Eight private days reach Avebury, from a bespoke car out of Salisbury to an archaeologist-led run from London. Six of them are priced per vehicle rather than per head, which is the number that decides whether one is right for you.
Seven stops in eight hours, taking in Durrington Walls and Woodhenge as well as the famous two. Guided in English or Italian, and priced per head rather than per car.
From $412 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Six focused hours out of Salisbury: Stonehenge, the circle and the long barrow, with hotel or station pickup and a minivan that takes a folding wheelchair.
From $502 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three to eight hours, built around what you ask to see, with pickup anywhere in Wiltshire. It is the only day here that will meet you outside the Red Lion, inside the circle itself.
From $509 per group, up to 6
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Hotel-door pickup in London and five monuments in nine hours, including two full hours in the circle. Water and the fuel surcharge are in the fare.
From $1,093 per group, up to 8
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Ten hours with your own driver-guide, taking the back lanes the coaches cannot use to reach Avebury, Lacock, Castle Combe and Bath. Priced per vehicle for up to seven, so it scales well for a family.
From $1,513 per group, up to 7
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Bath hotel pickup at half past eight, then a car for six across the downs. Avebury parking and admission are covered. Fix your date first: it is a final sale.
From $1,513 per group, up to 6
Final sale — this one is not refundable, so fix your date before you book.
An archaeologist guides while a second driver takes the wheel, so the commentary never competes with the road. Eleven hours covering Woodhenge, Stonehenge, Bath, Silbury Hill and the circle, with parking included.
From $1,781 per group, up to 6
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The same archaeologist-led format with Salisbury Cathedral in place of Bath, plus two hours at Stonehenge and a stop at the Alton Barnes White Horse. Six seats, per-car pricing, parking paid.
From $1,781 per group, up to 6
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Six of these are priced per car, so the fare stops climbing once your group does. Check live availability and the exact seat count before you book.
Check AvailabilityA vehicle, a guide and a day that is not shared with strangers. That is the whole of it. Everything else varies: some run a fixed route, one is built around whatever you ask for, and the pickup point can be your hotel, a station, or the pub inside the circle.
What it is not is access. Avebury has no gate and no ticket, so nothing here buys you past a barrier. The henge is free to anyone who walks in, as the visiting page sets out. What you pay for is the driving, the pace, and somebody who knows which stones went back up in the 1930s.
Six of the eight are priced per vehicle. A $509 car for up to six is expensive for two people and comparable to coach seats for five. The tipping point is around four travellers. Read the line under each price before you compare anything else.
No coach is waiting. A group day gives you a fixed ninety minutes at Avebury; a private guide can give you another twenty because the light is good. Travellers describe exactly that happening.
Hotel doors in London and Bath, stations in Salisbury and Bath, and on one operator the Red Lion in the middle of the circle. On the coach days there is one boarding point in one city and you get yourself to it.
Four of these take a folding wheelchair with removable wheels and several offer infant seats. On a fixed coach departure that is a yes-or-no question; here it is a conversation before the day.
Two operators put a working archaeologist in the car, with a separate professional driver at the wheel. Nobody is explaining Neolithic Wiltshire over their shoulder at seventy miles an hour.
The honest comparison is arithmetic rather than quality. Both get you to the same free monument; what differs is who else is in the vehicle and what the fare is calculated on.
| Private tour | Small group or coach | |
|---|---|---|
| Fare basis | Per vehicle on six of eight | Per person, always |
| Group | Your party only, 6–8 seats | 16–30 strangers |
| Pickup | Your accommodation, or a point you choose | One fixed city stop |
| Route | Fixed or bespoke, depending on the operator | Fixed |
| Time at Avebury | 1–2 hours, flexible on the day | 30 minutes to 2 hours, fixed |
| Typical fare | $412–$1,782 | $103–$257 per head |
| Worth it from | About four travellers | One or two travellers |
Pickup from your door, a route you can shape, and no coach waiting when the light is right.
Check AvailabilityYou get the vehicle, the guide, the driving and usually hotel pickup. On several, bottled water and parking fees are in the fare, and one includes the Avebury car park charge outright.
You don't get lunch, and you don't get the Stonehenge entrance fee. That second one is the difference to watch. None of the eight private days includes it, while three of the group tours do. Avebury itself is free, so there is nothing else to pay there.
Price band: $412 to $1,782, either per head or per vehicle for six to eight. Duration: three to eleven hours. Booking window: several confirm within 48 hours rather than instantly, because the day is arranged rather than sold from a timetable, so allow a few days in summer.
Departure points: London, Bath and Salisbury, plus anywhere in Wiltshire on the bespoke car. If you are already in the county, the Salisbury departures are the shortest days and leave the most time at the stones — see getting to Avebury for the distances.
Solo travellers and couples on a budget. A per-vehicle fare divided by two is poor value against a $103 coach seat from Bath, and the group day reaches the same circle. If price decides it, take the small-group tour and put the difference toward the museum.
Anyone who wants the Stonehenge admission handled should also look elsewhere. None of these eight includes it; three group days do. And if you want four hours at Avebury rather than a flexible day, the Glastonbury tour gives you that for $213 a head — see the Avebury tours comparison.
Still deciding between formats? How to choose an Avebury tour works through group size, the Stonehenge fee and the pricing basis in detail, and every departure is listed on Avebury Tours.