Activity Nights @ Barbury Castle

19/07/2025 • General

Throughout July and August we will meet in the car park at Barbury Castle. If you don’t know where it is and you have a GPS… 51.483822, -1.777436

The council lock this gate at 7pm. Whilst we have a key to get out, if you want to get in without issue, arrive prior to 7pm or you can park outside and walk in.

Barbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Wiltshire, England. It is one of several such forts found along the ancient Ridgeway route. The site, which lies within the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, has been managed as a country park by Swindon Borough Council since 1971. It is situated on Barbury Hill, a local vantage point, which, under ideal weather conditions, commands a view across to the Cotswolds and the River Severn. It has two deep defensive ditches and ramparts. The Old Ridgeway runs close by and the modern Ridgeway crosses through the castle. In the surrounding area are to be found round barrows, Celtic field systems and 18th-19th Century flint workings.

We will be back in the Reading Rooms from September