Salisbury, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Home again, home again, tiddlyumph
May 6, 2007

So here I am. Back in Salisbury for the first time in 363 days and spending most of my time reflecting on the good times I've had. I've been wondering about the best way to do this final entry and I figured that I should just write it as it comes, from my ...

Avebury, Salisbury and Stonehenge
May 13, 2006 (65 photos)

... picked out strange circular patterns. Originally wooden posts stood here, these are now replaced with stone circles. Once in Salisbury I headed straight to the Cathedral which contains the oldest working clock in the UK and the tallest spire. The ...

15 Days to Go!!
Apr 23, 2006 (1 photos)

That's right. Only 15 days to go before I'm on the plane to New York. For those of you who don't know, I am off around the world. That means no more England. FOR A WHOLE YEAR. Despite this significant advantage I will be leaving behind many of the ...

Salisbury, England
Jun 10, 2005

... to the Salisbury that we know today and it was here that the world-famous Cathedral was built between 1220 and 1258. Salisbury Cathedral is the only Cathedral in England to have been built throughout in the same Early English style and possesses the ...

Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge
May 18, 2007 (10 photos)

... !).  Feeling more refreshed, we headed toward Stonehenge.    Of course, the visit to Stonehenge makes the Salisbury Cathedral seem downright modern!  It is believed that Stonehenge was constructed in 3100 B.C.; there seem to be many ...

Salisbury, Stonehenge, and the Magna Carta
Nov 5, 2005 (30 photos)

Today I travelled to Salisbury with Richard and MacArthur and we went to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral. I had heard that Stonehenge can be disappointing for some, so I did not know what to expect, but I thought it was awe-inspiring. Right now is not ...

Salisbury and Stonehenge
Jun 20, 2005

... in Salisbury, we walked to St. Thomas' church, but as they were still having services, we went directly to the Salisbury Cathedral. There, we went through in rounds so that we could leave the bookbags outside. The Cathedral was lovely inside, and the most ...

Tour 9001 / 0808 - Day 10
Aug 17, 2007

... in the morning - early afternoon. I enjoyed it and took plenty of photos. The guides history was also very helpful. We continued onto Salisbury and had 1.5 hours here. It was a lovely town and it was our last town with Cosmos on this tour. While ...

Stonehenge Rocks
Aug 26, 2008 (7 photos)

Salisbury, England July 25 Day 5: Rode front and center on a double decker bus to Waterloo Station and took a train to Salisbury. Rode on a tour bus to Stone Henge. Unimpressed to see a highway built not far from the site. But the stones ...

Stonehenge
Oct 31, 2005 (11 photos)

... had a day trip to Stonehenge. I was really excited, because it was always something I wanted to see. It was in the town of Salisbury, which was a really cute little town. It was older and it was nice to just walk around there. We also went to the oldest ...

STONEHENGE - $10,000
Jul 20, 2006

Our first stop in Europe will be at Salisbury where we will get to see the amazing stonehenge. Day 34: After arriving from the airport, we will check into our hotel and get ready for the next day. Day 35: We will take a tour of the stonehenge. ...

Salisbury 28th November 2007
Nov 28, 2007

Ok we're off - sort of! We moved out of our house yesterday but only got as far as staying with Sam's mum! Still battling with Estate Agents and solicitors etc and still not sure if the sale of the house will actually go through. Fingers crossed that ...

Salisbury and Stonehenge
Mar 5, 2006 (10 photos)

... in just 38 years. While I must say that Winchester Cathedral was far more visually appealing, the "extras" at Salisbury Cathedral are far superior. For example, the cathedral houses the oldest continuously operating mechanical clock in the world and the ...

Rainy days, well it is England...
Aug 6, 2009 (2 photos)

I had never seen Stonehenge, so I had to come here.

Salisbury
Jul 31, 2006 (3 photos)

This is the town where Pauls Dad was born

Stonehenge
Mar 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... could tour about the countryside without care. So equipped, I head to Waterloo station in the morning to take a train to Salisbury--close to Stonehenge. Right outside the station I luck upon the bus to Stonehenge and take a 20 minute ride directly to ...

Salisbury... not as nice as Winchester
Oct 12, 2009 (3 photos)

But it also has a big Cathederal, and this one houses one of 3 copies of the Magna Carta. I noticed that 2 of the little praying areas (I'm not a church goer so I don't know what those gated off areas are) still had their original painting on ceiling. I ...

Seeing Salisbury and Stonehenge
Aug 11, 2007 (8 photos)

... arrangements to make it home for her funeral. Unfortunately it was not logistically realistic. She would have loved in in Salisbury! Yesterday we decided that today we would take a tour through a company called London Walks to the town of Salisbury and ...

Stonehenge
Apr 6, 2009

Check out the photos!

Batfish and Matfish
Jan 14, 2009

Family Carless and family Hodson met over a sad lasagne (the lasgane itself wasn't sad... it was delicious - or so the chef says). It turned out not to be too sad anyway, fortunately. That's all so far folk (singular). It is now 22.36, at ...

Travels to Western UK
Sep 13, 2005 (2 photos)

The first week out of London we realize our pass will give us lots of travel but in a short term. We start out at Salisbury where we check out Stonehenge, the Salisbury Cathedral, and Old Sarum Castle.

Seeing Stonehenge
May 18, 2007 (14 photos)

... about the building of Salisbury Cathedral. It was great to find out this unexpected literary connection. Salisbury Cathedral, with the tallest spire in England, is beyond description. The spire dominates the landscape. ...

Day 14
May 18, 2007 (15 photos)

... scene or story. Quite unusual and one of the things I liked best about the cathedral.   As we left Salisbury Cathedral we walked down a street which had an unusual gateway. At the time I couldn't find a plague to tell ...

Countryside Adventure
Jul 15, 2009 (9 photos)

... of riding around on top of a bus through the city, I decided to take the opportunity to head out in to the countryside. Salisbury to be more specific. I started off pretty early because even though it was raining a bit, I still decided to walk to the bus ...

Tuscany, The Alps, Disneyland and home!
Feb 27, 2008 (126 photos)

... area and then had to get up at 5am to zoom across to Caen and on to the 8.45 ferry back to Portsmouth! Had a very enjoyable time on the ferry, kids play area, disco, magician, balloon making, henna tatooing.... Loads to do! And so to Salisbury..........

Salisbury
Apr 9, 2008

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Salisbury & Stonehenge
Jun 13, 2009

... though, SUCH a small town, kind of reminded me of Vernon or something. Not too much to do, but we did visit Salisbury Cathedral which was absolutely incredible - saw the most aamazing stained glass window, definitely my favourite one so far. The other day ...

Salisbury
Sep 24, 1999

... us going in the right direction and after that it was easy.  We also (besides shopping) had a look at the Salisbury Cathedral, an awesome building containing the oldest clock in Europe and one of the four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta ...

Salisbury still
Sep 25, 1999

... that we agreed to hang around for the 5pm session of The General's Daughter.  We somehow managed to amuse ourselves in Salisbury for a few hours, wandering around in a half-stupor suffering from a fairly poor night's sleep.  The movie was quite ...

Whats the fastest way to take a picture?
May 2, 2007

Why, by erasing two weeks worth of course! Yes ladies and gentlemen, apparently stonehenge/Salisbury really does have some bad voodoo mojo beccause today by camera went COMPLETELY LOCO and wiped the memory. But on the bright side I can now take 200 more ...