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Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
The 1086 Domesday Book did not record a church or priest at Amesbury. [2] The church stands close to the River Avon, on the western edge of the modern town. Around 300 metres to the north is the presumed site of the earlier priory and abbey.
Route 150 is a 3.67-mile-long (5.91 km) short south–north highway entirely in Amesbury, Massachusetts.It begins at Beacon Street and continues as NH 150.The highway is the main south-north thoroughfare in Amesbury, and serves as a southward continuation of NH 150, connecting Amesbury to the New Hampshire town of Kensington and ultimately, Exeter.
Blick Mead is a chalkland spring in Wiltshire, England, separated by the River Avon from the northwest edge of the town of Amesbury.It is close to an Iron Age hillfort known as Vespasian's Camp and about a mile east of the Stonehenge ancient monument.
In 2024, Salisbury Reds and Wiltshire County Council made a successful bid for 23 new electric buses, as part of the UK government's 'ZEBRA' scheme. This represents an investment of £11.4 million. As part of this, the Salisbury bus depot will be modernised to support these vehicles. This will be completed by February 2026. [8]
Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [ 2 ]
In 2024 the Ridgeway National Trail comprised 21 miles (34 km) of public footpath, 14 miles (23 km) of public bridleway, 20 miles (32 km) of byway (much of which has seasonal restrictions on motor vehicles), 22 miles (35 km) of restricted byway (all in Oxfordshire and Berkshire) and 10 miles (16 km) of public road.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Merrimack River from its mouth in the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts, upstream to its source at the merger of two rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.