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| Bowood Rhododendron Walks Off the A4, Between Chippenham and Calne, Calne, SN11 0LZ |  |
Possibly the greatest glory of the Bowood Garden are the Rhododendron Walks, begun in the mid 19th century and added to by successive generations. Now covering over 60 acres, with some 2 miles of paths, the spectacle of ... more
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| London Road Carnival London Road, Bath, BA1 1EE | |
This community celebration for the London Road folks, includes a procession from Snow Hill along London Road to Kensington Meadows, where the attractions and events are held. Past festivals have featured an Arts and Heri... more
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| Beaux Arts Gallery 12/13 York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG | |
Established artists include Michael Ayrton, John Bellany, Lynn Chadwick, Mary Fedden, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Josef Herman, John Piper, and especially the St Ives group including Sir Terry Frost, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Rog... more
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| Lacock Abbey and Museum Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LG | |
Lacock Abbey was founded in 1232 and converted into a country house in the mid-16th century, the cloisters and monastic rooms of the Abbey have survived largely intact. On the closure of the monastery it passed to Willia... more
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| Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LG | |
The French and British may disagree over exactly when photography was invented: Joseph Nicéphore Niepce (1765-1833) executed the first recognisable image formed by a camera obscura, a view from a window near Chalo... more
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| Westwood Manor Off the B3109, Westwood Village, Bradford on Avon, BA15 2AF | |
This manor goes back to Saxon times, and at the time of Domesday it was in the possession of the Bishop of Winchester. There is a fragment left of the house from about 1400,...
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| Great Chalfield Manor Off B3107,, via Broughton Gifford Common, Melksham, SN12 8NH | |
Chalfield was acquired in 1467 by Thomas Trompnell, who rebuilt the house around a courtyard. The south range has since disappeared, but the north front has probably altered very little. One enters through the original f... more
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| Stourhead House [National Trust] Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD | |
We just about crossed Stourhead off our list, but decided to make it happen and we are so glad we did. We had taken the five day Celebrity Constellation cruise from Southampton and returned there on April 30th. I had ori... more
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| Bath Boating Station Forester Rd, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6QE | |
Traditional Thames skiffs and punts for lazy days on the river, or by prior arrangement you can book customised hours. I hired one overnight once and went for a midnight row up the river and watched the sun come up in be... more
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| Farleigh Hungerford Castle Farleigh Hungerford, 31/2 miles West off Trowbridge on A366, Bath, BA2 7RS | |
Farleigh Hungerford Castle began life as a manor house built by the Montfort family. In 1369-70 it was sold to Sir Thomas Hungerford, first Speaker of the House of Commons. He converted the property into a square castle ... more
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