The New Inn - http://www.thenewinn.net/ at Winterbourne Monkton is the third closest pub (after the Waggon and Horses at Beckhampton) to Avebury and is within walking distance of the stone circle. There is also a bus service to and from Avebury with the bus stop located close to the road leading to the hamlet of Winterbourne Monkton. The New Inn also offers B&B accommodation in one of its five bedrooms, though at around £50 for a single room and £60 for a double or twin room this is a little pricy when compared to some other B&Bs in the area, not to mention the Swindon Marriott (see below) whose rates, which often include a superb buffet breakfast, can be as low £42 per night for a twin or double bedroom.
Avebury
A Present from the Past
About Me
- Littlestone
- Studied art and design at Swindon School of Art, Wiltshire, England and afterwards Japanese painting and calligraphy at Kyoto University of Fine Arts, Kyoto, Japan. In 1966 I was a lay monk at the Zen Buddhist temple of Ryozen-an in Kyoto and practiced under the guidance of its Director, Ruth Fuller-Sasaki and senior monk Dana R Fraser (co-translator of Layman P'ang: A Ninth Century Zen Classic). Also present at Ryozen-an was the author and poet Gary Snyder. Gary Snyder was one of the first Westerners in Japan to study Zen Buddhism and was the inspiration for Jack Kerouac's book, The Dharma Bums. I was assistant conservator (paintings) at Kyoto National Museum from 1969-1980 and Chief Conservator (Eastern Pictorial Art) at the British Museum from 1980-1986. Japan Foundation Fellow 1973-1974 and Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works since 1985.