What to do near Warminster?

Miró

Ooooh thanks very much everyone...some great ideas there .... especially the more off-beat ones...just what I was hoping for!! :T

Any recommendations for places to eat in the evenings would be a great help too????

Doozergirl

The restaurant at the Grosvenor in Shaftesbury which is a very beautiful town in it's own right. Stunning views and very pretty little houses.

The restaurant is rated very highly by trip advisor. And by me The bar is gorgeous and the food in the restaurant is stunning.
http://www.hotelgrosvenor.com/greenhouse/

Blobby8_2

Lacock near Melksham - google it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacock

Dealingwithdebts

Hi

I live about 10 mins from Warminster and have been to eat at Bishopstow a couple of times, I would def recommend it for a 'splurge' meal, the food is lovely and they've recently refurbished the dining room which is gorgeous!

Miró

p00hsticks wrote: »

We did go to the Tutankhamen and Terracotta Army ones and enjoyed them although I think people should be made aware that they a) are very small - just a few rooms and b) only contain replica items - the blurb is a bit OTT.

Having said that, we thought the replicas were very good (the half a dozen full size terracotta army figures were aparently made by the people in China who are also working on the restoration of the originals) and well presented (the Tutankhamen has a complete replica of the antechamber as it was when discovered by Carter).

I think we must have had some sort of 2-4-1 offer or similar as I only recall them costing a few quid in admission.

We went to both exhibitions but, though interesting, we thought they were both a bit pricey, (only spent about 30mins in each).

Doozergirl wrote: »

The restaurant at the Grosvenor in Shaftesbury which is a very beautiful town in it's own right. Stunning views and very pretty little houses.

The restaurant is rated very highly by trip advisor. And by me The bar is gorgeous and the food in the restaurant is stunning.
http://www.hotelgrosvenor.com/greenhouse/

Yay! We had a wonderful meal there. Loved the bar with all the quirky artworks and the food was great. Many thanks for the tip-off....never would have come across this place without your suggestion!

Dealingwithdebts wrote: »

Hi

I live about 10 mins from Warminster and have been to eat at Bishopstow a couple of times, I would def recommend it for a 'splurge' meal, the food is lovely and they've recently refurbished the dining room which is gorgeous!

Sadly, we didn't have time for a visit this time after all but we did drive past it a few times and it does look nice.....have it earmarked for next time....maybe even stay there....!

Miró

juliapa wrote: »

Lovely walks along the river and/or canal at Bradford on Avon.

Stopped off here on our way home....lovely little place!

Hewie29 wrote: »

Also Shaftesbury is quite a nice little town and also boasts the famous gold hill, where the hovis advert was filmed. Test your legs out by taking a walk up it.

Yep...walked up and down it 4 times trying to get the perfect photo!

Sooler wrote: »

Lulworth Cove - http://www.lulworthonline.co.uk/

Spent a fab couple of hours there...what a wonderful place...a real highlight of the trip!

Miró

Just popped back to say a big 'thank you':T to everyone who helped with suggestions...we had a great time! :j Sadly there was not enough time to do as much as we would have liked though. The Warminster Travelodge was great, (especially for £9 per night!)...recently re-furbished so all new fixtures and fittings and spotlessly clean.

davehills wrote: »

There's also the New Forest. You could include a visit to Hythe to travel the historic pier railway and take a boat trip.

We spent a whole day in and around the New Forest, went to Lyndhurst & Hythe was nice tho we didn't do the railway or the boat trip. Went to Brockenhurst Church to see the 1,000 yr old yew tree.