Picnic Areas and Picnic Sites

Address:
Iford Manor, Bradford-on-avon, BA15 2BA

Tel: +44 (0)1225 863146

This award winning Grade I Italianate garden, famous for its tranquillity and beauty, was the home of Edwardian architect and landscape designer Harold Peto from c1899-1933. Unique and romantic, he created the garden using his collection of architectural fragments on this steep-sided wooded valley set beside the river Frome. Characterised by pools and terraces, statues, sculptures, evergreen planting and magnificent rural views, there is a fine cloister and casita set among many plants of botanical interest. Winner of the Historic Houses Association/Christie’s Garden Award.

Web: www.ifordmanor.co.uk

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Address: Aveburynr Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1RF

Telephone: 01672 539250

Where: Wiltshire
For a more unusual family picnic, go to Avebury, where you can have your picnic in the middle of a 4,000 year old stone circle - the largest in Europe. Avebury Stone Circle encompasses part of the village of Avebury. Visit the museum in the Barn Gallery, where interactive and audio-visual displays bring to life the story of the stones and the people who strove to uncover their past - a fascinating day out for all the family


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Address: 
The National trust, The Estate Office, Stourton, BA12 6QD

Tel: +44 (0)1747 841152


Stourhead House and Gardens on the Wiltshire-Somerset border is the perfect day out for everyone. A breathtaking 18th century landscape garden with lakeside walks, grottoes and classical temples is only the beginning. Between March and OCtober you can visit Stourhead House, a Palladian mansion with fantastic /regency library and beautiful art collection. ANd why not climb the 205 steps to the top of King Alfred’s Tower, an amazing red-brick folly, for vistas over Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, or explore one of our Iron Age hill forts. We also have a large National Trust shop, restaurant, art gallery, pub and farm shop for you to enjoy. Please call for a full events programme, information about group visits and access for visitors with disabilities.

 Web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead

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Address : Nr Amesbury, SP4 7DE

Tel: +44 (0)870 333 1181

Stonehenge stands impressively as a prehistoric monument of unique importance, a World Heritage Site, surrounded by remains of ceremonial and domestic structures - some older than the monument itself. Many of these features - earthworks, burial mounds and other circular ‘henge’ monuments - are accessible by road or public footpath. Stonehenge’s orientation on the rising and setting sun has always been one of its remarkable features. Whether this was simply because the builders came from a sun-worshipping culture, or because - as some scholars believe - the circle and its banks were part of a huge astronomical calendar, remains a mystery. To complete your journey, visit the superb gift shop and the Stonehenge Kitchen. Audio tour available in ten languages; easy disabled access; hearing loop and Braille guide available. PLEASE NOTE: STONEHENGE WILL BE CLOSED TO VISITORS FOR A DAY FROM 8am ON SATURDAY 21 June 2009 DUE TO THE CLEAN-UP AFTER THE SOLSTICE CELEBRATION


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