Stonehenge
The route for the Wiltshire stage of the Tour of Britain has been announced and now spectators will be looking for the best spots to catch the action. Wiltshire Council is working with the tour backers and local communities to provide the latest information as the county prepares to host one of the major sporting […]
BBC Time Team and Coast presenter Professor Alice Roberts has opened Salisbury’s new state-of-the-art Wessex Gallery of Archaeology at Salisbury Museum
On 16 July 2014, Professor Alice Roberts opened the new Wessex Gallery of Archaeology at Salisbury Museum
People are being invited to attend a special county-wide event to commemorate the sacrifice made by 10,000 Wiltshire soldiers during the First World War. The Wiltshire Council and Ministry of Defence-organised First World War Commemoration Event, which takes place on July 30 at 10am at Tidworth Military Cemetery, will give communities across the county the […]
On June 28th at the Chalke Valley History Festival, Lady Emma Kitchener will be opening a sealed packing case which has remained untouched since the start of the First World War. The unopened carton, contains eighty new and unused brass Princess Mary gift boxes, to be sent as gifts to the soldiers on the Western Front […]
Saturday, 12 July marks the Grand Opening of Salisbury’s new world-class £2.4 million Wessex Gallery of Archaeology at Salisbury Museum in Wiltshire, by BBC Time Team and Coast presenter Professor Alice Roberts. Join in on an action-packed day of celebrations, special events, amazing displays and demonstrations – free to the public – from 10am to […]
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall will formally open Wiltshire Council’s award-winning refurbished County Hall when she visits Trowbridge on Monday 23 June. The Duchess will spend an hour touring County Hall, before unveiling a plaque in the Atrium to commemorate her visit and to officially open the refurbished building. During the tour, she […]
