As I've mentioned on some of my other postings, I'm a real big history buff so Old Sarum was definitely a stop I was going to make when I went to Salisbury. There isn't a whole lot left of the castle, but I prefered that. There are plenty of castles in England, but not many Iron Age forts. Its just... more

We had combo tickets to Stonhenge and Old Sarum, so we figured we may as well get our money's worth. (The normal entry fee to Old Sarum is only £3.) The ruin consisted of mostly walls that were no higher than you and pretty boring. However, the view is spectacular. It's definitely worth the trek if only to see those... more

That's what the bus driver told us when we asked him if there was anywhere to eat up there at Old Sarum. We heard about it from the bus driver who took us to Stonehenge from the Salisbury train station. He recommended it, and told us what bus to get on. It was actually pretty cool. It is no longer... more

Old Sarum is windswept and mysterious. It started life out as a Iron age hill fort, then the Romans arrived & began calling it Soverodonium. A few years old when the Romans departed the Normans pulled up in England & renamed it Sarum. Sarum on the edge of Salisbury where the city first began, there’s evidence of a much smaller... more