Family-friendly things to do at Avebury

Planning your family visit

 

• Free entry for under 5s

• Baby-changing facilities available

• Children’s menu available at Circle Café

• Pocket money gifts and children’s books available in the shop

• Picnic tables in the Old Farmyard

Easter trail at Avebury

Join us at Avebury this spring for an Easter adventure. Explore the farmyard and Avebury Manor Garden and take part in lots of Easter games and challenges to claim your chocolate egg.

The trail, which features 10 playful activities and games, takes place between 27 March and 12 April from 10am-5pm. 

Prices are £3.50 per trail which includes an Easter trail sheet and bunny ears. Normal garden admission also applies, however entry to the garden is free for National Trust members. 

More details are available on our events page. 

Avebury Henge and Stone Circles

4,500 years ago, people living here built the largest stone circle in the world, with two smaller circles within it* and dug a 9m deep bank and ditch around the outer one.

You can enter the stone circle, touch the stones (but don’t climb), walk all the way around it, and take a walk along West Kennet Avenue, one of the two stone rows that led to (or from) the circles.

The stones is enclosed by fences, but be careful crossing the roads. Most of the year there are sheep grazing the grass.

*Stonehenge would fit within one of these smaller circles.

Learn about Avebury in the Alexander Keiller Museum

All of the artefacts in the museum come from local excavations, many from the time of Alexander Keiller who dug at Avebury in the 1930s.

Here you can find out more about the Avebury World Heritage Site and the Neolithic people who built their monument here.

Avebury Manor Garden 

The garden at Avebury Manor is organised into a series of 'rooms', each with it's own character. Take your time to explore or simply take a seat and enjoy the sights and scents around you.

Explorer backpacks, containing spotter sheets, books, and binoculars are available to borrow from the garden gate. We also have garden games and blankets available in the Church Garden. 

A sensory map for children is also available to pick up and follow from the garden gate.

Perfect for neurodivergent visitors or younger families, you can use the free map to discover the best places to listen to the wind, smell the herbs, and look at the wildlife. 

If you are visiting with children who like wildlife, make sure you head to the Topiary Garden to spot the Great crested newts in the pond. 

Avebury Manor to reopen in the spring

Avebury Manor is currently closed for repairs and restoration work following flooding in January.

You can see images from the flooding on display in the barn and we will share more information on the manor will reopening as soon as we have it.

Wild Spotter trail 

If you're looking to get out in the fresh air and open spaces, pick up a free Wild Spotter Trail sheet from the barn in the farmyard.

The sheet features a variety of birds, plants, animals and seasonal sights and sounds for you to tick off as you explore.

Indoor activities in the barn

Younger visitors can ‘build their own’ neolithic palisades on our magnetic play table in the barn. 

You will also find some puzzles, jigsaws, books, and colouring available at the children's table. 

Mixed-reality experiences: Ages of Avebury

We have a new mixed-reality adventure for any keen gamers to try out for free this half-term. 

Dive into the past by downloading Ages of Avebury on your phone in the barn. The game involves becoming a surveyor and searching for hidden stones, uncovering the mystery of a missing archaeologist. 

The downloadable app will also let you see an augmented reality version of Avebury.