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For the first time, Salisbury is holding a Christmas market with 55 festive wooden huts selling everything from crafts to mulled wine. Set in front of the Guildhall, the huts are bringing in thousands of people from far and wide. The market is open daily from 10am to 6pm with late night shopping until 7pm […]
There’s plenty to get you in the festive mood in Wiltshire this year including: Friday 16th Nov – Sunday 9th Dec (Friday to Sunday only) then daily from Friday 14th Dec – Monday 7th Jan (excl. Christmas Day) at Longleat – Ice rink, Santa Train, reindeer, Owls by Moonlight and an eleven-metre-tall Christmas tree with more than […]
The BBC One Show programme’s Rickshaw Challenge team made their way through Wiltshire, raising funds for Children in Need. Pedalled by six volunteer young people with connections to the charity, the bike was on the long journey from Llandudno in North Wales to London where it finally arrived on Friday 16th November – official Children […]
It may be best known for its African animals, but it’s a rare native species that’s now causing excitement at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. This week, staff reported sightings of a wild otter close to a stream in the centre of the Longleat estate. Jon Cracknell, Director of Animal Operations said: “We’d started getting […]
Zombies took over the Market Place in Salisbury last night. Around 100 of them came out at night but there was no need to be alarmed – they were all taking part in a world record attempt for the largest number of people dancing to Michael Jackson’s famous 1982 song’Thriller’. Thrill the World is a […]
They may not be the top of many people’s festive wish list, but keepers at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park really want socks for Christmas. And staff at the Wiltshire attraction don’t even mind whether they’re odd or even single socks. For the winter stockings are destined to be used as cosy sleeping quarters for […]
