Salisbury

Worth seeing in and around Salisbury

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Salisbury Cathedral

   Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic design.

   600 m · church of England cathedral in Salisbury, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Old Sarum

   Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.

   2.7 km · site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Porton Down

   Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory – known for over 100 years as one of the UK's most secretive and controversial military research facilities, occupying 7,000 acres – and a site of the UK Health Security Agency.

   9.7 km · UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Diocese of Salisbury

   The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the historic county of Dorset, most of Wiltshire, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

   600 m · Church of England diocese in the south of England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wilton House

   Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey.

   4.6 km · historic house and museum in Wilton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Longford Castle

   Longford Castle is a Grade I listed country house on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is the seat of the Earl of Radnor and an example of the Elizabethan prodigy house.

   4.3 km · Grade I listed prodigy house in Odstock, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wilton Abbey

   Wilton Abbey was a Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles west of Salisbury, probably on the site now occupied by Wilton House. It was active from the early tenth century until 1539.

   4.4 km · monastery in Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Clarendon Palace

   Clarendon Palace is a medieval ruin 2+1⁄4 miles east of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The palace was a royal residence during the Middle Ages, and was the location of the Assize of Clarendon which developed the Constitutions of Clarendon.

   3.7 km · castle in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Martin, Salisbury

   The Church of St Martin, also known as Sarum St Martin, is a Church of England parish church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The church has a chancel which was built c.1230, a 14th-century tower with spire, and a 15th-century nave with aisles.

   700 m · church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lake House

    Lake House is an Elizabethan country house dating from 1578, in Wilsford cum Lake in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles north of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building.

    9 km · Grade I listed house in Lake, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Salisbury

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 73 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 103 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 113 km

Stations

Salisbury railway station, 700 m · Old Sarum Airfield, 3.3 km

• Bristol → Salisbury

  70 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £8–10
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• London → Salisbury

  126 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £13–17
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• Cardiff → Salisbury

  107 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £14–18
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