• Parking: The charged car park at Avebury is managed by the National Trust, but is free to English Heritage members displaying a car sticker.
  • Avebury is the largest stone circle in the world: it is 427m (1401ft) in diameter and covers an area of about 28 acres (11.5 ha).
  • Its original purpose remains a mystery, but archaeologists suggest it was for rituals or ceremonies. Avebury forms part of a larger prehistoric landscape.
  • The River Kennet rises in Avebury parish, and the village lies on a broad chalk plain just east of the two streams that converge to form the river.
  • Visitors can respectively touch the stones of Avebury, walk the pagan avenues or ponder the mysteries of Silbury Hill (the largest Neolithic construction in Europe).
  • It is possible to walk to the other related local sights which make up the Avebury landscape, but in less favourable weather, car transport is advisable.
  • Avebury, archaeological site in Kennet district, administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, England, some 18.5 miles (30 km) north of Stonehenge.
  • To understand and appreciate Avebury henge you really need to appreciate the work of Alexander Keiller, the man who discovered Avebury in the 1930s.
  • Modern yapılanma Avebury'nin orijinal görkeminin yerini alan bir şeyler koydu ama kayıp taşlara rağmen hâlâ görülmeye değer etkileyici bir yerdir.