Most of this collection is made up from cars, although there are some lorries, motorcycles, pushbikes and mopeds that are in the museum. There...

Magnificent family house of the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne containing remarkable collections of heirlooms and works of art, the eighteenth century Robert Adam house...

The Fox Talbot Museum is owned and managed by the National Trust and commemorates the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot, one of...

Here’s a pleasant spot to watch the river flow by. You would scarcely credit that the horror of bull baiting once took place in this...

The Granary was originally part of Shaftesbury Abbey’s grange at Barton Farm. The medieval building has a fine open timber roof. Nearby are former cow...

A few steps away from the town bridge is the library and museum. The pride of the museum is a faithful reconstruction of the Christopher...

This house proudly proclaims its age. On one of the gables is the date 1675. It still has its original stone-mullioned windows. It is remarkable...

Mr Salvat has recreated the atmosphere of early coffee-houses. A waiter in knee-breeches jots down your order with a quill pen as you sit in...

Tucked away from the busy street is this café housed in a converted 17th-century weaver’s cottage. It specialises in fairtrade fare. Tables are squeezed...

The only timber-framed houses in this stone-built town are in the Shambles. They date from Tudor times. The Shambles was once a market place...

You might say this is a church built on cloth. The present church was begun in the Norman period. But it was almost completely remodelled...

This interesting collection details the stone circle at Avebury. There have been a great many archaeological excavations in this area and the centre tells...

Avebury is the largest stone circle in Europe. Made of 200 stones and stretching for over a mile, the stone circle surrounds the picturesque village...

Chippenham Museum is situated in the centre of the town in Wiltshire and is a fascinating place to learn more about the towns history and...

Yelde Hall is an old form of Guildhall. Although it is believed that there has been a place of administration at the heart of...

Sir Thomas Hungerford was the speaker of the House of Commons and began this beautiful property in 1370. It has since that time developed...

This museum was founded in 1965 in memory of John Judkyn, a prominent figure in work to bring closer together the people of Britain and...

The American Museum in Britain shows, largely in a series of Period Rooms, the development of American Decorative arts from its European roots to purely...

The Dewey Museum offers a fascinating insight into local history and contains a wealth of information on a range of topics. The collection contains...

Founded in 1824, this institution is one of the oldest and best respected in the city. The ethos behind the movement was to forward...