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    Discover the National Trust Properties along the Great West Way.
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  1. Add Alexander Keiller Museum to your Itinerary

    Alexander Keiller Museum

    Address

    High Street, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF

    Telephone

    +44 (0)1672 529250

    Marlborough

    One of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain. Includes National Trust's Barn Gallery - a gallery using interactive exhibits & CD-ROMs to tell the story of the landscape & its people over the past 6,000 years.

  2. Add Stourhead - National Trust to your Itinerary

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    Stourhead - National Trust

    Address

    National Trust Estate Office, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 6QD

    Telephone

    01747 841152

    Stourton, Warminster

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    Stourhead estate on the Wiltshire-Somerset border is the perfect day out for everyone. A breathtaking 18th century landscape garden with lakeside walks, grottoes and classical temples is only the beginning.

    You can also visit Stourhead House, a…

  3. Add National Trust - Lytes Cary Manor to your Itinerary

    National Trust - Lytes Cary Manor

    Address

    Lytes Cary Manor, Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7HU

    Telephone

    01458 224471

    Charlton Mackrell, Somerton

    This intimate medieval manor house, once the home of Tudor herbalist Henry Lyte, holds many delights, including a private chapel, an enchanting Arts and Crafts-style garden and a productive orchard.

  4. Add Reading Abbey Quarter to your Itinerary

    Reading Abbey Quarter

    Address

    Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

    Telephone

    0118 937 3400

    Reading

    You can also see the mill arch over the Holy Brook. This is the only remaining part of what was once the mill for Reading Abbey. The mill was in use until the twentieth century! 

  5. Add Marlborough College Summer School to your Itinerary

    Marlborough College Summer School

    Address

    Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA

    Telephone

    01672 892388

    Marlborough

    This extremely popular multi-generational learning experience will take place over four weeks during Summer.

  6. Add Museum of English Rural Life to your Itinerary

    Museum of English Rural Life

    Address

    University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading, BERKSHIRE, RG1 5EX

    Telephone

    +44 0118 378 8660

    Reading

    The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) is England’s most extensive museum dedicated to farming, food, craft, rural life and countryside issues.

  7. Add National Trust - Montacute House to your Itinerary

    National Trust - Montacute House

    Address

    Montacute, Somerset, TA15 6XP

    Telephone

    01935 823289

    Montacute

    This glittering golden mansion, adorned with chimneys and parapets, is a magnificent example of Elizabethan elegance. In the longest Long Gallery in England you’ll discover some famous faces from the past.

  8. Add REME Museum to your Itinerary

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    REME Museum

    Address

    Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX

    Telephone

    01249 894869

    Chippenham

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    The REME Museum displays the proud history of the Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Wherever in the world the Army serves, there you will find REME.

  9. Add Chippenham Museum to your Itinerary

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    Chippenham Museum

    Address

    10 Market Place, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3HF

    Telephone

    01249 705020

    Chippenham

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    The Museum is housed in a fine 18th century grade II listed building. The displays tell the story of the historic market town from prehistoric times to the present day.

    Chippenham Museum open: Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm
    Bank Holidays except…

  10. Add Newbury Racecourse to your Itinerary

    Newbury Racecourse

    Address

    The Racecourse, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7NZ

    Telephone

    01635 40015

    Newbury

    Newbury Racecourse is one of the most famous and prestigious horseracing venues in the UK, providing world class racing all-year-round and excellent facilities for conferences and events.

  11. Add Jane Austen’s House to your Itinerary

    Jane Austen’s House

    Address

    Winchester Road, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD

    Telephone

    +44 01420 83262

    Alton

    Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire is the picturesque country cottage where Jane Austen lived. It is the most treasured Austen site in the world. It was here that Jane’s genius flourished and where she wrote, revised and had published all her…

  12. Add Wyvern Theatre to your Itinerary

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    Wyvern Theatre

    Address

    Theatre Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1QN

    Telephone

    01793 524481

    Swindon

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    The Wyvern Theatre offers a mixed programme of concerts, comedy, dance, drama, musical theatre and local amateur productions. The theatre was opened by Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Phillip in September 1971.

  13. Add Boscombe Down Aviation Collection to your Itinerary

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    Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

    Address

    Hanger 1 South, Old Sarum Airfield, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wilts, SP4 6DZ

    Telephone

    01722 323636

    Old Sarum, Salisbury

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    Collection of aircraft, cockpits, replicas and models weapons and trials equipment to show the story of flight and flight test in the UK.

    The cockpits are mostly open and you can sit in and use the controls.

  14. Add Strawberry Hill House & Garden to your Itinerary

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    Strawberry Hill House & Garden

    Address

    168 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, TW1 4ST

    Telephone

    +44 20 8744 1241

    Twickenham

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    Strawberry Hill House & Garden has been open to visitors for over 250 years. Created by Horace Walpole in the 18th century, Strawberry Hill is internationally famous as Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture.

  15. Add Glenside Hospital Museum to your Itinerary

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    Glenside Hospital Museum

    Address

    University of the West of England, Glenside Campus, Stapleton, Bristol, BS16 1DD

    Stapleton, Bristol

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    Glenside Hospital Museum is located within the grounds of the old hospital, it aims to inform, educate and de-stigmatise mental illness and learning difficulties.

    Housed in the original hospital chapel, a Grade II listed building, Glenside Hospital…

  16. Add West Berkshire Museum to your Itinerary

    West Berkshire Museum

    Address

    The Wharf, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5AS

    Telephone

    01635 30267

    Newbury

    West Berkshire Museum is housed in two of Newbury’s best loved historic buildings - the 17th century Cloth Hall and the old Granary/Corn Stores in the Wharf. The permanent exhibition ‘Lives and Landscapes’ tells the story of West Berkshire. The…

  17. Add STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway to your Itinerary

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    STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

    Address

    Fire Fly Avenue, Off Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2EY

    Telephone

    01793 466637 / 466626/466646

    Swindon

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    Get up close to magnificent locomotives, be a signalman in the GWR interactive Signal Box and drive the steam train simulator as you travel through STEAM’s story-telling displays!

    STEAM tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and…

  18. Add The Watermill Theatre to your Itinerary

    The Watermill Theatre

    Address

    Bagnor, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8AE

    Telephone

    0163546044

    Newbury

    Internationally recognised theatre set in Bagnor, Newbury which hosts up to 220 people. 

  19. Add Stonor Park to your Itinerary

    Stonor Park

    Address

    Stonor, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 6HF

    Telephone

    +44 01491 638587

    Henley-on-Thames

    Home to the Stonor family for over 850 years, Stonor Park dominates a magnificent view of the beautiful deer park, woodland and 17th century gardens. Beyond the warm red brick Jacobean façade, a stroll through the house is a walk through history. …

  20. Add Bath Preservation Trust to your Itinerary

    Bath Preservation Trust

    Address

    1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 1225 338 727

    Bath

    Through conservation, education and museums, Bath Preservation Trust ensures the future success of our beautiful heritage city.

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