Stonehenge
Christmas at Longleat, near Warminster 15th November to 4th January Longleat Safari & Adventure Park’s Christmas celebrations will be bigger and better than ever before with a host of festive attractions to enjoy. Running from Friday, November 15th until Saturday, January 4th*Christmas at Longleat brings together all the magic of the holiday season in one […]
Friday 30th August sees the start of The Longleat Horse Trials, located in the heart of the stunning Longleat Estate. Offering amateur, unaffiliated riders the chance to participate in either the Two or Three Day Event, this weekend will see competitors come from nationwide for the chance to ride. Aimed towards the family, whether competing […]
The popular BBC One antiques programme Flog It! presented by Paul Martin, is coming to Wiltshire on Thursday 18th July. Longleat House and gardens will be hosting the free valuation day. Rather like a treasure hunt, members of the public are invited to bring along up to three antiques and collectables they might be interested […]
Pigeon Whistles is a performance by Pigeon Pete and Nathaniel Mann and was shown at the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival. It was part of the Oxford Contemporary Music Audible Forces event. “I wondered what they would sound like so set about making some myself.” The stars of the show are a small flock of […]
This weekend sees a ‘Big Farm Machinery’ line up at ‘Tractor Ted’s Little Farm at Bowood’, featuring a very special display of brand new farm tractors and machinery alongside their smaller vintage counterparts. This family-friendly event is bound to be a hugely popular with Tractor Ted’s machinery-mad audience…particularly for boys, both big and small, who […]
Longleat will soon be playing host to some of the biggest names in fishing when they launch their inaugural Fishing and Country Show on June 14th-15th. The show is set to be the largest of its kind in the South of England, providing visitors with the chance to see, and take part in, a variety […]
Just two days after the launch of his latest book, prize winning and best selling historian William Dalrymple will be over in the UK from India and heading to Wiltshire for the first in the 2013 calendar of ‘The Library Talks at Bowood Hotel’ on Wednesday 6 February. Here he will provide an outline of […]
The BBC One Show programme’s Rickshaw Challenge team made their way through Wiltshire, raising funds for Children in Need. Pedalled by six volunteer young people with connections to the charity, the bike was on the long journey from Llandudno in North Wales to London where it finally arrived on Friday 16th November – official Children […]
Old Sarum was home to a special Archaeology Weekend – part of the 22nd Festival of British Archaeology. It was the perfect opportunity to get hands-on with artefacts, see some of Old Sarum’s treasures and even get your own artefacts examined. For children there was also the chance to excavate a skeleton buried in a sandpit. […]
From 10th – 12th July Fire Garden, created by French outdoor fire alchemists Compagnie Carabosse, will transform Stonehenge into a glowing fairy-tale environment where fire sculptures dance in the landscape, flaming fire pots animate the stones and cascades of candles line the pathways. Responding to the purpose, perception and heritage of the site, visitors will […]
