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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Avebury Stonehenge Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire
State Party	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iii
Reference	373
Region**	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1986  (10th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO.

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by nearly 30 miles, rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986.

Avebury and Associated Monuments

The Avebury area of the WHS is located in northern Wiltshire. It covers an area of 22.5 square km and is centred on the prehistoric Avebury Henge.

Avebury Henge and Village

Monuments in the Avebury WHS

• Avebury Henge
• West Kennet Avenue
• Beckhampton Avenue
• West Kennet Long Barrow
• The Sanctuary
• Silbury Hill
• Windmill Hill

Stonehenge and Associated Monuments

The Stonehenge area of the WHS is located in south Wiltshire. It covers an area of 26 square km and is centred on the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.

Stonehenge

Monuments in the Stonehenge WHS

• Stonehenge
• Stonehenge Avenue
• Stonehenge Cursus
• The Lesser Cursus
• Durrington Walls
• Woodhenge
• Coneybury Henge (a henge that has been plowed flat [1])
• King Barrow Ridge ([2])
• Winterbourne Stoke Barrows
• Normanton Down Barrows
• Vespasian's Camp
• Robin Hood's Ball (an associated monument located just north of the WHS boundary)
• Bluestonehenge

Museum and Archive collections

The most important collections from the World Heritage Site are held at the

Alexander Keiler Museum

• Salisbury Museum
• Wiltshire Heritage Museum

External links

• UNESCO: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
• Avebury on SW WHS website
• Stonehenge on SW WHS website
• Alexander Keiler Museum website
• Salisbury Museum website
• Wiltshire Heritage Museum website

World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom England Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall) · Blenheim Palace · Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church · Bath · Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape · Derwent Valley Mills · Durham Castle and Cathedral · Ironbridge Gorge · Jurassic Coast · Kew Gardens · Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City · Maritime Greenwich · Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church · Saltaire · Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites · Studley Royal Park and Fountains Abbey · Tower of London Scotland Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Antonine Wall) · Edinburgh Old Town and New Town · Heart of Neolithic Orkney · New Lanark · St. Kilda Wales Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd · Blaenavon Industrial Landscape · Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Northern Ireland Giant's Causeway

Coordinates: 51°10′44″N 1°49′31″W / 51.17889°N 1.82528°W / 51.17889; -1.82528