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Wiltshire
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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| Region: | South West England |
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 14th 2,165 miles² (3,485 km²) Ranked 13th 2,022 miles² (3,255 km²) |
| Admin HQ: | Trowbridge |
ISO 3166-2: | GB-WIL |
ONS code: | 46 |
NUTS 3: | UKK15 |
| Demographics | |
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 34th 630,700 181 / km² Ranked 30th 446,700 |
| Ethnicity: | 97.5% White |
| Politics | |
| Wiltshire County Council http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive | Conservative |
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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 . The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²)
Settlements |
Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:
- Bradford on Avon
- Calne
- Chippenham
- Devizes
- Malmesbury
- Marlborough
Salisbury (city)- Swindon
- Trowbridge
- Warminster
- Westbury
A full list of settlements is at List of places in Wiltshire.
Places of interest |
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 | Owned by the National Trust |
 | Owned by English Heritage |
| Owned by the Forestry Commission | |
 | A Country Park |
 | An Accessible open space |
 | Museum (free) |
 | Museum (charges entry fee) |
 | Heritage railway |
 | Historic House |
Notable places of interest in Wiltshire are:
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Notable areas of countryside in Wiltshire are:
Cranborne Chase
Marlborough Downs
Salisbury Plain
Vale of Pewsey
Notable routes through Wiltshire are:
- A4 road
- M4 motorway
A303 trunk road
Fosse Way old Roman road
Great Western Main Line railway
Wessex Main Line railway- Kennet and Avon Canal
Swindon and Cricklade Railway
Thames Path, a long distance footpath- Wiltshire Cycleway
National Cycle Route 4
Wiltshire is "Mid-Wessex" in the novels of Thomas Hardy
Other websites |
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wiltshire. |
- Wiltshire County Council
- List of Councillors
- Wiltshire Constabulary Online
- BBC Wiltshire
- Wiltshire Tourist Office
- John Aubrey's The Natural History of Wiltshire
- White horses of Wiltshire
- Wiltshire Gazette & Herald
- Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News
Geology map of Wiltshire (PDF)- Wiltshire & Swindon Intelligence Network
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