Wiltshire

Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county, it is landlocked and borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, situated in the west of the county at {{coor dms|51|19|11|N|2|12|32|W|}}. The county covers 84,612,062 acres (3476 km²)

Places of interest

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Notable places of interest in Wiltshire are:

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• Avebury, neolithic stone circle
• Barbury Castle
• Bentley Wood
• Bowood House
• Castle Combe
• Castle Hill, Mere
• Chisbury Chapel
• Coate Water, East Swindon
• Crofton Pumping Station
• Great Chalfield Manor
• Iford Manor and gardens
• Lacock Abbey
• Longleat Safari Park
• Lydiard Park and House, West Swindon.
• Old Sarum, the former cathedral
• Old Wardour Castle
• Salisbury Cathedral
• Silbury Hill
• Stonehenge
• Stourhead
• West Kennet Long Barrow
• Westwood Manor
• Woodhenge
• Wilton House
• Wilton Windmill

Notable areas of countryside in Wiltshire are:

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• Cranborne Chase
• Marlborough Downs
• Salisbury Plain
• Vale of Pewsey

Notable routes through Wiltshire are:

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• Kennet and Avon Canal
• Swindon and Cricklade Railway
• The Great Western Railway
• The Thames Path, a long distance footpath