The Town Hall, Devizes, is located close to the main market square in Devizes town centre. The conference occupies the two main rooms within the building. The Assembly Room (upstairs) is our main auditorium: a wonderful light space, decorated in elegant Georgian style provides a distinguished atmosphere for the lectures. The Cheese Hall (Downstairs) houses our refreshments and book stalls. The building has full disabled access and air conditioning.
Car Parking:
Parking is available in the market square, or several of the other town centre car parks.
About Devizes:
Devizes is an attractive market town in the heart of Wiltshire, with many interesting tourist sites and beautiful countryside nearby. Close to our Town Hall venue is St John's Alley, complete with church, (built in about 1120) and a ‘close’ of timbered buildings dating from 1500. The church grounds and St John’s Alley offer picturesque views of nearby Devizes castle. Avebury stone circle is only a short drive from Devizes.
There are a wide variety of cafes, bars and restaurants (including a vegetarian cafe) in the town centre to feed and water you during your stay.
Accommodation:
Early booking of accommodation is essential. Devizes is a popular tourist destination during the summer months and hotels and B&Bs fill up very quickly. We strongly recommend you book your accommodation as soon as you decide you want to attend the conference to ensure finding a suitable place to stay. There are many hotels, inns and B&Bs which provide accommodation very close to the town centre, along with campsites within a short driving distance.
For travel and accommodation, information and advice (see below) or contact:
Devizes Visitor Centre
Cromwell House, Market Place,
Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1JG
Tel: + 44 (0) 1380 729408
Fax: + 44 (0) 1380 730319
10 Day Crop Circle Tour: Including the The Summer Crop Circle Lectures
If you are traveling from outside the UK and would like to attend our conference as part of an organised tour package, we can highly recommend this tour by Sacred Britain. Sacred Britain have been organising tours of the UK for over ten years and are led by crop circles and earth mysteries researchers Glenn and Cameron Broughton, who bring a wealth of knowledge, warmth and sensitivity to their tours.
"If you wish to attend the Summer Crop Circle Lectures and then stay on for a week of exploring crop circles with expert guides and visiting the major sacred sites of the area this is the tour for you. We normally get into at least six crop circles, visit the Avebury Landscape Temple, Glastonbury, Wells and a private special access into the stones of Stonehenge and then top it all off with a helicopter flight to see the circles from the air. We have had many satisfied travellers join us over the last thirteen years."
Glenn and Cameron Broughton - Sacred Britain Tours.
For further information on the itinerary of the tour and booking details, please visit: www.sacredbritain.com/cropcircles-itin2.html
When enquiring about this tour please mention the Summer Lectures website!
General Travel Information: Over the years we have helped many visitors to the Summer Crop Circle Lectures and of course visitors to the circles themselves. Here are some helpful notes.
General Timing:
The English crop circle season starts, tentatively, in May though occasionally a formation has been known to arrive as early as April. In these months the formations are few. The major events happen in late July and early August. It has been our experience that visitors do not give themselves enough time. We would suggest that, including the weekend of the lectures, if possible you should allow at least one week in the area. If you wish to visit, say, London, at least three extra days should be allowed.
Transport:
Obvious as it may seem, we must remind you that the crop circles appear in fields in the countryside. There is little public transport and you will need a car to visit the circles and move around generally. There are vehicles for hire at airports on arrival in England or, more economically, from Devizes.
If you hire a car from Heathrow airport: From the airport get onto the M4 motorway westbound towards Cardiff, Wales. Exit at Junction 15 towards Marlborough. Marlborough is within the crop circle area and is about 20 miles minutes from Devizes.
If you hire a car from Gatwick: From the airport take the M20 motorway northbound towards London. You will shortly hit the M25 London Orbital which you should take westbound towards Heathrow airport. The M25 will (near Heathrow) connect with the M4. Continue as described above from Heathrow.
Car Rental from Devizes: These are not the only car rental operations in Devizes, but visitors have been using them for years without complaint.
Fussell Wadman: tel: 01380 731970, www.peugeut.co.uk/fussell_wasdman
Wildmans of Devizes: tel: 01380 7216658, www.wildmans4x4.co.uk
Maps:
An AA (Automobile Association) or RAC (Royal Automobile Club) UK road map are both very good general road maps for navigating in the UK. Ordinance Survey Landranger or Explorer maps are excellent for navigating small countryside roads searching for crop circles. These maps are available online or from the links below. The AA and RAC maps should be available at airports, petrol stations and bookshops. The Ordinance Survey maps are available from all good book shops or tourist information centres in the UK.
AA Road map: Buy map from Amazon.co.uk
RAC Road map: Buy map from Amazon.co.uk
OS Landranger Map Sheet 173 Swindon & Devizes: Marlborough & Trowbridge.
OS Explorer - Active Map Sheet 157 Marlborough & Savernake Forest: Avebury & Devizes.
Click here to see the location on Multimap.com
Caution: Many shops, businesses and petrol stations have limited opening hours in the UK. Most shops close at 5.30pm each day (sometimes earlier), many do not open on Sundays at all.
Visiting The Crop Circles:
Please take time to consider the following when visiting the crop circles:
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