avebury stone circle map

National Trust Shop
The focal point of the National Trust at Avebury is the national Trust Shop and Information Centre based in the Granary of the Barn yard. Here you can buy your maps, guidebooks and local interest publications as well as the well known and ever popular range of national Trust gift merchandise.
The National Trust is a land-owning charity independent of the Government, charged with the permanent preservation of the finest countryside in the Realm.It relies on subscriptions of 2 million members. Why not join the National Trust in the Granary?
Open	1 April - 31 October	daily 10.00am - 6.00pm
	1 November - 31 March	daily 11.30am - 4.00pm
Closed	24 & 25 December	Telephone: 01672 539384

Avebury Manor and Garden
Avebury manor is owned by the national Trust. The Edwardian gardens with topiary and earlier features are open to the public:
Open:	1 April - 1 November: daily except Mondays and Thursdays.
	Open Bank Holiday Monday 11.00am - 5.30pm.
Over the centuries the house has been regularly altered and the present buildings date from the early 16th century with notable Queen Anne alterations and Edwardian renovation.
Open:	1 April - 28 October: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holidays 2.00pm - 5.30pm24 & 25 December
Last admission as garden

The Wagon & Horses

Situated between Avebury Circle and Silbury Hill on the Bechampton roundabout stands The Wagon & Horses, a delightful thatched 16th century Inn. This house gained mention in Charles Dickens famous Pickwick papers.

Tasty home cooked food is available at lunch time and evenings along with a range of Wadworth traditional beers and soft drinks.

Families welcome. Large parties catered for by prior arrangement.

Large car park with attractive beer garden and children's play area.

telephone (01672) 539418


Tourist Information Centre		Avebury Chapel Centre
Open: Summer 10.00am – 5.30pm Winter 10.00am – 4.30pm		United Reformed Church founded in 1670. One of the oldest non-conformist meeting houses. Situated between the two inner circles.
	Tel: (01672) 539425	Services twice monthly 3.00pm Sundays.

The Circle Restaurant
The National Trust is a land-owning charity independent of the Government, charged with the permanent preservation of the finest countryside in the Realm. It relies on subscriptions of 2 million members. Why not join the National Trust in the Granary?
Open	1 April – 31 October	daily 10.00am - 6.00pm
	1 November – 31 March	daily 10.00am – 4.00pm
Closed	24 & 25 December	Telephone: (01672) 539514

The Henge Shop
High quality and unusual crafts, books, cards and artwork produced mainly in the British Isles. Also fine quality woollen clothes and blankets. Enjoy a relaxed browse around the fascinating products at the Henge Shop in the High Street.
Telephone: (01672) 539229
Fax: (01672) 539660

The Great Barn
A fine aisled thatched threshing barn of the late 17th Century, standing adjacent to the prehistoric circles, and incorporating orating The Barn Gallery exhibition: ‘Avebury 6000 Years of Mystery’
Opening times as Alexander Keiller Museum
Telephone (01672) 539250

	St. James Church
The Norman South doorway, the Medieval Rood loft (a rare feature) and some Anglo-Saxon windows are the most distinctive features in this fine old church. Open during daylight hours, services posted in the porch. Leaflet in church or T.I.C.

Alexander Keiller Museum
The Alexander Keiller Museum, houses one of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain.
Open:	1 April – 31 October: Daily 10.00am – 6.00pm 1 November – 31 March: daily 10.00am – 4.00pm
Closed:	24 & 25 December
Telephone (01672) 539250

	Educational Facilities
Adjacent to the Great Barn, the Study Centre provides a useful resource for visiting school and educational parties for young people and adults. It can be booked for visits, lectures etc. from which educational material is available. Find out more about the resources and facilities from the Curator of the Alexander Keiller Museum.
Telephone (01672) 539250

The Red Lion
Located in the heart of the stone circle this traditional thatched pub offers lunch time and evening meals in a pleasant restaurant. Open Monday to Saturday 11.00am – 11.00pm
Open	Monday to Saturday 11.00am – 11.00pm
	Sunday Noon – 10.30pm
Telephone (01672) 539266

King Charles II was recommended by John Aubrey in 1663 to visit Avebury because it “…does as much exceed in greatness the renowned Stonehenge as a Cathedral doeth a parish Church…”
The site has intrigued visitors for hundreds of years but the scholar and priest, William Stukely (1687-1765) recorded and sketched the site during the reign of King George II, leaving a valuable record. Alexander Keiller bought the Manor and excavated the sites thoroughly in the 1930s, adding bollards where stones were missing. He opened the Museum to display his finds.

An appeal was launched by the National Trust , which enabled this land-owning charity to buy 912 acres for permanent preservation in 1943, including the surrounding farms and cottages and Windmill Hill. The National Trust now owns and preserves 1,532 acres of land around Avebury.