The Croft
The Croft is a forest in Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The Croft is situated nearby to the village Yatesbury, as well as near Berwick Bassett.Places of Interest
Highlights include Avebury and Windmill Hill.
Avebury
Nature reserve
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.
Windmill Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile northwest of Avebury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Bassett.
Berwick Bassett
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berwick Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles northwest of Marlborough and 8 miles southwest of Swindon. The village is on the west bank of a headstream of the River Kennet and close to the A4361 road, formerly the A361, which links Devizes and Avebury with Wroughton and Swindon.
Winterbourne Bassett
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles southwest of Swindon and 7 miles northwest of Marlborough.
Winterbourne Monkton
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles northwest of Marlborough. The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes.
The Croft
- Type: Forest
- Location: Avebury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4518° or 51° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.8879° or 1° 53′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C3WF426+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 26783223OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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