Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a large, mostly rural county in the eastern part of the West Country of southern England. Wiltshire features large areas of rolling chalk downland and grazing farmland, including Salisbury Plain, a large expanse of downland of which part is famously used as a training area by the British Army.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salisbury Plain Training Area and White Barrow.
Salisbury Plain Training Area
Military installation
The Salisbury Plain Training Area is a large expanse of land on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, which is managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
White Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.
White Barrow is a large Neolithic long barrow just below the crest of Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain, just south of the village of Tilshead in Wiltshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilshead and Larkhill.
Tilshead
Village
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about 9 miles northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West Lavington and is near the source of the River Till.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Upavon
Village
Photo: sammydavisdog, CC BY 2.0.
Upavon is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portion of the River Avon which runs from north to south through the village.
Wiltshire
- Type: County with 752,000 residents
- Also known as: “County of Wiltshire” and “Wilts”
- Category: locality
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.25° or 51° 15′ northLongitude
-1.9167° or 1° 55′ westPopulation
752,000Elevation
525 feet (160 metres)Abbreviation
“WIL”United Nations Location Code
GB WIEOpen location code
9C3W732M+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 302323993OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
2633868
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