IN & AROUND
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There is masses to do in and around Warminster and in the wider surrounding area.
Click on the headings below for suggestions - they have been chosen for quality and interest:
Maps etc - All these activities require maps and guides which Warminster Information Centre can provide.
Weather forcasts - Always important! Click here for them
Of the many excellent golf courses throughout the area, those below are chosen for the challenge they present, the particular beauty of their surroundings and the great welcome in their clubhouses.
Cumberwell BA15 2PQ Since its opening in 1994, Cumberwell Park is now established as one of the best courses in the South West and has been awarded four stars in Golf World’s Top Courses in Britain.
Bowood SN11 9PQ One of the most beautiful championship courses in a Capability Brown setting. In addition, stay at Queenwood Lodge, a luxurious Georgian manor house beautifully furnished and decorated by Lady Bowood, between the 7th and 8th fairways!
High Post SP4 6AT Golf Monthly has described the course as a 'hidden gem'. Its great strength is it's all year round playability over the free draining chalk downland.
Salisbury and South Wilts SP2 8PR There are 27 holes available, made up of a main 18 hole course which is recognised as a good golfing challenge to all types of golfer, and a 9 hole course that weaves tantalisingly in and out of Salisbury Racecourse.
Manor House Hotel and Golf Club SN14 7JW Breathtakingly situated on the southern edge of the Cotswolds in 365 acres of parkland, Peter Alliss designed golf course, Italian gardens and lawns sweeping down to the River Bybrook. The house itself dates back to the 14th century.
The Dorset Golf & Country Club BH20 7NT It hosts 27 holes of the most challenging golf in Dorset and is recognized as one of the golfing gems of the South of England. The Martin Hawtree designed; Lakeland/Parkland and Woodland courses are built to full USGA specification and are extremely well maintained, presenting excellent playing conditions for all levels of golfers.
West Wilts Golf Club. BA12 0AU. The local, popular and very welcoming club on the edge of Salisbury Plain.
The Warminster and wider area is immensely rich in beautiful land and seascapes which make walking, be it long distance or just a stroll, such a pleasure. The following list is not exhaustive!
New Forest National Park The "New Forest" is an English medieval deer hunting area created in 1079 by William the Conqueror - his "Nova Foresta", still largely in the possession of the Crown. It is a nationally important environment of woodland pasture, heaths, bogs with ancient villages and byways.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Wessex is particularly fortunate in having close to it several Areas of Outstandingly Natural Beauty (AONB) designated by government for enjoyment, conservation and enhancement. They are, going from north to south:
Cotswolds: www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk
North
Wessex Downs: www.northwessexdowns.org.uk
Cranborne
Chase and West Wiltshire Downs: www.ccwwdaonb.org.uk
