Wiltshire History & Heritage
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Trowbridge Town Hall
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Event Venue
Trowbridge
Town Hall Arts’ mission is to provide opportunities for people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities to be inspired by arts, culture and heritage learning from a building at the heart of its community.
All Saints' Church
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Church/Chapel
Westbury
All Saints' Church is the Parish church of Westbury. Standing in the centre of the town in a handsome churchyard surrounded by cottages and footpaths at the head of the market place.
Fovant Badges
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Historic Site
Salisbury
Regimental badges carved into the chalk downs above the village of Fovant.
Marlborough White Horse
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Historic Site
Marlborough
The Marlborough horse lies in the grounds of Marlborough College and is the smallest horse in Wiltshire. Cut in 1804 by a group of School boys the horse is best seen from the A4.
Chapel Plaister Pilgrims Chapel
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Church/Chapel
Corsham
The Pilgrims’ Chapel at Chapel Plaister is a tiny, but unique part of our national heritage. It dates back to the 13th Century and stands beside what in previous times, was the principal route to the south west.
Cherhill White Horse
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Historic Site
Calne
The second oldest of Wiltshire's White Horses, situated on the edge of Cherhill Down, off the A4.
Arundells
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Historic House/Palace
Salisbury
Arundells is the home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, situated in Cathedral Close in Salisbury. Extensive personal collections of art, ceramics, political cartoons and sailing memorabilia, as well as a beautiful two-acre riverside garden.
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust Devizes
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Canal / Waterway / Marina
Couch Lane, Devizes
The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust has been in existence for more than 50 years.
At Devizes we have our Head Quarters, Canal side Museum, Boat trips, Café and gift shop.
Visit Hillbrush
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Museum
Mere
The Visit Hillbrush museum, an educational and interactive museum, is a celebration of the rich 95-year history of a family brush ware business.
Exhibits include: How Many Brushes in your Home?, Fibres from Around the World, restored antique brush…
Bath World Heritage Centre
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Heritage/Visitor Centre
Bath
At the Bath World Heritage Centre you can:
- Discover what makes Bath such a unique place
- Find out about the city’s attributes of Outstanding Universal Value: the hot springs, Roman remains, Georgian architecture, Georgian town planning, the…Silbury Hill
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Historic Site
Marlborough
An extraordinary artificial prehistoric mound, the largest Neolithic construction of its type in Europe.
Abbey House Manor
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Garden
Malmesbury
The Abbey House Manor garden is a place guests have loved exploring for many years, and the the doors are reopenedto be able to continue the story, having raised over £3000 for local charities already. With the help of Head Gardener, Freya Langford,…
The Holburne Museum
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Museum
Bath
Fascinating art exhibitions in an impressively majestic setting.
Trowbridge Museum
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Museum
Trowbridge
Trowbridge Museum, where you can discover 1000 years of the town’s history. Discover how Trowbridge was shaped by the scale of production and quality of its West of England woollen cloth and became the county town of Wiltshire. Housed in a former…
Museum Of Computing
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Museum
Swindon
Come and see 70 years of technology from desktops, portables, laptops and Apple Macs, to games consoles, handhelds, arcade games, calculators and more...
Great Chalfield Manor
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Historic House/Palace
Restored manor-house, c1480, next to contemporary small parish church. Great hall, screen and contemporary mural portrait of the builder. Alfred Parsons designed the gardens
Malmesbury Abbey
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Abbey/Priory
Malmesbury
Within England’s oldest borough sits the 12th Century Abbey which is still very much in use today.
The Norman Abbey houses the tomb of King Athelstan and the crest of Henry VII, a specially illuminated 15th century Bible, a breathtaking Norman…
Wilton House
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Historic House/Palace
Wilton
Wilton House, home to the 18th Earl of Pembroke, provides a fascinating insight into British history. Built on the site of a 9th century nunnery, set in 21 acres of landscaped parkland with water and rose gardens beside the River Nadder.
The Churches Conservation Trust
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Church/Chapel
All Saints Street, London
The Churches Conservation Trust protects and cares for 21 historic churches across Wiltshire. The unique collection of churches includes irreplaceable examples of architecture, archaeology and art from 1,000 years of history.
Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch
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Church/Chapel
Leigh Delamere, Chippenham
Dramatic Victorian confection.