GREAT FOR HERITAGE îClimb the mighty ramparts for views over the
îVisit the super-elite school that educated Princes William and Harry – as well as 19 British Wiltshire plains and imagine the once thriving town Prime Ministers - with a tour of Eton College, of Old Sarum. Stand in the footprint of Salisbury’s including the School Yard and College Chapel. original cathedral, conquer the royal castle which îHaggle for antiques in Hungerford, a stood high on the motte, and discover the picturesque Berkshire town. Head to Hungerford awe-inspiring Iron Age hill fort where it all began. Arcade Antiques, home to more than 100 dealers Unearth over 2,000 years of history and find out how the Romans, Normans and Saxons have all left in everything from jewellery to pottery. their mark on this impressive landscape. îVisit Reading Abbey, the ruined medieval church which Henry I spent the equivalent of half a billion îIn a country renowned for its industrial pounds on building before being buried there. heritage, none is more exciting or glamorous than Concorde, the iconic supersonic passenger îSalisbury Cathedral just 9 miles from Stonehenge jet that was a testament to British (and French) has Britain’s tallest spire, and best preserved engineering. At Aerospace Bristol, the site that original Magna Carta, or still within easy reach built every British Concorde ever made, visitors of the route is Wells Cathedral, the first English can climb on board the last one built. Cathedral built entirely in the new Gothic Style.
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Pictured above left (then in a clockwise direction): Old Sarum, Salisbury; Sign in Eton; Cheddar Gorge & Caves; Beckford’s Tower; Castle Combe Circuit; SS Great Britain; Salisbury Cathedral; and British Concorde at Aerospace Bristol
