🎃 Haunted Avebury: Halloween Hike to Britain’s Largest Stone Circle

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Explore Britain’s most stunning trails in a small group of up to 15, travelling together by private minibus to beautiful, remote locations not easily reached by public transport.

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Travel back in time 6,000 years and get into the Halloween spirit on one of the UK’s spookiest walks! 🎃👻🍁 This weekend we’re off to the Avebury UNESCO World Heritage Site – one of the greatest surviving concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Western Europe. Fittingly, it’s also one of the most haunted places in the country: with 390 recorded paranormal sightings, it ranks among the top 10.

Avebury is listed together with Stonehenge as a single UNESCO World Heritage Site, but it offers a much more intimate experience – you can see the stones up close and actually touch them, and it’s completely free! The Avebury stone circle is also older and far, far larger than Stonehenge.

📸 Avebury featured in one of the first episodes of The Most Haunted – check it out:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2blg31

This trip is suitable for BEGINNERS – a great way to experience hiking before joining our more challenging hikes! 🤩

HIKE HIGHLIGHTS

• Visit the world-famous Avebury stone circle – the world’s largest known stone ring and (fun fact!) the only stone ring in the world with a pub inside it! Built around 2,600 BC, the circle measures 330 metres across and is 16 times larger than Stonehenge.
• Walk along the West Kennet Avenue – a ceremonial avenue of standing stones, now about 800 metres long, that once connected the Avebury stone circle to the Sanctuary.
• See Silbury Hill – the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe, built around 2,400 BC. It stands around 37 metres high, with a flat top about 30 metres across and a base about 500 metres around.
• Discover West Kennet Long Barrow – built around 3,650 BC, it’s one of the largest and most impressive Neolithic chambered tombs in Britain.
• Hike along the Ridgeway National Trail, often described as Britain’s oldest road, used by travellers, armies and herdsmen for nearly 5,000 years.
• Enjoy fantastic panoramic views from the high ground of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
• Warm up after the hike with a pint at the Red Lion pub – one of the most haunted pubs in Britain, said to be home to at least four ghosts! 🍺

DISTANCE & DIFFICULTY

Distance: 10 miles (16km).
Ascent: 160m.
Difficulty: Easy.

ITINERARY

07:45 Meet outside Hotel Novotel London West, 1 Shortlands, W6 8DR (a five-minute walk from Hammersmith Station)
08:00 Sharp departure
10:00-16:00 Hike from Barbury Castle Iron Age hill fort to Avebury stone circle
16:00-16:45 Drinks and refreshments inside Avebury stone circle at the Red Lion pub (one of the most haunted pubs in Britain!)
16:45 Departure
19:00 London, Hammersmith

TRANSPORT

As on most of our trips, we'll travel in a comfortable 16-seater minibus.

FOOD

We'll stop for a snack lunch halfway through the hike. Please bring a packed lunch with you.

SAFETY

This hike is led by an experienced, Outdoor First Aid qualified hike leader.

BOOKING

To keep ticket prices down and avoid PayPal/Meetup fees (£7 extra per ticket), we kindly ask for payment by bank transfer. Please include your Meetup name and the trip as the payment reference (e.g. John Avebury). As places are limited, we can hold your place for 24 hours.

Business Account Name: London Social Hiking Limited
Sort Code: 20-17-20
Account Number: 63116514

We'll let you know by changing your status to “Paid” as soon as the payment is cleared. You can check your status next to your name in the attendees list of the event. You don’t need a paid Meetup subscription to do this – just close any pop-up windows and continue.

THE PRICE OF £78 INCLUDES

• Transport throughout the trip
• Experienced, professional PSV minibus driver
• Guiding on all hiking routes by an experienced and qualified Mountain Leader
• Professional event organisation
• Group first aid kit with qualified first aiders
• Admin fee
• 20% VAT

THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE

• Personal insurance (for cancellation, accident, health, emergency evacuation and loss, theft of or damage to baggage and personal effects, and personal trekking insurance)
• Food

HOW TO CONTACT US

For all enquiries, please PM Anna (the main organiser) via Meetup. Alternatively, you can email us at info@lshiking.co.uk We'll usually get back to you within 4 hours.

Your guide will be Anna (07596844467, only for use during the hike). Please get in touch if you have any difficulty locating the meeting point or need help during the trip.

WHAT TO BRING

• Suitable hiking shoes with ankle support
• Waterproof and windproof jacket and trousers (if there is a chance of rain)
• Packed lunch
• Water (min 1L)
• Walking poles (optional)
• Gaiters (optional)

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