Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in the English county of Wiltshire, in the West Country at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 13 km northwest of Salisbury.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salisbury Cathedral and Old Sarum.

Salisbury Cathedral

Church

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Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic design.

Old Sarum

Archaeological site

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Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.

Salisbury railway station

Railway station

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Salisbury railway station serves the cathedral city of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. It lies 83 miles 43 chains from London Waterloo on the West of England line to Exeter St Davids; this is crossed by the Wessex Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilton and Harnham.

Wilton

Town

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Wilton is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Lying about 3 miles west of the city of Salisbury, and until 1889 the county town of Wiltshire, it has a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Wilton is situated 2 miles west of Salisbury.

Harnham

Suburb

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about 0.6 miles south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham.

Salisbury

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Salisbury and Wilton”
Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.0797° or 51° 4′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.8092° or 1° 48′ 33″ west

Elevation

157 feet (48 metres)

Open location code

9C3W35HR+V8

GeoNames ID

2638663

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