England

[low_delta]

My dad and stepmom are going to be in England in mid May. Dad wants to go to Hastings and maybe Stonehenge. Can anyone recommend any logings in that area? Then they'll spend the next couple of days driving up to Scotland. Any other tips for them?

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[banana.livejournal.com]

I don't know anywhere to stay, but if he's interested in Stonehenge, he should probably go to Avebury too. As someone else said, Stonehenge is in the middle of nowhere, but Avebury is in a village with (as far as I can recall) a decent pub. There aren't many places where you can be served a hot meal in the middle of a stone circle. 8~)

Other advantages of Avebury are that you can walk right up and touch the stones (Stonehenge is fenced off), there are big earthworks too, you are only a couple of minutes from Silbury hill and a short drive from West Kennet Long Barrow.

Stonehenge is still worth seeing, though, and it's only about half an hour to/from Avebury.

I've never been to Hastings, but I can vouch for Pevensey Castle, where William the Conqueror spent his first night in England.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

One of his big interests there is to see some stones and earthworks and such, but he wasn't going to go very far out of his way to see them (Stonehenge included). I think he'll just try to map a route past some. I'll send him these links. Thanks!