Salisbury, United Kingdom Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler BACK AT HOME Cornwall 2023 ❤️
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- May 27, 2023, 1:00pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 66 m
- England Salisbury 51.069066, -1.79541351°4’9” N 1°47’43” W
Day 1
Der erste Stopp: Salisbury
May 27, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Viiiiiel später als geplant, bedingt durch Staus und Baustelle, sind wir in Salisbury angekommen, einer mittelalterlichen Stadt in Wiltshire mit wunderschöner Kathedrale und schnuckeliger Altstadt.
Hier stärken wir uns mit leckerem Essen im Pub "Bishops Mill". Danach bummeln wir ein bisschen durch die Altstadt. Leider sind auch hier viele Geschäfte inzwischen geschlossen.
Um 15.30h geht es weiter nach Polruan, wo wir unsere erste Woche verbringen werden.Read more
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Traveler Across the Sea... and Back
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- May 14, 2023, 6:00am
- 🌫 8 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- England Salisbury Salisbury Cathedral 51.065577, -1.79732251°3’56” N 1°47’50” W
Day 26
Southampton, Salisbury...
May 14, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌫 8 °C
We finished this leg of the trip in Southampton, and caught a coach to London with a great excursion along the way.

Our first stop was Salisbury- where we weren't able to see the Magna Carta because of Sunday worship. Salisbury is a beautiful city, and the Cathedral is breathtaking. Many half- timber buildings.

Salisbury Cathedral was not bombed during WWII- because the Axis forces used the steeple as a navigational aid. Damage caused in the area was a result of planes jettisoning their unspent bombs. I learn so many things every day.

We saw the school where William Golding taught. Apparently his classroom really was Lord of the Flies, because the boys were left to their own devices as he spent the class time writing.

We were able to grab a coffee at Boston Tea Party- it was really good.Read more
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European Summer
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- Aug 9, 2023
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- England Salisbury Salisbury Cathedral 51.065166, -1.79837751°3’55” N 1°47’54” W
Day 63
Salisbury Saunter
August 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Had a nice lazy start to the day, then a leasurely run along a local footpath through forests and fields. We then set off for an afternoon adventure to Salisbury.

The majority of the drive there was uneventful as it was either a motorway, or a narrow lane road with very high hedgerows impeding any views. With so many twists and turns along the way, especially through Andover, we weren't sure what direction we were going.

Along the way we passed near Stonehenge, and Old Sarum, and into the city Center. Parking the car near the train station, we walked along the Avon "river" to the old town area, and noticed a couple of Swans. The central square was decorated and set up for the annual summer festival, with people about enjoying the sun after weeks of cold and rain.

After a light late lunch snack we kept meandering through the streets, and eventually to the grand Salisbury Cathedral. The designation of city apparently was usually only given if a Cathedral was present. But later learned that there are 13 British designated cities that don’t have Cathedrals, like nearby Southampton.

On our drive home we stopped by The Old Railway Hotel in Porton. It was a quiet Wednesday, but warm on their picnic benches and perfect for an evening meal 🍴🙂Read more
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Traveler Knights of the Island
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- May 8, 2022, 4:23pm
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 63 m
- England Salisbury 51.067075, -1.79476851°4’1” N 1°47’41” W
Day 3
Bramshaw
May 8, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
In the middle of nowhere we found a new car, we want to change the car.

Found in Bramshaw, waiting for new rally labels
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Traveler Wiltshire
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- Oct 17, 2020, 10:00am
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 60 m
- England Salisbury 51.06898, -1.7969151°4’8” N 1°47’49” W
Day 1
Salisbury, part 1; Town Centre
October 17, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We walk in via the Queen Elizabeth Gardens and turn into Fisherton Street, noting Salisbury Clock Tower, and reach the Poultry Cross; behind are some beautiful old buildings, including The Haunch of Venison pub.....

We arrive at the large Market Place and see the Salisbury Guildhall. Close by is the lovely St Thomas Church which contains the oldest Doom painting in the UK; these show the Last Judgement and depict, amongst other things, people being sent to Hell.Read more
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 26, 2018, 1:17pm
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 57 m
- England Salisbury 51.069817, -1.79175151°4’11” N 1°47’30” W
Day 26
Salisbury Cathedral
August 26, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Biggest cloister east, west or anywhere else near the Pennines. Huge,the largest in England and in excellent nick.
Raining and raining so we just had to go into the Cathedral. Quite different from a lot of others as it was built in only 38years so has a consistent style. High gothic.
Has the oldest mechanic clock in the world built in 1338 and still running. No face, just clanged the hours. Has been moved severally times and ended in the Cathedral. Amazing.

Cathedral also has one of only four existing copies of the original 40 copies of the Magna Carter.

It’s shown in the Cathedral Chapter House which is very cool with Bible stories carved around the wall.

Great way to get out of the rain........Read more
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Traveler Wiltshire
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- Oct 18, 2020, 10:00am
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 117 m
- England Salisbury Old Sarum 51.09359, -1.8049851°5’37” N 1°48’18” W
Day 2
Old Sarum
October 18, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Old Sarum was originally an Iron Age Hillfort, built around 400 BC at the intersection of two trade paths, before becoming a Roman and then a Saxon settlement. William the Conqueror used the site to build a Motte and Bailey castle and a cathedral, and King Henry I added a royal palace. The city declined due to a lack of water and being windswept and subsequent arguments between soldiers and clergy, and a new cathedral was built on the Salisbury Plain - the city of New Sarum, or Salisbury as it became, was established.

It was interesting to walk over the outer bailey, cross the ditch where the drawbridge would have been and go up to the inner bailey where the palace and castle are situated; the remains of the original cathedral are behind, on the outer bailey.Read more
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 26, 2018, 11:11am
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- England Salisbury 51.067879, -1.79644751°4’4” N 1°47’47” W
Day 26
Salisbury
August 26, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Wet weather day.
Plan was to go to Salisbury, see the Cathedral and a few other bits and ancient pieces then head a little south for either another “Big House” or an early afternoon. See any pattern emerging here.
Wet and colder today at top of 18.
So what’s the plan?
Go to Salisbury, see the Cathedral and a few other bits and ancient pieces then head a little south for either another “Big House” or an early afternoon.

We found out that the Great Dorset Steam Festival is on south of Salisbury.
This is enormous with over 200,000 steam tragics camping, oh ING and ahing over the Bank Holiday weekend.
We were warned of horrendous traffic, general mayhem and gridlock. Got to Salisbury in good order and time, all the traffic must be bogged down in the fields .

We stumbled on a National Trust property we hadnt realised was in Salisbury, Mompesson House. Its close by the Cathedral, in the Cathedral Close in fact and is a very livable Queen Anne era Townhouse. Are we getting value from the National Trust membership or not?

Was owned by a London architect who used it as a weekender before he left it to the Trust.
A weekender!Read more
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Traveler Großbritannien 2016
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- Jul 30, 2016
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- England Salisbury Bemerton 51.067075, -1.80937551°4’1” N 1°48’34” W
Day 9
Salisbury
July 30, 2016 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Die Kathedrale von Salisbury ist nicht nur wunderschön, sie beherbergt auch die Magna Carta. In diesem gefeierten Kronjuwel der Rechtsstaatlichkeit wurde unter anderem festgehalten, dass vor dem Gesetz alle gleich behandelt werden müssen und dass man Juden geborgtes Geld nicht in jedem Fall zurück geben muss (kein Scherz!). Unser Guide verliebt sich außerdem sofort in Kuno und trägt ihn durch die Hallen der Kathedrale.Read more
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Traveler The UK & Ireland experience
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- May 12, 2018, 9:31am
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- England Salisbury 51.06661, -1.78249851°3’60” N 1°46’57” W
Day 20
Salisbury day 20 Sat 12 May 2018
May 12, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Light not working in Kasbah’s hall in Ryde so used phone torch on the stairs. Arrived at Wightlink Fishbourne and told to come back after 10am for our 11am booked ferry spot. We drove onto the ferry and up a ramp to an upper deck. On returning to the car at the end of the crossing to Portsmouth the car alarm was sounding. Fortunately unlocking the doors turned off the noise. While waiting in the car to drive off the ferry the floor the car was sitting on descended and became a steep ramp to drive to the lower deck. We then drove to Salisbury and used the park and ride from Peterfinger to get into the city. Wandered around the old town and had lunch at Bills pub. Walked to Salisbury Cathedral and saw one of the four remaining copies of the Magna Carta. Set the GPS to Studland Beach to see Harry's Rocks (chalk sea stacks at the end of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset), but unfortunately the GPS took us to a chain operated car ferry near Poole on the wrong side of the bay. So we continued on towards Neitherleigh Bed and Breakfast. There was a group of deer grazing beside the highway (no stags) unconcerned by card roaring past at to up to 70 miles per hour only a few yards away. Stopped briefly at Chideock to photograph some of the many thatched houses there. Unfortunately the idyllic Netherleigh Snug Room does not quite match the internet but we will be comfortable. Dinner at the Hunters Lodge pub a short walk from our accommodation in Cooks Lane Axminster.Read more
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