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.Map | Satellite | Directions |
Popular Destinations
Warminster
Warminster is a delightful market town with a friendly population of around 18,000.Swindon
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, in southern England, with a population of approximately 200,000 people.Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in the English county of Wiltshire, in the heart of the West Country.Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England. Chippenham is a market town in the south west of England, midway between the cities of Bath and Swindon.Destinations
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument located in a UNESCO World Heritage site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.Avebury
Avebury is a village in Wiltshire, famous for its neolithic stone circle, a UNESCO World Heritage site.Bradford on Avon
Bradford on Avon is a small country town in England between Bath and Trowbridge.Melksham
Melksham is a small town in Wiltshire. It is not most people's idea of a tourist destination.Trowbridge
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire in the West Country of England.Malmesbury
Malmesbury is a charming little town in the Southern Cotswolds.Devizes
Devizes is in Wiltshire in England. Detailed information about public transport is available from the town website.Wiltshire
- Location: West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Population: 720,000
- Abbreviation: WIL
- United Nations Location Code: GB WIE
- Latitude of center: 51.25° or 51° 15' north
- Longitude of center: -1.9167° or 1° 55' west
- Elevation: 525 feet (160 meters)
- Neighbors: Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset
- GeoNames ID: 2633868
Also Known As
- French: Wiltshire
- German: Wiltshire
- Italian: Wiltshire
- Portuguese: Wiltshire
- Spanish: Wiltshire
- County of Wiltshire
- Wilts
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