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Lacock
The village of Lacock is a 3 miles south from the town of Chippenham. Owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust, its unspoiled appearance makes it a picturesque and delightful place to explore. The village has been used as a film and television set, notably for the BBC productions of Pride and Prejudice and Cranford. It has also been a location in some of the Harry Potter films, and will make an appearance in the film The Wolfman.
Bounded by the meandering River Avon, Lacock has a long history. Lacock Abbey was founded on the manorial lands by Ela, Countess of Salisbury in 1232. However the Abbey and estate was eventually passed to the Talbot family who gave it to the National Trust in 1944. William Henry Fox Talbot was an early pioneer of photography, and famously took his first image of a window in the abbey in 
1835. The Fox Talbot Museum of Photography in a converted barn near the gates of the Abbey has displays of his experiments.
The village has a 14th century tithe barn, a medieval church, and an 18th century lock-up.
Many events take place in Lacock including an annual scarecrow festival.
One of the interesting shops in Lacock
The 15th-century St Cyriac Church
The tithe barn
Filming the BBC series Cranford in Lacock
Enjoy a cream tea at the King John's Hunting Lodge in Lacock
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