A NIGHT BEHIND BARS: SHEPTON MALLET PRISON EXPERIENCE
Shepton Mallet prison closed in 2013 and since then has been open as a heritage site whilst developers wrangle over its future. People...
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Day Three of this wonderfully entertaining, educational and mildly eccentric History Festival in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside -...
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WOODHENGE TO STONEHENGE WALK (AND SEE BOTH FOR FREE) 2023
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ROSES AND RUINS: MOTTISFONT ABBEY
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