Neolithic Themed Private Day Tours From London

A day around Stonehenge visiting Avebury, Old Sarum & Salisbury

Avebury
Avebury Henge

Private Neolithic Theme Day Tour Including Stonehenge

If you are interested in Stonehenge and the Neolithic era and want more than just 45 minutes walking behind a roped off area at Stonehenge, this is the tour for you.


We can customise the tour to your level of interest, from study groups to the layman who wants to know more about Stonehenge and perhaps mix it up with a nice country pub lunch or perhaps more modern points of interest only 800 years old.

Its just under 2 hours from London to the Stonehenge and Avebury area. Avebury, Stonehenge and Salisbury are all close together.

Countryside & Pubs
Windsor, Bath
& Stonehenge
Stonehenge, Bath
& Countryside
Stonehenge, Avebury
Old Sarum & Salisbury
Oxford, Cotswolds
Stratford & Warwick
Stonehenge Plus
Windsor Plus
 
Private Car Tours

Vehicles, Driver/Guides + Scope Of Private Tours

A range of touring vehicles with capacities ranging from 8 to 16 seats.

We charge a flat fee per vehicle, (not person) for the day, This includes the bus and services of the driver guide. Admissions to attractions are not included.

All tours are customised around your individual needs.

We have outlined some of our most popular tours on the menu on the left to make it easy for you.


The day is yours, the only rules are imposed by UK law - no smoking on buses and driving hours and breaks governed by UK law. Otherwise you're free to go where you want to go, when you want to go.

Time is always the enemy, even though a typical tour will be 10-11 hours in duration.

Example Neolithic Tour Template

This particular day tour will be very different for each group. We will take a lot of time making sure the itinerary we use as a reference is right for your level of interest, and pace of tour.

As you will see there are lots of options, we don't attempt to puta strict schedule in the text, the possibilities are so complex.

Avebury

Its around 2 hours from London to Avebury, with a very short coffee stop half way. Along the way the driver/guide will have provided a grounding in Neolithic society as well as commentary on the sights we travel past.

After passing through Marlborough, we are there.


As we traverse the Ridgeway, an ancient trackway, we start to see our first Neolithic burial mounds and our first henge.

Avebury Henge

First stop is normally West Kennett Long Barrow, one of the oldest and largest burial mounds in the area. Its a bracing walk up to the barrow on the skyline and you can enter inside the burial mound itself and examine the burial chambers.

The landscape around includes Silbury Hill, the largest man made mound in Europe.


We then make the very short journey along the ceremonial route to Avebury henge, the avenue of stones.

Avebury is very much a training camp for Stonehenge about 20 miles to the south. The large Sarsen stones from the Marlborough Downs above Avebury, supplied Stonehenge as well as Avebury.

Unlike Stonehenge there is totally free access, you can walk among and touch the stones. Sheep are in the field with you so watch where you are stepping!. The driver/guide will provide guiding at an appropriate level for your group.

There is also a worthwhile Saxon village within the henge to be explored, complete with manor house, Norman church, dovecote, barn etc.

Our driver/guide will introduce you to the ley lines and earth energies found at nearly all the Neolithic and ancient sites we visit today - too much of a coincidence?

Avebury What To Expect

Avebury to Stonehenge

The direct route from Avebury to Stonehenge is very scenic along narrow country lanes, its about a 45 minute journey.

For those with a real interest in things Neolithic its possible to stop at Woodhenge, just short of Stonehenge. Here also is Durrington Wells, the site of a Neolithic village that was clearly significant but like Stonehenge has many theories of what kind of village it was. It is just possible to make out the earthen boundaries of the village.

Lacock

George Inn Lacock

For those who want a more generalist day, a recommended alternative is to make for Lacock and the George Inn. We can heartily recommend lunch in the George Inn, a 13th century pub, the oldest licensed pub in England. Its refreshingly free of the tourist trail, many of the customers will be locals.

Thrown into the bargain you will get a country and village tour to remember. However if you opt for this, you will only have time for Stonehenge in the afternoon.


Apart from the excellent home cooked food chalked up on the boards at reasonable prices, the pub itself has much of interest. In the yard are stocks, (so don't drink too much) and the original medieval fireplace inside has a dog wheel, where a specially trained small dog once fanned the flames. There is also an information board illustrating some of the films shot here like Harry Potter and a small museum of box cameras. The first ever photography that took place happened right here where you eat and drink.Our driver/guide will help you through the menu, in England faggots are something that you eat

Stonehenge

The undoubted highlight of the Neolithic part of the day is a visit to Stonehenge. By now you will be equipped to decipher Stonehenge far better than when you woke up this morning.

Most people take an hour at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge What To Expect


Salisbury & Old Sarum

For those who did not make the Lacock lunch stop and went direct to Stonehenge from Avebury you will have time to go onto the ancient hill fort at Old Sarum and Salisbury.

Salisbury Cathedral

Old Sarum (the original Salisbury) was first an Iron Age hill top village, and still today the earthworks impress.

When the Norman's came along in the 11th Century, they built a castle and cathedral within the old Iron Age settlement. The cathedral was subsequently leveled and moved down the hill into the valley to found the modern day Salisbury. The ruins of the castle are there to be explored.


Down in Salisbury itself the main draw is Salisbury Cathedral. The Cathedral was begun in 1220, and finished, with the exception of the tower and spire, in 1258. At 404 feet, it is the tallest spire in England.

 

The cathedral library houses an original copy of the Magna Carta, brought here by the William Longpre, Earl of Salisbury and half-brother to King John.

Just as there is more to the cathedral than the spire, so there is more to the city than the cathedral.

A wide green space, The Close, surrounds the Cathedral. The Close, essentially a walled city within the city, is ringed by wonderful period houses.

Salisbury What To Expect

Typical Tour Schedules

Classic Tour

08:00 - Leave London hotel

10:15 - 11:45 Avebury

12:30 - 13:30 Stonehenge

14:00 - 15:15 Salisbury

15:30 - 16:00 Old Sarum

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Specialist / Study Group

08:00 - Leave London hotel

10:15 - 13:15 Avebury + Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Stonehenge / Woodhenge Landscape

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Good Lunch & Scenic Countryside

08:00 - Leave London hotel

10:15 - 11:45 Avebury

12:15 - 14:00 Lacock (with lunch)

15:00 - 16:00 Stonehenge

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Late Departure Tour

11:00 - Leave London hotel

13:15 - 14:30 Avebury

15:15 - 16:15 Stonehenge

17:15 - 19:00 Lacock (with dinner)

21:00 - 21:30 Arrive at London hotel.
Group Private Custom Tours - Prices For Example Private Bus Tours

Example Tour

Hours

1 - 10 People

11 - 16 People

17 - 54 People

Countryside & Pubs

 10.5 £499-£699* £549-£749* p.o.a

Windsor, Stonehenge & Bath

 10.5 £499-£699* £549-£749* p.o.a
Stonehenge, Pubs, Countryside & Bath 10.5 £499-£699* £549-£749* p.o.a
Stonehenge, Avebury, Old Sarum & Salisbury 10.5 £499-£699* £549-£749* p.o.a
Oxford, Cotswolds & Straford Upon Avon 10.5 £499-£699* £549-£749* p.o.a
Stonehenge Plus 7-11 £449-£499 £499-£599 p.o.a
Windsor Plus 5-11 £299-£499 £449-£599 p.o.a
* Lowest price is for a friendly driver who will transport you wherever you want to go.
A £100 supplement above the lowest prive is levied for tours with a driver/guide providing commentary and guiding.
A £200 supplement above the lowest price is levied for tours with a driver/guide providing specialist commentary and guiding to lecture grade.

- Tours are private tours exclusive to single groups, we cannot put groups together under UK legislation.

- Price not inclusive of admissions to attractions.

- Price inclusive of all taxes, touring bus, experienced driver, fuel.

- One way tour/transfers. Standard buses up to 16 people can take about 20 large cases.

Alternative Car Tours

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