Most of this collection is made up from cars, although there are some lorries, motorcycles, pushbikes and mopeds that are in the museum. There...

Magnificent family house of the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne containing remarkable collections of heirlooms and works of art, the eighteenth century Robert Adam house...

Pewsey is a small community in the beautiful countryside of Wiltshire, and has a long and interesting social and political heritage that is explored here....

The Fox Talbot Museum is owned and managed by the National Trust and commemorates the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot, one of...

One and 1 ½ hour boat trips along the Kennet & Avon Canal from March to October, Wednesday’s, Saturday’s and Sunday’s. Cream tea trips, longer...

Here’s a pleasant spot to watch the river flow by. You would scarcely credit that the horror of bull baiting once took place in this...

The Granary was originally part of Shaftesbury Abbey’s grange at Barton Farm. The medieval building has a fine open timber roof. Nearby are former cow...

A few steps away from the town bridge is the library and museum. The pride of the museum is a faithful reconstruction of the Christopher...

This house proudly proclaims its age. On one of the gables is the date 1675. It still has its original stone-mullioned windows. It is remarkable...

Mr Salvat has recreated the atmosphere of early coffee-houses. A waiter in knee-breeches jots down your order with a quill pen as you sit in...

Tucked away from the busy street is this café housed in a converted 17th-century weaver’s cottage. It specialises in fairtrade fare. Tables are squeezed...

The only timber-framed houses in this stone-built town are in the Shambles. They date from Tudor times. The Shambles was once a market place...

You might say this is a church built on cloth. The present church was begun in the Norman period. But it was almost completely remodelled...

A part of the World Heritage Site at Avebury, the West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the most impressive and well-preserved Neolithic burial grounds...

This interesting collection details the stone circle at Avebury. There have been a great many archaeological excavations in this area and the centre tells...

Avebury is the largest stone circle in Europe. Made of 200 stones and stretching for over a mile, the stone circle surrounds the picturesque village...

Chippenham Museum is situated in the centre of the town in Wiltshire and is a fascinating place to learn more about the towns history and...

Yelde Hall is an old form of Guildhall. Although it is believed that there has been a place of administration at the heart of...

Sir Thomas Hungerford was the speaker of the House of Commons and began this beautiful property in 1370. It has since that time developed...

This museum was founded in 1965 in memory of John Judkyn, a prominent figure in work to bring closer together the people of Britain and...

The American Museum in Britain shows, largely in a series of Period Rooms, the development of American Decorative arts from its European roots to purely...

A part of the World Heritage site at Avebury, this ‘avenue’ of prehistoric stones is one of the most dramatic features in the region, and...

This attractive 18th Century landscaped gardens are located within easy reach of the centre of Bath. ‘Capability’ Brown and the poet Alexander pope were...

The Dewey Museum offers a fascinating insight into local history and contains a wealth of information on a range of topics. The collection contains...

Founded in 1824, this institution is one of the oldest and best respected in the city. The ethos behind the movement was to forward...

The green is secretly Stuart. 17th-century houses built on the former courtyard of Bath Priory were later given a Georgian facelift. Here the greenery has...

Here we glimpse pre-Georgian Bath. A row of timber-framed houses was built in the 1620s along the edge of the former priory orchard. You would...

Here bubbles up one of Bath’s smaller hot springs. By about 1700 the Cross Bath was ’the bathing place of pleasure’. More private than the...

Like the nearby Cross Bath, this is an elegant Georgian miniature. John Wood the younger, architect of the grand Royal Crescent, focused here on a...

Even quite late in the 18th century, Stall Street was still crammed with shops and lodging houses which hid the spa buildings from passers-by. Sedan...

This gabled front conjures up something of pre-Georgian Bath. According to the credible date carved on it, The Saracen’s Head was built in 1713 -...

Heavy goods travelled by carrier in the 18th century. Carriers John and Walter Wiltshire had a wagon-yard here, now converted into a charming collection of...

Bath’s one remaining city gate is not easy to spot, unless you know exactly where to look. Go down Boat Stall Lane from Grand Parade...

Bath in summer is a city of flowers. Time and again it has won the coveted Britain in Bloom trophy. Here the Parks Department shows...

Pulteney Bridge is a rarity. It is one of only four in the world lined by shops on both sides. It was built for William...

When Bath Archaeological Trust had offices in a house at the Circus, the archaeologists investigated its garden. By an extraordinary chance the Georgian garden plan...

Queen Square was the first speculative development by Bath’s famed architect John Wood the elder. The palatial north façade was designed to give grandeur to...

Bath is blessed with bursts of greenery almost round every corner. Georgian developments draped themselves over the green hills and meadows around the old city...

Bath’s sole surviving Elizabethan mansion has a fascinating history. For centuries the Master of St John’s Hospital had a house here. It was rebuilt along...

This cinema was the brain-child of actress Consuelo de Reyes. Having already created a community arts centre nearby, she wanted a small theatre which could...