Amesbury is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in Great Britain, with occupants dating back to 8820 BC.
The house dates back to 13th-century canonry, with many canons living there up until Leonard Bilson who was imprisoned in 1571 for practicing sorcery. Since then has been occupied by laypeople, served as a school, and during WW2 used as a book and wool store. It was restored by the former Prime Minister Edward Heath and opened to the public after his death in 2005.
It is in Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, in the centre of the village next to St James's Church and close to the Avebury neolithic henge monument. The manor house was built on or near the site of a Benedictine cell or priory of St Georges de Boscherville, founded in 1114.Read more
Ancient stone circle, museum and manor house in the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site
If you're on your way to Bath or going down the M4, Bowood House is the perfect place to stop off. Discover centuries of Landsdowne family history, endless rooms packed with 250 years-worth of collectibles and fun-filled, Italian-styled Capability Brown parklands.
A separate attraction on the Bowood Estate, the Woodland Gardens are only open for six weeks of the year during the flowering season (April to early June). Covering more than 30 acres, there are just over two miles of paths intersecting the Woodland Gardens with an oasis of azaleas, bluebells, magnolias and rhododendrons.
Harold Peto was employed by the Honourable Louis Greville in 1913 to create the Japanese-style gardens at Heale House.
Iford Manor had a former life as a 15th-century wool factory. Today it belongs to the Cartwright-Hignett family, who have restored the gardens designed by Harold Peto.
Country house with monastic roots, once home to William Henry Fox Talbot
The Longleat estate, built in 1580 and belonging to the Thynne family, is spacious and versatile, showcasing tapestries, manuscripts and paintings, as well as rolling countryside.
Old Sarum is the best-preserved First World War flying field, used today for flights for public passengers, or flying instruction. In Hangar 1 there is an aviation museum which exhibits the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.