The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum is a military museum at The Close in Salisbury, England. It is housed in a Grade II* listed building known as The Wardrobe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: military museum in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum” and “The Rifles Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salisbury Cathedral and Arundells.
Salisbury Cathedral
Church
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Salisbury Cathedral is situated 820 feet southeast of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.
Arundells
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arundells is a Grade II* listed house at 59 Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Located on the West Walk of the Close, next to the 'Wardrobe', it was the home of Edward Heath, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1985 until his death in 2005.
Mompesson House
Photo: Seb Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mompesson House is an 18th-century house in the Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The house is Grade I listed and has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1975. Mompesson House is situated 460 feet northeast of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harnham and Bemerton.
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.
Bemerton
Suburb
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as Bemerton Heath, Bemerton Village and Lower Bemerton.
Stratford-sub-Castle
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stratford-sub-Castle in Wiltshire, England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in Salisbury. At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built. Stratford-sub-Castle is situated 1½ miles north of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
- Categories: regimental museum, independent museum, government office, tourism, office, and tourist attraction
- Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06632° or 51° 3′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.80013° or 1° 48′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3W358X+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 79656972OpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q55635510
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