VisitWiltshire Visitor Guide 2024
Make time for Wiltshire in 2024 with VisitWiltshire's new visitor guide.
Make time for Wiltshire in 2024 with VisitWiltshire's new visitor guide.
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Places to Visit and Things to Do For map references please see page 67<br />
This year the festival runs from Sunday August 18th-25th. As the oldest festival of<br />
church music within the Liturgy in the world (first festival in 1956), it features three<br />
choirs of men, women, boys and girls drawn from the UK’s best Cathedral and<br />
Collegiate choirs, four services a day including Compline by candlelight, and is FREE.<br />
The theme this year is the 12th century abbess, mystic, philosopher, feminist and<br />
composer Hildegard of Bingen. Church music from across the centuries will feature<br />
her music, and music from composers who were influenced by her cutting edge<br />
composition and philosophy at the time.<br />
www.edingtonfestival.org<br />
EDINGTON PRIORY CHURCH, MONASTERY ROAD, EDINGTON BA13 4QN<br />
Email: info@edingtonfestival.org Phone: 01380 831425 | 07961 345563<br />
Salisbury Escape Rooms<br />
Map Ref F4<br />
11a Fisherton Street, Salisbury SP2 7SU<br />
T: 01722 428980<br />
E: info@salisburyescape.com<br />
Escape the boredom at Salisbury Escape Rooms!<br />
Immerse yourself in a world of mystery and<br />
adventure. Gather your team, solve intricate puzzles,<br />
and race against the clock to escape! Perfect<br />
for friends, family and more – an unforgettable<br />
experience awaits. Can you beat the challenge?<br />
Book your escape now!<br />
Please visit the website for latest updates.<br />
www.salisburyescape.com<br />
Crofton Beam Engines<br />
Map Ref C4<br />
Iford Manor Gardens and Restaurant<br />
Map Ref D2<br />
Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW<br />
T: 01672 870300<br />
E: crofton@katrust.org.uk<br />
Iford Manor Gardens, Iford, Bradford on Avon BA15 2BA<br />
T: 01225 863146<br />
E: info@ifordmanor.co.uk<br />
Magnificent 200-year-old working steam operated beam<br />
engines still capable of performing their original job. Amazing<br />
industrial archaeology in an unspoiled, rural setting overlooking<br />
the Kennet & Avon Canal. Free access to grounds except when<br />
the engines are in steam and during special events. The beam<br />
engines are in steam on selected weekends from spring to early<br />
autumn.<br />
Admission/Open:<br />
Please see website for details<br />
www.croftonbeamengines.org<br />
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Romantic, award winning Grade I gardens, as featured in<br />
“The Secret Garden” (2020) and “The Winter King” (2023).<br />
Tucked away at the bottom of a tranquil valley, steep and<br />
narrow paths twist and turn around ancient statues, columns,<br />
terraces and architecture. Combine your visit with lunch in<br />
our award-winning restaurant.<br />
Open/Admission:<br />
Gardens open April – September. Café and Restaurant open<br />
year round. Please visit our website for information.<br />
www.ifordmanor.co.uk<br />
Kelmscott Manor<br />
Map Ref B4<br />
Wilton Windmill (Near Marlborough)<br />
Map Ref D5<br />
Kelmscott, Lechlade Gloucestershire, GL7 3HJ<br />
T: +44 (0) 1367 252486<br />
E: admin@kelmscottmanor.org.uk<br />
Visit Kelmscott Manor the Inspirational Cotswolds Retreat<br />
of William Morris.<br />
Explore the historic manor loved by William Morris,<br />
Father of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Take a stroll around<br />
the Manor’s enchanting gardens, barns, dovecote, stream<br />
and meadow. Enjoy refreshments in our tearoom or purchase<br />
a gift from our shop.<br />
Open: Visit us April – October<br />
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays<br />
www.kelmscottmanor.org.uk<br />
Rai d’Or Thai Bar Restaurant<br />
Map Ref F4<br />
PLAY<br />
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69 Brown Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2AS<br />
T: +44 (0) 1722 327137<br />
The Rai d’Or, Salisbury‘s oldest pub (since 1292), is now well<br />
known as a very popular Thai restaurant, with the ambience<br />
of an historic pub (open fires etc.) and although it is not much<br />
found by tourists, it is very often full or nearly full throughout<br />
the week with the local people, many of whom have been<br />
coming regularly over the previous 23 years for both the food<br />
and also the real ale, as the Rai d’Or has been voted a Pub of<br />
the Year twice by the local CAMRA group. Being a value, casual<br />
restaurant, bookings are normally made last minute, but do call<br />
during the day, and you will most likely get a table.<br />
www.raidor.co.uk<br />
Wilton, Near Marlborough, SN8 3SW<br />
T: 01672 870594 E: enquiry@wiltonwindmill.co.uk<br />
Find out how a Victorian miller lived and how the windmill works. Built in 1821 and set high in the<br />
North Wessex Downs, this is the only working windmill in Wessex. Picnic area and site accessible<br />
all year round. <strong>Guide</strong>d tours, refreshments and stone ground flour available during opening times.<br />
Fabulous walking and great views.<br />
Mills Weekend: May 11 and 12<br />
Murder Mystery evenings: June 15 and 16<br />
Admission: A £5, Ch FREE<br />
Open: From Easter to end Sep, Sun and Bank Hol Mon 2pm-5pm<br />
www.wiltonwindmill.co.uk<br />
www.facebook.com/WiltonWindmill<br />
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