stamp.
Salisbury Cathedral 41 km
An Anglican cathedral raised in just 38 years, between 1220 and 1258, which gives it a rare unity of Early English Gothic style. Its spire, finished by 1330, rises to 123 metres, the tallest in England, and it keeps one of the four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta.
Cotswolds 43 km
A range of rolling limestone hills across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties, rising to 330 metres at Cleeve Hill. The local golden stone builds its villages, market towns and stately homes, and gives the whole area its warm colour.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in England
Questions
Where is Avebury?
Avebury is in England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Castle Combe (26 km), Stonehenge (28 km), Bath Abbey (35 km).
How do I get the Avebury stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Avebury and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Avebury before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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