Salisbury Attractions

Salisbury has many attractions to offer, below is just a selection of what Salisbury has to offer to people passing through or tourists taking a break.

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury. It is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body was completed in 38 years.

The cathedral has the tallest church spire in the UK (123m/404 ft).

Visitors can take the "Tower Tour" where the interior of the hollow spire, with its ancient wood scaffolding, can be viewed. The cathedral also has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres). The Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386) and has one of the four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta (all four original copies are in England).

Stonehenge

Wilton House

Wilton House is an English country house situated at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years.

The first recorded building on the site of Wilton House was a priory founded by King Egbert circa 871. Later, this priory, due to the munificence of King Alfred, was granted lands and manors until it became wealthy and powerful.

Old Sarum

Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, in England. The site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. Old Sarum is mentioned in some of the earliest records in the country. It sits on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury.

Avebury Rings

Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles surrounding the village of Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire.

It is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, about 5,000 years old. Although older than the megalithic stages of Stonehenge 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the south, the two monuments are broadly contemporary overall.