Stonehenge
The cathedral city of Salisbury is the only city in Wiltshire. Although Swindon is a larger settlement, it is classed as a town. The beautiful cathedral has the tallest spire in the UK at 404ft/123m. Notably, it contains the best preserved of the four surviving copies of the Magna Carta the oldest surviving mechanical clock […]
Saturday, 12 July marks the Grand Opening of Salisbury’s new world-class £2.4 million Wessex Gallery of Archaeology at Salisbury Museum in Wiltshire, by BBC Time Team and Coast presenter Professor Alice Roberts. Join in on an action-packed day of celebrations, special events, amazing displays and demonstrations – free to the public – from 10am to […]
The Royal British Legion’s Wiltshire county parade and rededication took place in Salisbury on 8th June 2014. An annual event, this year it also commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The servicemen and their standard bearers marched along Blue Boar Row, Queen Street and New Canal to St Thomas’s Church where the service of rededication […]
Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has released the full 2014 Festival programme for its first year under new festival director Toby Smith. In 2014 the Festival looks north to the Nordic lands of the midnight sun, exploring the tensions between light and dark, city and nature, land and sea in a region of contrasts where […]
In 2014, the Festival will celebrate the Nordic lands of the midnight sun. Details of the full programme can be seen here. The highlights for 2014 are: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with music director Andris Nelsons and violinist Pekka Kuusisto performing Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in Salisbury Cathedral; Much […]
