A Short Visit to Wiltshire:
#1; Silbury Hill.
This short series of posts about places of interest in the English County of Wiltshire is intended to help visitors know what to expect. I’m not presenting any real details of history, etc., simply describing as well as I can, with the aid of photographs, how to get there and what you might see. There are links to more informative sites for each place listed.
What is Silbury Hill?
In a nutshell; the largest prehistoric artificial hill in Europe.
Where is it?
Just under a mile south of Avebury, off the A4 between Beckhampton and West Kennett. Map here.
The best views are from just outside the official car park situated on the left as you travel along the A4 from Beckhampton toward West Kennett. Members of English Heritage can park free, other visitors can pay the current £2 fee by text. There’s room for about a dozen cars, but no coaches. The short path takes you from the car park to the edge of the field where the mound is situated. The ground here can be quite soggy after rain. You cannot approach any nearer, and you most definitely must not climb the hill, or some unspecified monster may emerge from the mound and take you back inside the hill with its claws!
