Wiltshire

Wiltshire (short: Wilts) is an English county. It borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, in the west of the county at 51°19′11″N 2°12′32″W. The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²)

Wiltshire
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region: South West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area		 Ranked 14th
2,165 miles² (3,485 km²)
Ranked 13th
2,022 miles² (3,255 km²)
Admin HQ: Trowbridge
ISO 3166-2: GB-WIL
ONS code: 46
NUTS 3: UKK15
Demographics
Population
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.		 Ranked 34th
630,700
181 / km²
Ranked 30th
446,700
Ethnicity: 97.5% White
Politics
Wiltshire County Council
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/
Executive Conservative
Members of Parliament
  • Michael Ancram
  • James Gray
  • Robert Key
  • Andrew Murrison
  • Anne Snelgrove
  • Michael Wills
Districts
  1. Salisbury
  2. West Wiltshire
  3. Kennet
  4. North Wiltshire
  5. Swindon (Unitary)

Settlements

Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:

A full list of settlements is at List of places in Wiltshire.

Places of interest
Key
Owned by the National Trust
Owned by English Heritage
Owned by the Forestry Commission
A Country Park
An Accessible open space
Museum (free)
Museum (charges entry fee)
Heritage railway
Historic House

Notable places of interest in Wiltshire are:

  • Ashcombe House
  • Avebury, Neolithic stone circle
  • Avebury Manor & Garden
  • Avon Valley Path
  • Barbury Castle
  • Beckhampton Avenue
  • Bentley Wood
  • Bowood House
  • Burlington, city-sized nuclear bunker
  • Castle Combe
  • Castle Hill, Mere
  • Cherhill White Horse
  • Chisbury Chapel
  • Coate Water, East Swindon
  • Corsham Court
  • Cotswold Water Park
  • Courts Garden
  • Creative Planet, Science Museum, Wroughton
  • Crofton Pumping Station
  • Edington Priory
  • Fonthill Abbey
  • Great Chalfield Manor
  • Iford Manor and gardens
  • Kennet & Avon Canal Museum, Devizes
  • King Alfred's Tower
  • Lacock Abbey
  • Littlecote House
  • Longleat Safari Park
  • Ludgershall Castle, Ludgershall
  • Lydiard Park and House, West Swindon.
  • Malmesbury Abbey
  • Maud Heath's Causeway
  • Mompesson House
  • Old Sarum, the former cathedral
  • Old Wardour Castle
  • Philipps House & Dinton Park
  • Salisbury Cathedral
  • Shearwater Lake
  • Silbury Hill
  • Stonehenge
  • Stourhead
  • Swindon Steam Railway Museum
  • Trafalgar House
  • Wardour Castle
  • West Kennet Long Barrow
  • Westbury White Horse
  • Westwood Manor
  • Woodhenge
  • Wilton House
  • Wilton Windmill
  • Wilts and Berks Canal
  • Part of Win Green (shared with Dorset)

Notable areas of countryside in Wiltshire are:

Notable routes through Wiltshire are:

Wiltshire is "Mid-Wessex" in the novels of Thomas Hardy


  • Wiltshire
  • Salisbury
  • Salisbury
  • Wiltshire
  • Avebury
  • Wilton House
  • Longleat
  • Stourhead
  • Stonehenge

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