Salisbury Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral with England's tallest spire, home to the best-preserved surviving original copy of the Magna Carta
Salisbury Cathedral was built between 1220 and 1258 in a unified Early English Gothic style. Its 123-metre spire is the tallest in England. The Chapter House holds the most complete of the four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. The north aisle contains a mechanical clock from around 1386, believed to be one of the oldest working mechanical clocks in the world.
Guided tours to the top of the tower are available by advance booking. The lawns and open grounds around the cathedral are very spacious. The cathedral is about 15 km from Stonehenge and about 1 hour by train from Bath. It is often visited on the same day as Stonehenge.
Opening hours
About 09:30–17:00 (Sunday hours differ)
Nearby sights
- Stonehenge
- Avebury
- Lacock and Lacock Abbey
- Stourhead
- Castle Combe
- Prior Park Landscape Garden
- Holburne Museum
- Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House