Visitor guide
How to Visit Avebury: Tickets, Hours, Parking and Tours (2026)
The circle is free and never closes. Here is what actually costs money, how long to allow and how to get there without a car.
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Practical writing about a monument you can walk into for nothing. What it costs to get there. What every part of the circle actually is. And whether a guided day is worth the fare when the site itself is free.
The monument
Inside Avebury Henge: Every Circle, Avenue and Standing Stone Explained
Quadrant by quadrant through the largest stone circle in Britain, including which shapes in the turf are not stones at all.
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Facts
14 Facts About Avebury That Will Surprise You
Marmalade money, a body under a stone, a pub inside the circle and a ditch cut eleven metres into chalk with antler picks.
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With children
Avebury With Kids: What to See, How Long to Allow and What It Costs
No ropes, no ticket, sheep in the field and a museum you can do in forty minutes. Plus the one steep bit to plan around.
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Comparison
Is a Combined Stonehenge and Avebury Tour Worth It?
Almost every guided day bundles the two monuments. Here is the honest arithmetic against driving yourself, or taking bus 49 and doing Avebury alone.
Read post →Looking for something longer?
The posts above answer one question each. The Avebury guides are the longer pieces. They cover choosing between the two great stone circles, planning a day across the whole landscape, reaching the site without a car, picking between the guided days, and what each season does to a visit. Everything bookable sits on Avebury Tours.
Or go straight to the tours
Guided tours from London, Bath, Salisbury and Glastonbury, compared on what you get at the stones.