Holiday Cottages Wiltshire

Here's what you can see and do when staying at one of our Wiltshire cottages.

Cottages in Wiltshire offer the ideal base from which to discover this county's distinctive landscape. From our selection of holiday cottages Wiltshire and its rolling open scenery - high chalk downland (Salisbury Plain is the most famous) - and wide valleys are easily accessible. The southern end of the Cotswolds touch the north of the county. Wiltshire is home to some of England's finest prehistoric sites as well stately homes with magnificent gardens and eye-catching market towns. If you are staying at any of our Wiltshire cottages a visit to Stonehenge is a must. Situated high on Salisbury Plain and justifiably a World Heritage Site, it is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the centre of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds, many accessible by road or footpath.

Further north on the Marlborough Downs is Avebury, the site of a large henge and several stone circles, one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe. A thoroughly recommended walk when enjoying a cottage holiday in Wiltshire is from Avebury, past Silbury Hill - a man-made chalk mound - and onto the West Kennett Long Barrow, one of the largest burial tombs in Britain. In the south of the county is the city of Salisbury, notable for its medieval cathedral, probably the finest in Britain and with the highest spire. To the north west and beyond Warminster at the head of the enchantingly beautiful Wylye Valley is Stourhead, among the best examples of English landscape gardening. Further north another superb garden can be found at Bowood House. The house is a Grade I listed Georgian country house set in one of Capability Brown's finest parks. Close to Stourhead is Longleat a more commercial stately home including the UK's original Safari Park, treasures and heirlooms within Longleat House, a hedge maze, safari boats, King Arthur's Mirror Maze and the Longleat Railway.

By selecting one of our holiday cottages Wiltshire and its many white horses can be discovered. There are, or were, at least twenty-four of these hill figures in Britain, with no less than thirteen being in Wiltshire. Most of them are chalk hill carvings, and the downs of central Wiltshire make it an ideal place for such figures. The biggest and oldest is at Westbury near Warminster. The recently reopened Kennet & Avon canal bisects the county linking the Thames and the Bristol Channel, weaving through spectacular scenery on its way. Caen Hill Locks is a flight of 16 locks and part of a longer 29-lock flight over a two mile stretch in Devizes. Towards Bath on the canal is Bradford on Avon. This bustling market town, in contrast to other parts of the county, is built in the honey coloured stone of the Cotswolds. If you're seeking this influence in the location of your holiday cottage Wiltshire Cotswold villages lying to the north include Lacock, Corsham and Malmesbury.

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