Stonehenge
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 […]
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 […]
There’s plenty to get you in the festive mood in Wiltshire this year including: Friday 16th Nov – Sunday 9th Dec (Friday to Sunday only) then daily from Friday 14th Dec – Monday 7th Jan (excl. Christmas Day) at Longleat – Ice rink, Santa Train, reindeer, Owls by Moonlight and an eleven-metre-tall Christmas tree with more than […]
The BBC One Show programme’s Rickshaw Challenge team made their way through Wiltshire, raising funds for Children in Need. Pedalled by six volunteer young people with connections to the charity, the bike was on the long journey from Llandudno in North Wales to London where it finally arrived on Friday 16th November – official Children […]
Homelessness charity Alabaré is appealing for volunteers to join its new Befriending Scheme for veterans to help them adapt to independent living and civilian life more easily. Alabaré is recruiting volunteers to befriend veterans in its supported homes and afterwards when veterans move to independent accommodation. Befrienders will receive formal training which starts later this […]
Get out the mixing bowl and icing ready for Dinghams Baking Competition, a brand new event for the 2012 Salisbury Food and Drink Festival Dinghams Cookshop are hosting a fantastic baking competition for local bakers, young and old, Bring your baking masterpiece and brink it along for judging at the Guildhall on Sunday 16 September at […]
Old Sarum was home to a special Archaeology Weekend – part of the 22nd Festival of British Archaeology. It was the perfect opportunity to get hands-on with artefacts, see some of Old Sarum’s treasures and even get your own artefacts examined. For children there was also the chance to excavate a skeleton buried in a sandpit. […]
Sacrilege, the giant inflatable replica of Stonehenge by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller was on Marlborough Common today. Originally created by the artist for the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts, the 20ft-high inflatable took two months to make using detailed plans of the world Heritage monument on Salisbury Plain. Following the Glasgow Festival, Sacrilege was commissioned to tour […]
From 10th – 12th July Fire Garden, created by French outdoor fire alchemists Compagnie Carabosse, will transform Stonehenge into a glowing fairy-tale environment where fire sculptures dance in the landscape, flaming fire pots animate the stones and cascades of candles line the pathways. Responding to the purpose, perception and heritage of the site, visitors will […]
It’s very early in the morning and much clattering and banging is going on in the village of Great Wishford. But it’s nothing unexpected – it’s the traditional start to Oak Apple Day. The 29th May is a special day for the villagers because it is the day that they re-assert their rights to collect […]
