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Shops
There's a quite a wide variety of
smaller shops to cater for all tastes including the famous Polly
Restaurant (named after Polly Peacham from the Beggars Opera) |
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The
Merchants'
House
17th century historic house built after the
Great Fire of Marlborough 1653. Under restoration.
phone Michael Gray on 01672 511491
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Pubs
and Club
The Bear, Green Dragon, Wellington,
Sun, Royal Oak and Castle and Ball can be found in the High Street, The
Lamb and the Crown are in the Parade and the Queens head and the Roebuck
can be found on the edges of the Town.
Our one night club can be found in Hughenden Yard. |
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Leisure
Centre
On the Western side of Town near the
College. |
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Savernake
Forest
Just East of Marlborough.
Covering about 20 square miles the forest is a great place for that walk
on Sunday afternoon. FREE |
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Wilton Windmil
10 miles South East.
Open between Easter and early October,
a fully restored and, on certain days, working windmill.
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Crofton Beam
Engines
10 Miles South East of Marlborough
01672 870300 Not one but two restored beam engines an 1812 Boulton and Watt and
an 1846 Harvey of Hayle Cornwall. They were used to raise water to the highest
part of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Steaming on certain
days
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Kennet
and Avon Canal
The canal was opened in 1810 and is 86
miles long with 106 locks, now used mostly for leisure, fishing and
holiday Barges.
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View
Points
Just off of the A345 Road to Pewsey
Granham Hill gives one of the best views over Marlborough, it's also the
place where the old pack horse road can be seen as well as being the site
for the Marlborough White Horse. FREE |
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West
Kennet Longbarrow
5 Miles west on the A4 Bath Road.
Built around 3500BC and then used for about a thousand years before being
closed off this site is known to have had 45 to 50 burials inside. FREE |
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Silbury
Hill
5 Miles West on the A4 Bath Road.
A 132 feet high mound, built around the same time as Avebury and the
nearby Longbarrow, its purpose has never been discovered despite
three excavations into the Mound nothing has ever been found. FREE but no
access to the top
Viewing from car park only due to large hole in the top of the hill |
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Avebury
Large stone Circle (much bigger and
older than
Stonehenge) with ditches and banks also a Stone flanked Avenue leading off
to the South. FREE
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Stonehenge
20 miles South of Marlborough.
Probably the best known heap of rocks in the world!
Quite expensive and VERY busy all year round.
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Wroughton
now opening more often, very good open days and exhibitions
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Steam
Museum of the Great Western Railway,
Swindon, next
to the Outlet Village shopping centre
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