West Ashton is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.

Retail in West Ashton

There are great places to visit near West Ashton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.

Historic Monuments to visit near West Ashton include Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.

Don't miss Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around West Ashton.

Don't miss Avebury Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around West Ashton.

Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park are some of West Ashton best country parks to visit near West Ashton.

There are a number of lakes near to West Ashton including Coate Water.

Places near West Ashton feature a number of interesting parks including Lydiard Park.

There are a several good villages in the area around West Ashton like Ashton Keynes.

West Ashton History

There are some historic monuments around West Ashton:

• Bowl barrow 730m south of Greater Lane Farm
• Three bowl barrows north of South Down Sleight
• Strip lynchet system west of Patcombe Hill
• Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft Farm
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
• Bowl barrow on Arn Hill Down, 450m east of New Farm
• Bowl barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
• Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm
• Oxendean Down long barrow
• Bratton Camp Iron Age hillfort, the Westbury White Horse, barrows and trackways on Bratton Down
• Bowl Barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
• Bowl's Barrow, long barrow
• Bowl Barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
• Norton Down long barrow
• Bowl barrow on Oxendean Down
• Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight
• Bowl barrow south of Biss Farm, Upton Scudamore
• Iron Age earthwork enclosure on Mancombe Down
• Dunge moated site
• Sub-rectangular enclosure in Great Bradford Wood
• Hillfort, two bowl barrows, medieval strip lynchets and a cross dyke on Cley Hill
• Bowl barrow 85m north of Bishopstrow House
• Monk's Conduit well house
• Bowl barrow north of White Horse Farm
• Two cross ridge dykes 710m and 790m east of Wellhead Farm
• Combe lynchet system on Oxendean Down
• Two bowl barrows and a saucer barrow on Picquet Hill
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
• Moated site on the West Wiltshire Industrial Estate
• Strip lynchets south of Westdown Farm
• Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows south-east of Tinhead Hill Farm
• Pillow mound on Knook Down
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
• Middleton Down long barrow
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
• Medieval settlement and associated field systems west of Brook Farm
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
• Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight
• Bowl barrow north of Dirtley Wood
• The Devil's Bed and Bolster long barrow
• Long barrow, Tinhead Hill
• Enclosure south-east of White Horse Farm
• Edington Priory (site of)
• Middle Hill round barrow
• Strip lynchets south of Bigbury Wood
• Bowl barrow 800m south east of Fitzroy Farm
• Middlehill settlement and associated cultivation earthworks.
• Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows south-east of Tinhead Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp Down
• Bowl barrow south-east of The Crott
• Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm
• Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap
• Battlesbury Camp Monuments: hillfort, settlement, cemetery, barrows, enclosure, and field systems
• Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House
• Bowl barrow 640m south east of Greater Lane Farm
• Colloway Clump long barrow
• Round barrow east of South Down Sleight
• Cross ridge dyke on Warminster Down
• Lock up and market cross on the green
• Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
• Bowl barrow on edge of Dirtley Wood
• Medieval settlement of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove Farm
• Round Barrow on Summer Down
• King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House
• Monastic grange at Barton Farm
• Medieval moated site 110m north west of Grange Farm
• Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore
• Rough Barrow, round barrow, south of Sealland Cross