Learning at Avebury

Child and a National Trust Visitor Services Assistant in the museum at Avebury, Wiltshire — Child and a vsitor services assistant in the museum at Avebury | © National Trust Images/David Levenson

Find out how to bring a school group to Avebury to learn about the site and how the stones circles were built 4,500 years ago.

Educational visits

Avebury is the perfect place for a self-led educational visit. If you would like to bring a school group, please contact our Welcome Manager at education.avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk or by calling 01672 538011.

Our current school offer includes:

Free parking in the main visitor car park (when capacity allows)
Free entry to the Alexander Keiller Museum (larger groups will have to be broken up into smaller ones)
Open access to the henge and stone circle
Stone circle booklets, available at £1 per head

Schools or education groups can benefit from an Education Group Access Pass, which gives the whole group free admission and parking at most of the places in our care for a year.

Low light casts long shadows across the Henge at Avebury, Wiltshire

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