Stonehenge
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 […]
Wiltshire residents are being asked to comment on some proposed changes to parish boundaries during a consultation which includes a series of public meetings. People have until 20 May 2016 to have their say on the Community Governance Review (CGR) which is being carried out at the request of a number of parish, town and […]
27 June – 3 July 2016 2016 saw the centenary of three very important battles of the First World War: the naval Battle of Jutland, the French and German ten-month Battle of Verdun, and of course the Battle of the Somme, so indelibly marked on our national consciousness. Now in its sixth year, The Daily […]
400 pupils from 15 primary schools across the county raised the roof at Wiltshire Music Centre on 20 April as part of a major radio project. Since January, children from 15 schools have learned nine folk songs from Britain’s musical heritage. The nine songs, including such old favourites as ‘Cockles and Mussels’, ‘The Skye Boat […]
A series of then and now photographs of Lacock during the 1940s and today will be on display this bank holiday weekend as part of a lottery funded project. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre digitised around 80 photographs depicting the Wiltshire village in the Second World War. The fascinating insight into Lacock will now be […]
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has uncovered prehistoric monuments, Anglo-Saxon graves and military features from WW1 and WW2 during pre-development works on MOD land in Bulford, Wiltshire, which is earmarked for 227 new Army family homes. The archaeological features were first discovered during standard pre-planning application trenching, by a specialist team from Wessex Archaeology, working […]
Construction has started on a around £70 million housing development for Army families at Tidworth in Wiltshire. Working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), award-winning housebuilder Hill will construct 322 new three and four bedroom homes for Service personnel and their families based at barracks on and around Salisbury Plain. The homes have […]
Introduced in 2013, the Wilton Wake-Ups give car and motorcycle enthusiasts the opportunity to display their own wheels, look at other interesting vehicles and talk to fellow like-minded petrol heads for free, all based within the picturesque grounds of Wilton House, Wiltshire. Following the success of these established events, the popular format remains for the […]
English Heritage is introducing the following two changes to the summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge: To reduce the risk to those attending and to the monument itself, alcohol will not be allowed in the monument field. To encourage more people to use public transport or to car share and to make best use of the […]
