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)

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)

Settlements

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Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:

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

Places of interest

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