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Warminster (/ ˈ w ɔːr m ɪ n s t ər /) is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021.
- Longleat
- Longleat House
- Longleat Safari Park
- Stourhead
- Shearwater
- Cley Hill
- Arn Hill Nature Trail
- Lake Pleasure Grounds
- Battlesbury Camp
- Westbury White Horse
The seat of the Marquesses of Bath is a sumptuous 16th-century Prodigy House in 1,000 acres of parkland that was landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The estate is much larger and comprises a further 4,000 acres of woodland, along with another 4,000 acres of farmland. On the estate is the famous Longleat Safari Park and Shearwater La...
This sensational Elizabethan house was built for John Thynne between 1568 and 1580 on land that had been occupied by an Augustine Abbey before the Reformation. Set off by that majestic Capability Brown landscaping, the house was one of the first stately homes to welcome the public when it opened in 1949. A tour of Longleat House is mandatory, to vi...
In thousands of acres of Wiltshire countryside, Longleat Safari Park was the first drive-through safari outside Africa when it opened in 1966. There are 500 animals at the park, that you can see from your car or at smaller enclosures on foot. The drive will take you past white rhinos, lions, elephants, deer herds that have been on the estate since ...
The glorious parkland and mansion at Stourhead is also a must. This estate has belonged to the National Trust since 1946 and for the previous 230 years the property was the seat of the Hoare family who transformed the house and its Grade I gardens in the 18th century. Stourhead is an estate where the intricately planned landscaping and lavish folli...
This spellbinding man-made lake is in deep mature woodland close to Crockerton village on the Longleat Estate. Walking trails set off from the lakeshore and into the woods. You could hike from here to Heaven’s Gate, about an hour away and where the bishop Thomas Ken (1637-1711, a long-term lodger at Longleat after losing his see following the Glori...
Looked after by the National Trust, Cley Hill was donated by the 6th Marquess of Bath, Henry Thynne in 1954. The hill is a dominant landmark to the west of Warminster and locally has been a UFO hotspot since the mid-20th century, which isn’t too surprising given the proximity of Salisbury Plain. Just a glimpse at the contours of Cley Hill will tell...
On Warminster’s northern edge, Arn Hill rises to 200 metres and was given to the town by the Marquess of Bath in 1920. Up here there’s a two-mile circular trail, weaving through woodland and scenic chalk grassland where a diversity of orchids bloom in summer. On the route you’ll pass a former lime kiln, as well as the chalk quarry that used to supp...
A source of pride for Warminster, the Lake Pleasure Grounds is set around a long rectangular body of water. There’s a cafe in the pavilion selling bird-feed for the ducks, as well as a children’s play area, a paddling pool, tennis courts and a skate park from 2019. The park has been designed to attract as much wildlife as possible, so there’s a cha...
West of Warminster, rising above the MOD land on the Salisbury Plain is Battlesbury Camp, an Iron Age hill-fort with a double circuit of defensive earthworks (bivallate). At sites like this it’s worth remembering how little of what you see is natural. The ditch between the two sets of ramparts feels almost like a valley and was cut by human hands a...
White Horses are a Wiltshire signature. These massive equine figures can be seen on hillsides, created by removing the upper layer of grass to reveal the chalk below. The tradition is mooted to go back to Anglo-Saxon times and was revived in the 18th century. The Westbury White Horse is the oldest in the county, carved around 1742 on the edge of th...
Warminster is a friendly market town with many fine buildings a variety of independent shops and cafes and the Athenaeum Theatre. A visit to the Warminster Lake Pleasure Grounds is a must with something for the whole family to enjoy.
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Warminster is a small market town located amid chalk downs in the south-west corner of Wiltshire, at the western end of the beautiful Wylye valley. The town takes its name from the River Were, a tributary of the River Wylye, and the earliest settlements were along the river.
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Warminster is a delightful market town with a friendly population of around 18,000 (2011). The town has many interesting buildings, nearly all of which owe their existence to Warminster's great fame as a successful corn market for several centuries.
