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Calne works well as a base: 15 minutes from Lacock, 11km from Avebury Stone Circle.
Calne is in England, United Kingdom, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Lacock, about 8 km away.
Calne () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England, at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Calne is on a small river, the Marden, that rises 2 miles (3 kilometres) away in the Wessex Downs, and is the only town on thatRead more
river. It is on the A4 road national route 19 mi (31 km) east of Bath, 6 mi (10 km) east of Chippenham, 13 mi (21 km) west of Marlborough and 16 mi (26 km) southwest of Swindon. Wiltshire's county town of Trowbridge is 15 mi (24 km) to the southwest, with London 82 mi (132 km) due east as the crow flies. At the 2021 Census, Calne had 19,074 inhabitants.
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Within an hour or so of Calne: Lacock Abbey (Hogwarts corridors and classrooms) (8 km), Lacock Village (Godric's Hollow) (9 km), Avebury Stone Circle (11 km), Silbury Hill (11 km).
The nearest famous roads are A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth), Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135) and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Calne is in England, United Kingdom, about 8 km from Lacock.
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film location
The medieval cloisters of Lacock Abbey served as Hogwarts corridors, and its rooms as Professor Snape's Potions classroom and Professor Quirrell's Defence Against the Dark Arts room.
8 km · about 15 min drive
film location
The unspoilt National Trust village stood in for Godric's Hollow; 'Harry's parents' house' on Church Street appears in the Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.
9 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Largest prehistoric stone circle in the world, enclosing an entire village and considered by many to be more atmospheric than Stonehenge.
11 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
The largest artificial prehistoric mound in Europe, raised around 2400 BC beside the Avebury complex for reasons still unknown.
11 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
A Neolithic chambered tomb near Avebury, over 100 m long and open to walk inside its stone burial chambers.
11 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
A charming Wiltshire circuit in a picturesque Cotswolds village, one of England's oldest operational racing venues.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A film-set medieval village of honey cottages with no visible modern intrusions, often called England's prettiest village.
16 km · about 20 min drive
film location
Often called England's prettiest village; it was the seaside town of Puddleby in the 1967 Doctor Dolittle and appears in War Horse and Stardust.
17 km · about 20 min drive
April to October
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