Wiltshire

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Ceremonial county
Wiltshire within England
Wiltshire within England
Coordinates: 51°18′N 1°54′W / 51.3°N 01.9°W / 51.3; -01.9Coordinates: 51°18′N 1°54′W / 51.3°N 01.9°W / 51.3; -01.9
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionSouth West
EstablishedAncient
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentList of MPs
PoliceWiltshire Police
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantSarah Troughton
High SheriffMartin John Nye[1]
Area[convert: needs a number]
 • Ranked of 48
Population (2005 est.)630,700
 • Ranked34th of 48
Density181/km2 (470/sq mi)
Ethnicity85.1% White British (2021)
Unitary authorities
CouncilsWiltshire Council
Swindon Borough Council
Districts
Wiltshire numbered districts.svg
Districts of Wiltshire
  Unitary
Districts
  1. Wiltshire
  2. Swindon

Wiltshire (short: Wilts) is an English county. It borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, in the west of the county at 51°19′11″N, 2°12′32″W. The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²) also Trowbridge is the Capital of Wiltshire.

Settlements

Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:

A full list of settlements is at List of places in Wiltshire.

Places of interest

Key
National Trust Owned by the National Trust
English Heritage Owned by English Heritage
Forestry Commission Owned by the Forestry Commission
Country Park A Country Park
Accessible open space An Accessible open space
Museum (free) Museum (free)
Museum Museum (charges entry fee)
Heritage railway Heritage railway
Historic house Historic House

Notable places of interest in Wiltshire are:

Notable areas of countryside in Wiltshire are:

Notable routes through Wiltshire are:

Wiltshire is "Mid-Wessex" in the novels of Thomas Hardy


  • Wiltshire

  • Salisbury

  • Salisbury

  • Wiltshire

  • Avebury

  • Wilton House

  • Longleat

  • Stourhead

  • Stonehenge

Wiltshire Media

  • Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Stonehenge itself is owned and managed by English Heritage whilst the surrounding downland is owned by the National Trust.

  • Hand-drawn map of Wiltshire, 1576, by Christopher Saxton

  • Cherhill White Horse, east of Calne

  • The Coat of Arms of Wiltshire County Council

  • Marlborough College: court and chapel

  • The County Ground, Swindon is the home of Swindon Town, the only football league club in Wiltshire.

  • The flag designed to represent Wiltshire

  • A bridge over the River Avon at Bradford-on-Avon

  • The flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Other websites

  1. ↑ The High Sheriff of Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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