Touring Teams and Friendlies

If you are planning a Tour to the South coast or West Country, or wishing to arrange an independent Club fixture, why not consider a friendly match against Amesbury Bowls Club. You will be made very welcome.

We are situated very close to the A303 / M3, the main route to the West, and are also very accessible from Bournemouth and the South Coast. We have a large car park and coach parking is available nearby.

The Club is close to Stonehenge and only eight miles from the city of Salisbury with its famous Cathedral and Charter Markets. Any non-bowlers in your party can easily catch a bus into Salisbury as buses leave every thirty minutes from outside the Bowls Club.

We have a very good six-rink green and a well-stocked comfortable licensed Clubhouse and can provide tea and biscuits or a high tea at the end of the game if required.

Should you require lunch prior to a match, there are several restaurants in Amesbury such as Wetherspoons, Holiday Inn, Harvester, Antrobus Arms Hotel and George Hotel. As an alternative, why not consider a stop in Salisbury with time for sightseeing and lunch prior to a match.

For any further enquiries please contact the Club Secretary, Julie Mitchell – email email hidden; JavaScript is required

Local Attractions

Amesbury History Centre

Currently featuring the lives of 26 women throughout history with links to Amesbury, including Queen Eleanor of Provence, who lived in Amesbury Abbey and is believed to have been buried there in 1291.

https://www.amesburyhistorycentre.org.uk

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/

Durrington Walls

Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury.

Woodhenge

Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/woodhenge/history/

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury.

https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/

Salisbury Cathedral Close

While visiting Salisbury, take this short circular walk around the historic Cathedral Close in the heart of the city and soak up the atmosphere and history of this special place, with some famous former residents

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/mompesson-house/a-walk-around-cathedral-close-salisbury

Old Sarum

Old Sarum, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-sarum/