‘Big Farm Machinery’ weekend at ‘Tractor Ted’s Little Farm at Bowood

This weekend sees a ‘Big Farm Machinery’ line up at ‘Tractor Ted’s Little Farm at Bowood’, featuring a very special display of brand new farm tractors and machinery alongside their smaller vintage counterparts. This family-friendly event is bound to be a hugely popular with Tractor Ted’s machinery-mad audience…particularly for boys, both big and small, who […]



Mental Health Awareness Week

Wiltshire people are being encouraged to boost their mental health by keeping fit as part of a national campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week next week (May 13-19) Wiltshire Council is distributing information and posters to its leisure centres and GP surgeries showing how adopting a healthy lifestyle can be good for the mind. This […]



Fishing legends to attend Longleat County Show

Longleat will soon be playing host to some of the biggest names in fishing when they launch their inaugural Fishing and Country Show on June 14th-15th. The show is set to be the largest of its kind in the South of England, providing visitors with the chance to see, and take part in, a variety […]



Japfest at Castle Combe Circuit

Japfest, Europe’s biggest Japanese car show returns to Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire on Saturday 11th May 2013. The show opens at 09:30 and with Drift displays, Car clubs, Exhibitors and much more, it’s sure to keep any petrolhead happy.  



New innovative drug and alcohol service in Wiltshire

Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point, a leading health and social care provider, was welcomed to Wiltshire this month. Turning Point has a long history of working with people with substance misuse issues and has recently been commissioned by Wiltshire Council to provide Wiltshire Substance Misuse Service, a countywide integrated drug and alcohol service. Lord […]



Great action at big crowds at Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb season opener

Two fantastic days of motorsport action were enjoyed by the competitors and the spectator crowds at Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb, Broad Chalke, near Sailsbury on April 20th and 21st, with plenty of local drivers notching up their first successes of the new season. Best Time of the Day on both days was set by Ed […]



Businesses and Army come together in unique event

Wiltshire companies are being invited to showcase their businesses at a unique event designed to show military personnel what work is available in Wiltshire once they have left the army. The Living and Working in Wiltshire and Swindon show will for the first time bring business and military together so those poised to leave the […]



Defying the long winter, Bowood’s Rhododendron Walks will open on 26th April

The resilience of Bowood’s 60 acre Rhododendron Walks means that, despite the inconsiderate prolonged winter, the annual six week season is still set to begin on Friday 26 April. “Nature has the most extraordinary ability to adapt  and catch up,” comments the 9th Marquis of Lansdowne, a passionate gardener whose rhododendrons are his pride and […]



Capacity entries for Gurston Down opening weekend

With capacity 135+car entries on both days plus over 30 motorbike entries on Sunday it certainly is a spectacular programme to start the Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb season of motorsport action against the clock on April 20th and 21st! And as well as the usual eclectic mix of road-going and modified production cars, sports racing cars […]



Salisbury Cathedral Museums at Night 2013

Salisbury Cathedral is running an action-packed free open evening Night Visions: An Evening at Salisbury Cathedral on Friday 17 May from 6.30pm – 10.00pm. The event is part of Culture 24’s nationwide ‘Museums at Night’ initiative, the annual festival of late night openings when hundreds of museums, galleries and heritage sites open their doors for […]