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33 Butcher Row
This Tudor timber-framed shop was beautifully restored in 1994. Much of the...
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36 Silver Street
Wandering around Salisbury you notice how many of its old timber-framed buildings...
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Alchemy at the Chough
The regularity of this timber front gives away its modern date, but...
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Brickett’s Almshouse
The present building is a Victorian pastiche, but the charity dates back...
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Choristers Green
Surrounded by gracious houses, this grassy quadrangle makes a pleasant place to...
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Church House
This picturesque building beside the Avon began life as a merchant’s home....
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Church of St Paul
When the village of Fisherton was absorbed into Salisbury, this Victorian church...
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Church of St Thomas
The first parish church of the city was built beside the market...
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City Hall Entertainment Centre
City Hall is the city’s chief venue for national touring shows. But...
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Clock Tower, The
Beside Fisherton bridge stands a local landmark. This typically Victorian tower is...
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Cloisters, The
There is more to this building than meets the eye. A casual...
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Coach and Horses, The
This pub was once a coaching inn, as the name suggests. The...
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Council House, The
Salisbury District Council has the grandest house in the city. It was...
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Crane Bridge
Bridges were crucial to Salisbury’s success as a medieval trading centre. It...
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Cross Keys Shopping Centre
Here is one of the hidden pleasures of Salisbury. From Queen Street...
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Edwin Young Gallery
The Edwin Young Gallery offers visitors a fine collection of artwork on...
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Fisherton Mill
Tucked away behind the shops on Fisherton Street is a former grain...
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Frowd’s Almshouses
A merchant of Salisbury named Edward Frowd founded this haven for the...
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General Infirmary, The
The General Infirmary was part of the first wave of hospitals on...
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Guildhall
A stirring sculpture of the British lion with the helmets of the...
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Hall of John Halle
John Halle was a wealthy clothier who was elected mayor of Salisbury...
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Harnham Bridge
Built in 1245 by Bishop Bingham, this bridge encouraged travellers to cross...
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Harnham Gate
You could see this as the back door to the cathedral close....
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Haunch of Venison
The first floor restaurant of the Haunch of Venison extends into the...
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Heale House Garden
Heale House and its eight acres of beautiful garden lie beside the...
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John Creasey Gallery
This gallery is in a beautiful location for visitors and local people...
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Joiners Hall
Craftsmen long banded together in guilds, each with its own meeting place....
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King's House, The
Award-winning museum designated as having outstanding archaeology collections of national importance. The...
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Malmesbury House
Just inside St Ann’s Gate is this fascinating house built right into...
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Maltings, The
This pleasant modern development takes its name from the malthouses that long...
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Market Inn
Butcher Row developed from a row of market stalls. Over the Middle...
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Matron’s College
This appealing building is part of Salisbury’s heritage of care. It was...
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Medieval Hall, The
Imagine the rich scents of feasting wafting through this impressive hall, as...
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Mill, The
The present building, now a restaurant and pub, dates from the 18th...
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Mompesson House
The house built for the Mompesson family is the most imposing...
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New Inn
The picturesque New Inn was once a row of Tudor houses. The...
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North Canonry
The Close was once lined with houses for the cathedral canons. This...
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North Gate
Here’s a relic of uneasy times. In 1327 the king allowed the...
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Old George
This historic inn now forms the entrance to a pedestrian shopping precinct....
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Old Mill Hotel
For centuries this was a working mill, straddling the river and mill...
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Old Sarum Castle
The massive Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum (Old Salisbury) was reused...
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Ox Row Inn
This building is intriguingly two-faced. Its façades to Butcher Row and Market...
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Pheasant Inn
This picturesque 15th Century inn stands on the corner of Salt Lane...
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Poultry Cross
This appealing little building used to give shelter to market traders. Salisbury’s...
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Prezzo
On the corner of High Street and Crane Street is this irresistible...
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Queen Elizabeth Gardens
This charming park makes the most of the Avon riverside with weeping...
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Red Lion Hotel
Here is a fine example of a coaching inn. It is far...
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Rose and Crown Hotel
The long front of this old inn curves gently to follow the...
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Royal George
This building is older than it looks. A Georgian facelift was given...
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Salisbury Arts Centre
The arts centre makes imaginative use of a redundant medieval church. St...
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Salisbury Baptist Church
There were Baptists in Salisbury from the 17th Century and in 1719...
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Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. It...
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Salisbury Library & Galleries
Salisbury Library and Galleries are located in the Market Place at the...
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Salisbury Playhouse
This lively theatre stages its own productions all year round. There is...
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Salisbury United Reformed Church
This eye-catching exercise in the Gothic Revival style was designed in 1879...
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Sarum College
This theological college was established in 1860 in this late 17th Century...
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Sarum St Martin Church
St Martin’s is older than Salisbury. Before the city was laid out,...
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St Ann’s Gate
This is one of four medieval gates to the cathedral close, which...
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St Nicholas’s Hospital
Salisbury is well-supplied with picturesque almshouses. This one is first mentioned in...
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Taylor’s Almshouses
Some of Salisbury’s wealthy gave thought to the less fortunate. A city...
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Trinity Hospital
This charity was founded in 1379 by brothel-keeper Agnes Bottenham. As an...
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Wardrobe, The
The Wardrobe gets its odd name from days long gone. It stands...
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Wren Hall
This gracious Queen Anne building was a school for the cathedral choristers...
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Other towns close to Salisbury:
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Boscombe Attraction (8 miles)
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Amesbury Attraction (8 miles)
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Fordingbridge Attraction (12 miles)
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Tisbury Attraction (15 miles)
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Houghton Attraction (15 miles)
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