Stonehenge and Avebury
Also known as Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, Stonehenge, Stonehenge, the Avenue, and Three Barrows Adjacent to the Avenue Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Countess Farm
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
United Kingdom
Inscribed
1986
List reference
373
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Stonehenge and Avebury is about 45 km south-east of Bath. The nearest other World Heritage site is City of Bath, about 45 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Bath · about 93,000 peopleabout 45 km north-west
- Southampton · about 384,000 peopleabout 45 km south-east
- Bournemouth · about 427,000 peopleabout 50 km south
- Bristol · about 554,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- Portsmouth · about 442,000 peopleabout 65 km south-east
- Reading · about 370,000 peopleabout 65 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United KingdomCultural43 km away
United KingdomCultural80 km away
United KingdomNatural97 km away
United KingdomCultural110 km away
United KingdomCultural112 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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