Discover the Magic of Christmas at Stourhead

Stourhead’s hugely popular Christmas light trail returns for its second year with a host of new installations from 27 November 2020– 3 January 2021.



Major social distancing scheme for Bradford on Avon

Wiltshire Council and Bradford on Avon Town Council are working together on a major social distancing scheme in the town



Longleat unveils land of light event

Longleat will be magically transformed into the Land of Light this winter as part of a brand new event.



Bowood has now reopened

The Bowood Estate, between Calne and Chippenham, is now welcoming back visitors to its Adventure Playground and 100 acres of Pleasure Grounds.



First peregrine chick hatches on Cathedral Tower

Today (Tuesday 29 April) Salisbury Cathedral are toasting their first chick which hatched at around 08.14 this morning. It’s no easy job hatching – the whole process takes around 72 hours from pip (when the shell is first broken) to hatch. Generally that happens around 32 days after incubation begins – and incubation begins when […]



Wiltshire Council encourages residents to celebrate VE Day at home

Wiltshire Council has created a special VE Day at home pack to help residents of all ages celebrate and mark the 75th anniversary of this historic moment in time. With social distancing measures still in place, the pack contains simple advice and suggestions to have a household garden party on 8 May, which this year […]



Chalke Valley History Festival 2020

The world’s largest festival entirely devoted to history returns to Broad Chalke, near Salisbury, for its 10th year



Photos of Sarum Lights

In pictures: Sarum Lights at Salisbury Cathedral. February 2020.



£150m to be invested in two major road improvement schemes in Wiltshire

The government has announced its support to fund two major road improvement schemes in Wiltshire, the A350 Melksham bypass and A338 at Salisbury. Wiltshire Council will now develop outline business cases for the two schemes to enable them to progress to the next stage of development under the government’s Major Road Network (MRN) and Large […]



Bushfire Charity Appeal

Longleat has released a song to help raise money for their bushfire charity appeal. Featuring a 30-strong choir made up of staff and keepers, ‘Together’ was written by a member of the Longleat team and recorded at the Cheese & Grain studio in Frome. As well as the choir, it also includes didgeridoos and Aboriginal […]