Stonehenge
Residents and businesses in Royal Wootton Bassett, Purton, Alderbury and Downton will be among the first to benefit from a multi-million pound partnership between Wiltshire Council, BT and South Gloucestershire Council. The rollout will see 91 per cent of premises in Wiltshire* connected to superfast broadband of 24Mpbs and above by the end of March […]
Olympic Three-Day Event Silver Medal winners Zara Phillips, William Fox-Pitt and Tina Cook will add to the glamour of the annual Rundle Cup Polo Day in Tidworth, Wiltshire, on Saturday 13th July 2013 when they take part in a fun charity match against well known jockeys and celebrities during a day of top class military polo. The Rundle Cup […]
English Heritage is once again welcoming people to Stonehenge to celebrate the 2013 Summer Solstice. Sunrise will occur at 4.52am on Friday 21 June, on what is the longest day of the year. Peter Carson, Head of Stonehenge at English Heritage, said: “This is the 14th year that English Heritage has provided free access to […]
The popular BBC One antiques programme Flog It! presented by Paul Martin, is coming to Wiltshire on Thursday 18th July. Longleat House and gardens will be hosting the free valuation day. Rather like a treasure hunt, members of the public are invited to bring along up to three antiques and collectables they might be interested […]
Keepers at Longleat’s Jungle Kingdom have got their hands full looking after their newest arrivals – a quartet of rescued boa constrictors with a total length in excess of seven metres. The four giant snakes, the largest of which is called Zeus and measures 2.2 metres in length, were all re-homed at the Wiltshire attraction […]
Pigeon Whistles is a performance by Pigeon Pete and Nathaniel Mann and was shown at the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival. It was part of the Oxford Contemporary Music Audible Forces event. “I wondered what they would sound like so set about making some myself.” The stars of the show are a small flock of […]
