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==Amenities== [[File:Red Lion well table.jpg|thumb|Table built over ancient well in Red Lion pub]] [[File:Red Lion public house.jpg|thumb|Red Lion public house]] The village [[pub]], The Red Lion,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Red Lion|url=https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/wiltshire/red-lion/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-07|website=Greene King Local Pubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715210559/https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/wiltshire/red-lion/ |archive-date=15 July 2018 }}</ref> a former farmhouse from the late 16th century,<ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1192990|desc=Red Lion Public House, High Street, Avebury|access-date=9 September 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> claims to be the only pub in the world to be enclosed by a stone circle. It was built around the 86-foot deep village well which has been covered over with glass and now features as a dining table. Another pub, the Waggon and Horses, is about one mile south-west of the village at Beckhampton.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Waggon & Horses|url=https://waggonhorsesbeckhampton.co.uk/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-07|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807102028/https://waggonhorsesbeckhampton.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 August 2021 }}</ref> The National Trust has a restaurant for visitors in converted farm buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Circles Restaurant|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury/features/circles-pop-up-cafe|access-date=2021-08-07|website=National Trust|language=en}}</ref> The village has no school, following closure of the primary school in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doors close on 140 years of education|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/1575232.display/|website=Swindon Advertiser|access-date=10 September 2015|first=Lewis|last=Cowen|date=26 July 2007}}</ref> This school, on the High Street opposite the church, began as a [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]] in 1844, then was rebuilt in 1849 and enlarged in 1873. In 1970 a new school was built behind the original and the old building became a social club for the community.<ref>{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Avebury Church of England Primary School|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/307|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>
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