Kennet Avenue

Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of . It was originally an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of and The Sanctuary.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: prehistoric avenue in Great Britain
  • Also known as: “Avenida de Kennet”, “Avenida Kennet occidental”, “Kennet avenue”, “West Kennet Avenue”, “Кеннет-Авеню”, “Уэст-Кеннетский пассаж”, and “ウェスト・ケネット・アヴェニュー”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avebury and Silbury Hill.

Nature reserve
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is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of in , in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.

Nature reserve
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is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Historic building
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Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden. It is in , near , England, in the centre of the village next to St James's Church and close to the neolithic henge monument. is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Kennet Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winterbourne Monkton and West Overton.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles northwest of . The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between and . is situated 1½ miles north of Kennet Avenue.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of , about 3.5 miles west of . The runs immediately north of the village, separating it from the A4 road. is situated 2 miles southeast of Kennet Avenue.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , England, about 6 miles northwest of and 8 miles southwest of . The village is on the west bank of a headstream of the and close to the A4361 road, formerly the A361, which links and with and Swindon. is situated 2½ miles north of Kennet Avenue.

Kennet Avenue

Latitude
51.42291° or 51° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
-1.84841° or 1° 50′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C3WC5F2+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 189565139
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1335849
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Kennet Avenue” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Avinguda Kennet”
  • Chinese: “西肯尼特大道”
  • French: “Kennet Avenue”
  • German: “West Kennet Avenue”
  • Hebrew: “שדרת מערב קנט”
  • Irish: “Kennet Avenue”
  • Japanese: “ケネット・アヴェニュー”
  • Russian: “Кеннетская авеню”
  • Russian: “Кеннетский пассаж”
  • Spanish: “Avenida Kennet”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waden Hill and The Clubhouse at Avebury.

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