Wiltshire

Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Marlborough Downs, Salisbury Cathedral, and a view of Swindon
Wiltshire within England
Wiltshire within England
Coordinates: 51°18′N 1°54′W / 51.3°N 01.9°W / 51.3; -01.9
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionSouth West
EstablishedAncient
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentList of MPs
PoliceWiltshire Police
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantSarah Troughton
High SheriffMartin John Nye[1]
Area
 • Ranked of 48
Population (2005 est.)630,700
 • Ranked34th of 48
Density181/km2 (470/sq mi)
Ethnicity85.1% White British (2021)
Unitary authorities
CouncilsWiltshire Council
Swindon Borough Council
Districts

Districts of Wiltshire
  Unitary
Districts
  1. Wiltshire
  2. Swindon

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 / 51.31972°N 2.20889°W / 51.31972; -2.20889. The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²) also Trowbridge is the Capital of Wiltshire.

Settlements

Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:

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

Places of interest

Key
National TrustOwned by the National Trust
English HeritageOwned by English Heritage
Owned by the Forestry Commission
Country ParkA Country Park
Accessible open spaceAn Accessible open space
Museum (free)Museum (free)
MuseumMuseum (charges entry fee)
Heritage railwayHeritage railway
Historic houseHistoric House

Notable places of interest in Wiltshire are:

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

Notable areas of countryside in Wiltshire are:

Notable routes through Wiltshire are:

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


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  1. ↑ "The High Sheriff of Wiltshire". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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