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Shaftesbury | Salisbury City Guides
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An attractive hilltop town, perhaps best known for its advertisement for a well- known brand of bread featuring the world famous Gold Hill. It was founded in 800 AD by the Saxon King, Alfred the Great, as a Burrh, or fortified safe place where the local populace could take refuge during the frequent Danish attacks. Situated on a spur of greensand rock which juts out into the Blackmore Vale, and surrounded on three sides by very steep cliffs, it was an ideal defensive site. Constant excavations have revea...
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Special Guided Tours | Salisbury City Guides
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Salisbury City Guides is an association of experienced professional tour guides who have detailed knowledge of Salisbury and Wessex. A number of the guides have researched and created guided tours on a variety of topics that include history, architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, Wiltshire folklore and the exploration of the countryside and villages around Salisbury. There are also guided tours specifically designed for students, children and families. Salisbury City Guides fees 2016. Topics incl...
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Bradford on Avon | Salisbury City Guides
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A walk from industry into elegance. Daily starting from the Tourist Information Centre at 11am from April to October. From November to March weekends only. For full details of our regular City and Ghost walks. You may be pleasantly surprised at the depth and range of what we can offer you. Tel: 44 (0)7873 212941. Email: info@salisburycityguides.co.uk.
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Devizes | Salisbury City Guides
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A walk through history. Daily starting from the Tourist Information Centre at 11am from April to October. From November to March weekends only. For full details of our regular City and Ghost walks. You may be pleasantly surprised at the depth and range of what we can offer you. Tel: 44 (0)7873 212941. Email: info@salisburycityguides.co.uk.
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Children's Walks | Salisbury City Guides
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Although children are always welcome on any of the tours and walks if accompanied by a responsible adult, we particularly recommend that you book a walk which can be adapted to the age group of those joining in the fun. Prices and further details from the Secretary. Salisbury Cathedral through a child’s eyes. Sights, Sounds and Smells. 1 * Salisbury City Walk. 2 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Ghost Tours. 3 * Salisbury City Walk. 4 * Salisbury City Walk. 5 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Gho...
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Wardour Castle | Salisbury City Guides
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Fifteen miles west of Salisbury, and set beside a lake in the lovely Wiltshire countryside, the castle was built in the 14th century as a luxury residence for the 5th Lord Lovell. Following Francis Lovell’s doomed support for Richard III, the castle was eventually bought by Sir Thomas Arundell, a prominent catholic landowner. The family eventually built a new castle nearby, now private apartments, but left the original as an ornamental feature. A grade 1 listed building, it is in the care of English Heri...
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The New Forest | Salisbury City Guides
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It was William the Conqueror who decreed that a sparsely populated forested area south of Winchester be turned into a royal hunting ground. It was his Nova Foresta or New Forest. Although the locals were allowed to stay, forest law was harsh and penalties for hunting the King’s deer were severe. Tourism is now the major industry with attractions to suit all tastes. During WWII many airfields were built in the Forest , and it housed thousands of troops prior to the D- Day landings in 1944. Salisbury City ...
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Cranborne Chase | Salisbury City Guides
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1 * Salisbury City Walk. 2 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Ghost Tours. 3 * Salisbury City Walk. 4 * Salisbury City Walk. 5 * Salisbury City Walk. 6 * Salisbury City Walk. 7 * Salisbury City Walk. 8 * Salisbury City Walk. 9 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Ghost Tours. 10 * Salisbury City Walk. 11 * Salisbury City Walk. 12 * Salisbury City Walk. 13 * Salisbury City Walk. 14 * Salisbury City Walk. 15 * Salisbury City Walk. 16 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Ghost Tours. You may be pleasan...
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Wilton | Salisbury City Guides
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After the Royal Charter of 1699 it was the 9th Earl of Pembroke who brought French weavers to improve the carpet manufacturing for which the town is famous today. Lord Herbert of Lea and his Russian mother paid for and built an extraordinary Italianate church in the town. In modern times Wilton was home to a series of important army headquarters including Southern Command and UKLF. Historic Wilton Guided Walk. 1 * Salisbury City Walk. 2 * Salisbury City Walk. Salisbury City Ghost Tours. 26 * Salisbury Ci...