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DRIVE 5: A Spiritual Journey
PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Salisbury to Glastonbury.
Number of days: 4, allowing for a
half-day each in Salisbury and Bath.
Distance: 180 km (112 miles).
Road conditions: Good, but allow for
congestion in and around Bath.
When to go: Weekdays are best for
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Bath, to
miss the crowds. Glastonbury is very
busy either side of the last weekend of
June, when the festival takes place.
Opening times: Attractions are
generally open 10am–5pm, but
close earlier (or close completely)
Nov–Easter. Shops stay open longer.
Churches are usually open until dusk.
Market days: Salisbury: Charter
Market, Tue & Sat; Farmers’ Market, 1st
& 3rd Wed of month; Devizes: Thu &
Sat; Bath: Farmers’ Market, Sat (Green
Park Station); Indoor Market, Mon–Sat
(Guildhall).
Shopping: Look out for authentic
Cheddar cheese in the Mendip Hills –
especially in the Cheddar Gorge and
discounted Clark’s shoes in Street, south
of Glastonbury. Anyone interested in
New Age trinkets will enjoy Glastonbury.
Major festivals: Salisbury:
International Arts Festival (2 wks May–
Jun); Food and Drink Festival (mid-
Sep); Bath:International Music
Festival (18 days May–Jun); Jane
Austen Festival (10 days late Sep);
Glastonbury: Music Festival (around
last weekend Jun).
KEY
Drive route
DAY TRIP OPTIONS
From Salisbury, take in the prehistoric
stone rings, ancient monuments and
ditches of Old Sarum, Stonehenge
and Avebury. Fans of architecture and
shopping can happily spend several
hours exploring Bath followed by a trip
to Bradford-on-Avon for Anglo-Saxon
buildings and then to medieval
Lacock Abbey. A morning spent touring
Wells and Glastonbury will appeal to
lovers of medieval churches, while
cavers and nature-lovers will appreciate
the walks, gorges and wildlife found
among the Mendip Hills. For full details,
see p73.
Below Narrow boats on the Kennet And Avon
Canal, near Bradford-on-Avon, see p70
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