Chalke Valley History Festival 2022

Regarded as an important part of the summer festivals calendar, The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival runs from 20-26 June this summer and promises to be more exciting and interactive than ever before. View photos of Chalke Valley History Festival 2022 After a slightly shortened version in 2021, this year it’s back to seven […]



Museums and Heritage

If you love museums and heritage then Wiltshire is the place for you. There’s lots of places to visit: Aldbourne Heritage Centre – Aldbourne The history and heritage of Aldbourne. Alexander Keiller Museum – Avebury One of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain. Amesbury History Centre – Amesbury Information on the oldest continually […]



Salisbury Cathedral

Towns and Cities

Wiltshire has plenty of interesting towns and one beautiful city, Salisbury.



Avebury

English Heritage

English Heritage has some fascinating properties in Wiltshire



Stourhead

National Trust

The National Trust has some beautiful properties in Wiltshire



Chalke Valley History Festival

Chalke Valley History Festival 2019

Spread over 60 acres, it’s a unique combination of talks, discussions and topical debates, plus a vast living history encampment



Eleven professional teams confirmed for Cycle Wiltshire 2016

The Motorpoint Spring Cup Series reaches the penultimate round at the Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix on Sunday 8 May. Sir Bradley Wiggins’ Team Wiggins will be one of the 11 professional cycling teams that will be racing through south Wiltshire in the race on Sunday 8 May. Around 140 elite riders from top professional teams […]



Eleven professional teams confirmed for Cycle Wiltshire

With just over two weeks to go, the excitement is building for a special spring weekend of cycling in Wiltshire. Sir Bradley Wiggins’ newly formed Team Wiggins will be one of the eleven professional cycling teams that will be racing through south Wiltshire in the Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix on Sunday 10 May. Around 120 […]



Seven months from Baptism to Bishop – the rise of the Boy Bishop

Salisbury’s new Chorister Bishop, Jason Kellinger, spoke entertainingly in his sermon last Sunday, 7 December, about his high-speed promotion from newly baptised member of the church to ‘bishop’ – and revealed that next year the Chorister Bishop would be a girl. “You should know that I was only baptised here in the Cathedral in May […]



Detectorists add to archaeological knowledge as finds go on display in The Wessex Gallery

A new temporary exhibition is coming to the Wessex Gallery of Archaeology. From 18th November to the end of February, a special case displays some exceptional objects discovered by members of the public in the Salisbury area. A husband and wife team, detecting in the Deverill valley near Warminster, have discovered many of the treasured pieces. […]