Heathrow Airport 1 hr 23
Coate Water Country Park (8 min) Extensive parkland with wildlife nature reserve and kids' splash park, plus lake habitats and hides. Avebury Manor (25 min) Restored manor with period interiors, stone circle museum and a Victorian kitchen garden. National Trust - Buscot Park (26 min) Fine, 18th-century NT mansion with water gardens and art by Rembrandt, Rubens and pre-Raphaelites. Swindon Museum & Art Gallery (6 min) Renowned 20th-century art, including Lowry and Nash, and hands-on exhibits back to pre-history. National Trust - Heelis (4 min) Cotswold Country Park & Beach (23 min) Beach on freshwater lakes in parkland area for watersports and walking, plus adventure playground. Roves Farm (16 min) Outdoor recreation Silbury Hill (27 min) A neolithic monument, this popular attraction is the tallest prehistoric manmade mound in Europe. Uffington White Horse (29 min) Hill featuring a 110m-long prehistoric hill figure shaped like a horse & the remains of a castle. Kelmscott Manor (29 min) Furnished in Arts and Crafts style, this 17th-century manor was the summer home of William Morris. Avebury (23 min) Rural standing stone monument and 17th-century stables housing a museum to the iconic monument. STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (4 min) Lydiard Park (12 min) Palladian house with opulent, 18th-century interiors, walled garden and kids' play area in parkland. Cotswold Water Park (25 min) Popular, 40-mile holiday destination with villages, water recreation, wildlife & breeding birds. West Kennet Long Barrow (31 min) English Heritage-run remnants of a burial mound, built around 3650BC, open during daylight hours. |