West Kennet Avenue — Attraction in England

Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary.

Excavations by Stuart Piggott and Alexander Keiller in the 1930s indicated that around 100 pairs of standing stones had lined the avenue, dated to around 2200 BC from finds of Beaker burials beneath some of them. Many stones have fallen or are missing, however. A second avenue, called Beckhampton Avenue, led west from Avebury towards Beckhampton Long Barrow.

Maud Cunnington righted some of the stones during her work there in the early 20th century. Keiller restored the northern third of the avenue in 1934–1935. There are currently 27 upright stones and 37 concrete pillars marking original stone locations.

The avenue is within the Avebury section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. It is in the freehold ownership of the National Trust, and a scheduled monument in English Heritage guardianship. It is managed by the National Trust on behalf of English Heritage, and the two organisations share the cost of managing and maintaining...

For all the walkers out there, start at the national trust car park early in the day then make you way out of the car park entrance and intended the path across the road that leads to Silbury hill (walk around the base to appreciate the size, and effort in building the hill) the head to the main road behind Silbury hill. Cross the road and follow the path by the cottage up to west Kennet long barrow. To get to west Kennet avenue return to the cottage and cross the road heading back to Avebury then take a sharp right and follow the path over the steep hill which will bring you out at the start of the avenue. Walk up the avenue and finish off the day after visiting Avebury with a pint in...

Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary. The avenue is within the Avebury section of the Stonehenge and Avebury WORLD HERITAGE SITE. It is in the freehold ownership of the National Trust, and a scheduled monument in English Heritage guardianship. It is managed by the National Trust on behalf of English Heritage, and the two organisations share the cost of managing and maintaining the property. Definitely...