Stonehenge
Five new Canons will be installed in Salisbury Cathedral by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Revd Nicholas Holtam, during sung Eucharist to celebrate the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James at 5.30pm on Wednesday 1 May. Mrs Rosemary Macdonald has accepted the Bishop of Salisbury’s invitation to be installed as a Lay Canon […]
Longleat Safari & Adventure Park is turning Deadly this Easter and there’s only one person to call – Steve Backshall, star of CBBC’s wildly successful Deadly TV series who will present a programme of live shows at Longleat on Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April. This special event marks the launch of the new […]
Re-opened on Wednesday 20 March for the 2013 season, Bowood House & Gardens’ new attractions for 2013 include ‘Tractor Ted’s Little Farm at Bowood’ and the addition of a four-acre garden for the highly-acclaimed Rhododendron Walks. There’s a clear meeting of minds between Bowood and Tractor Ted. Just as Bowood whole-heartedly encourages children to indulge […]
BBC Worldwide and Longleat Safari & Adventure Park are joining forces to create a spectacular new series of Deadly-themed features at the world famous Wiltshire attraction The four year plan will see areas of the park transformed in the style of the BBC’s wildly successful Deadly branded programmes which include Deadly 60; Deadly Top 10s; […]
The first female Archdeacon of Wiltshire was appointed at a ceremony at St John’s in Devizes on 28th January. The Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam led the service. Previously, the Revd Ruth Worsley held the post of Parish Development Officer for the Diocese of Southwark and she was also chaplain to HM The Queen. Ordained […]
The three Neolithic stone circles of Avebury near Calne have been named the second best World Heritage site for visitors by Which? Travel magazine. The experts at Which? voted the henge better than more famous tourist attractions such as the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Herculaneum in Italy. […]
Just two days after the launch of his latest book, prize winning and best selling historian William Dalrymple will be over in the UK from India and heading to Wiltshire for the first in the 2013 calendar of ‘The Library Talks at Bowood Hotel’ on Wednesday 6 February. Here he will provide an outline of […]
Before sunrise on 21st December, thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge to mark the Winter Solstice. This year, the date also coincided with the end of the Mayan calendar. The Winter Solstice is one of the only times that the public are allowed into the stone circle itself and it is a very special time, […]
