Local Attractions
Castle Combe Skid Pan 4x4 & Kart
Track
Based in the grounds of the race circuit, Drive-Tech (also known
as Castle Combe Skid Pan and Kart Track) offers a range of driving
activities, combined activity corporate and driver training
programmes for groups and individuals. Activities include: Skid
control, 4x4 off road challenge, Karting (Grand Prix and Endurance)
and Defence driving.
Drive Tech Ltd
Castle Combe Circuit
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 7EX
For public weekend activities visit:
www.drivetechltd.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1249 783010
info@drivetechltd.co.uk
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The City of Bath
Architects designed and built the many fine Georgian
buildings that survive today. With an interesting
selection of museums, galleries, musical events,
restaurants and gracious parks, visitors to Bath can
choose from all the very best of past and present.
By 4AD Bath had been abandoned, remaining so for several hundred
years. Rejuvenation began with the wool trade in the fifteenth
century and by the eighteenth century, Bath was at the height of
fashion.
The City of Bath is situated beside the river Avon in the
south-west of England. It was founded by the
Romans in 1AD, who chose to settle beside the only
hot springs in the country. For a few centuries they stayed and
built extensive lead-lined baths which are open to visitors
today. No visit to Bath is complete without tasting the
Spa water. It bubbles up to a fountain in the Pump Room and a
glassful of the famous healing water - served when still warm -
will cost you very little. Be warned, though, it does taste more
than a little peculiar.
Stonehenge
This prehistoric monument on
Salisbury Plain dates from 3100 BC. It is considered to be the most
important prehistoric structure in Europe. Although its purpose
remains a mystery it is likely to have been a meeting place or a
religious centre connected with astronomical observations. Today
the stones have been surrounded by a protective fence. Visitors can
look and listen to a recorded history of the stones but are no
longer allowed to touch them.
Opening times:
Daily: April to 1st November, 9.30 am to 6:00 p.m.
2nd
November to 31st March,10.00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Closed
24th to 26th December.
DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL: 35 miles/55 minutes drive
approximately
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Castle Combe Race Circuit
Castle Combe Circuit opened just 18
months after Silverstone in the
summer of 1950, making it one of the longest established circuits
in the UK. Until 1999, the circuit followed its
original layout, around the perimeter of the old air base. We
hope you enjoy your visit to the site and look forward to
seeing you at the circuit soon!
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