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About 27 miles away
The great prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, with the far larger Avebury ring nearby.
1 Sight
The Circus
A ring of three curved Georgian terraces around a circle of giant plane trees, inspired by the Colosseum.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 20 minutes
- Address
- The Circus, Bath BA1 2EWDirections
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk uphill from the Abbey, along Gay Street.
Why Go
John Wood the Elder designed the Circus, and his son finished it in 1768. Its stacked columns follow the Greek orders, and the parapet is topped with stone acorns, a nod to the legend of Bath's founding by the swineherd prince Bladud.
Nearby in Bath
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