Our final day in this lovely part of the world, saw us firstly visiting the amazing world heritage site at Avebury.
This site is just amazing and it was great to see the standing stones up close and personal, unlike the nearby Stonehenge. When we visited it was quite atmospheric with the cloud formations and sun just showing through the clouds, a brilliant experience.
It is amazing to think the standing stones here first began to be erected in the 3rd millennium BC, making them just over 5000 years old.
After enjoying Avebury the next place we visited was the lovely Stourhead estate, close to the town of Mere, which is, as the name suggests, near to the source of the River Stour.
It is a 2650 acre estate with some really nice grounds and lake to walk around and the house is a grade 1 listed Neo-Palladian mansion which was previously owned by the Stourton family.
A few nice birds seen while we walked around the grounds included a Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, 2 Crossbill and 4 Chiffchaff.
Our final destination for the day was the lovely little town of Bradford On Avon.
It is situated along the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal and is a lovely picturesque little place, with lots of history stretching back as far as the Roman occupation of Britain.
Well what a lovely few days away in this pretty and historic part of the UK, one of which we will certainly visiting again, now for the journey home!.
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| Bradford On Avon |
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| Stourhead |
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